A search for large low surface brightness galaxies using deep CCD data

Davies, Jonathan Ivor, Disney, Michael John, Phillipps, S., Boyle, B. J. and Couch, W. J. 1994. A search for large low surface brightness galaxies using deep CCD data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 269 (2) , pp. 349-364.

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Abstract

In this paper, we describe a search for very low-surface-brightness features in deep CCD frames. We show how cross-correlation with templates can be used to detect low-surface-brightness features, which would not be detected using more typical connected-pixel algorithms. The search technique is specifically designed to search for large, low-surface- brightness galaxies like Malin 1. Although we identify 19 potentially interesting, extended, low-surface-brightness objects, we conclude that Malin 1 type objects per se are less prolific than `normal' L^*^ galaxies, and that galaxies with -22 < M_v_ < 19 and μ_0_ ~26 Vmu are at least an order of magnitude less common than their normal-surface- brightness counterparts.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Physics and Astronomy
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	0035-8711
Last Modified:	04 Jun 2017 04:25
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/38853

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