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We present a new, objectively defined catalog of candidate galaxy clusters based on the galaxy catalogs from the Digitized Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (DPOSS). This cluster catalog, derived from the best calibrated plates in the…

In this paper we present an objectively defined catalog of 459 small, high density groups of galaxies out to z~0.2 in a region of 6260 square degrees in the northern sky derived from the Digitized Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey. Our…

We describe the construction of an all-sky galaxy catalogue, using SuperCOSMOS scans of Schmidt photographic plates from the UKST and POSS2 surveys. The photographic photometry is calibrated using SDSS data, with results that are linear to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-31 J. A. Peacock , N. C. Hambly , M. Bilicki , H. T. MacGillivray , L. Miller , M. A. Read , S. B. Tritton

We compare the use of galaxy asymmetry and pair proximity for measuring galaxy merger fractions and rates for a volume limited sample of 3184 galaxies with -21 < M(B) -5 log h < -18 mag. and 0.010 < z < 0.123 drawn from the Millennium…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 R. De Propris , C. J. Conselice , S. P. Driver , J. Liske , D. Patton , A. Graham , P. Allen

We have developed a star-counting algorithm and tested it on the 2MASS star catalog to search for density enhancements significantly above the field in Galactic latitude $|b|<50^{\circ}$. Nearly 500 open clusters are "rediscovered", along…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-21 C. C. Lin , W. P. Chen , E. A. Magnier

We present the first galaxy scale lens catalog from the second Red-Sequence Cluster Survey. The catalog contains 60 lensing system candidates comprised of Luminous Red Galaxy (LRG) lenses at 0.2 < z < 0.5 surrounded by blue arcs or apparent…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 T. Anguita , L. F. Barrientos , M. D. Gladders , C. Faure , H. K. C Yee , D. G. Gilbank

We present a new cluster catalog extracted from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 6 (SDSS DR6) using an adaptive matched filter (AMF) cluster finder. We identify 69,173 galaxy clusters in the redshift range 0.045 $\le z <$ 0.78 in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-12 Thad Szabo , Elena Pierpaoli , Feng Dong , Antonio Pipino , James E. Gunn

We present two catalogues of galaxies in the direction of the rich cluster \a85. The first one includes 4,232 galaxies located in a region $\pm 1^\circ$ from the cluster centre. It has been obtained from a list of more than 25,000 galaxy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 E. Slezak , F. Durret , J. Guibert , C. Lobo

We announce here the public availability of the Edinburgh/Durham Southern Galaxy Catalogue (EDSGC, http://www.edsgc.org). This objective galaxy catalogue was constructed using the COSMOS micro-densitometer at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. C. Nichol , C. A. Collins , S. L. Lumsden

We derive the luminosity functions of elliptical galaxies, galaxy bulges, galaxy pseudo-bulges and galaxy discs from our structural catalogue of 10,095 galaxies. In addition we compute their associated luminosity and stellar mass densities.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-01-19 Simon P. Driver , Paul D. Allen , Jochen Liske , Alister W. Graham

We present a catalog of 422 galaxies with published measurements of their globular cluster (GC) populations. Of these, 248 are E galaxies, 93 are S0 galaxies, and 81 are spirals or irregulars. Among various correlations of the total number…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 William E. Harris , Gretchen L. H. Harris , Matthew Alessi

We present a first entire-sky catalog of isolated galaxies obtained via systematic automated and visual inspections of extended sources from the Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS). Based on the Karachentseva's (1973) isolation criteria, we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-07-10 S. N. Mitronova , I. D. Karachentsev , V. E. Karachentseva , O. V. Melnyk

We present the results of the 2MASS Redshift Survey (2MRS), a ten-year project to map the full three-dimensional distribution of galaxies in the nearby Universe. The 2 Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) was completed in 2003 and its final data…

Using the photometric redshifts of galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III), we identify 132,684 clusters in the redshift range of 0.05<z<0.8. Monte Carlo simulations show that the false detection rate is less than 6% for…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-05-01 Z. L. Wen , J. L. Han , F. S. Liu

The Blanco Cosmology Survey is 4-band (griz) optical-imaging survey that covers ~80 square degrees of the southern sky. The survey consists of two fields roughly centered at (RA,DEC) = (23h,-55d) and (5h30m,-53d) with imaging designed to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 L. E. Bleem , B. Stalder , M. Brodwin , M. T. Busha , M. D. Gladders , F. W. High , A. Rest , R. H. Wechsler

In this paper we present a deep and homogeneous i-band selected multi-waveband catalogue in the COSMOS field covering an area of about 0.7 square-degree. Our catalogue with a formal 50 percent completeness limit for point sources of i~26.7…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Gabasch , Y. Goranova , U. Hopp , S. Noll , M. Pannella

We present a catalog of 2,990 extended sources in a 1deg x1deg area centered on M33 using the MegaCam camera on the 3.6m Canada-France-Hawaii telescope (CFHT). The catalog includes 599 new candidate stellar clusters, 204 previously…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 Izaskun San Roman , Ata Sarajedini , Antonio Aparicio

The unprecedented sky coverage and photometric uniformity of the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) provides a rich resource for obtaining a detailed understanding of the galaxies populating our local (z<0.1) Universe. A full…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Daniel H. McIntosh , Ari H. Maller , Neal Katz , Martin D. Weinberg

We present the catalog of star clusters found in the area of about 5.8 square degree in the central regions of the Large Magellanic Cloud. It contains data for 745 clusters. 126 of them are new objects. For each cluster equatorial…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Pietrzynski , A. Udalski , M. Kubiak , M. Szymanski , P. Wozniak , K. Zebrun

Archival data have been combined with recent observations of the Galactic plane using the Very Large Array to create new catalogs of compact centimetric radio sources. The 20 cm source catalog covers a longitude range of -20 deg < l < 120…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Richard L. White , Robert H. Becker , David J. Helfand