The catalog of edge-on disk galaxies from SDSS. I. The catalog and the structural parameters of stellar disks

Journal Article · Tue May 20 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Astrophysical Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/787/1/24· OSTI ID:22356875

Bizyaev, D. V. ^[1]; Kautsch, S. J. ^[2]; Mosenkov, A. V. ^[3]; Reshetnikov, V. P.; Sotnikova, N. Ya.; Yablokova, N. V. ^[4]; Hillyer, R. W. ^[5]

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1. Apache Point Observatory and New Mexico State University, Sunspot, NM, 88349 (United States)
2. Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314 (United States)
3. Central Astronomical Observatory of RAS (Russian Federation)
4. St. Petersburg State University (Russian Federation)
5. Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA 23606 (United States)

We present a catalog of true edge-on disk galaxies automatically selected from the Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). A visual inspection of the g, r, and i images of about 15,000 galaxies allowed us to split the initial sample of edge-on galaxy candidates into 4768 (31.8% of the initial sample) genuine edge-on galaxies, 8350 (55.7%) non-edge-on galaxies, and 1865 (12.5%) edge-on galaxies not suitable for simple automatic analysis because these objects either show signs of interaction and warps, or nearby bright stars project on it. We added more candidate galaxies from RFGC, EFIGI, RC3, and Galaxy Zoo catalogs found in the SDSS footprints. Our final sample consists of 5747 genuine edge-on galaxies. We estimate the structural parameters of the stellar disks (the stellar disk thickness, radial scale length, and central surface brightness) in the galaxies by analyzing photometric profiles in each of the g, r, and i images. We also perform simplified three-dimensional modeling of the light distribution in the stellar disks of edge-on galaxies from our sample. Our large sample is intended to be used for studying scaling relations in the stellar disks and bulges and for estimating parameters of the thick disks in different types of galaxies via the image stacking. In this paper, we present the sample selection procedure and general description of the sample.

• OSTI ID: 22356875
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 787, Issue 1; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0004-637X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

79 ASTROPHYSICS
COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
BRIGHTNESS
CATALOGS
DISTRIBUTION
GALAXIES
IMAGES
INSPECTION
INTERACTIONS
PHOTOMETRY
SIMULATION
STARS
THICKNESS
THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
VISIBLE RADIATION