Galaxy Zoo: quantitative visual morphological classifications for 48 000 galaxies from CANDELS
We present quantified visual morphologies of approximately 48 000 galaxies observed in three Hubble Space Telescope legacy fields by the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS) and classified by participants in the Galaxy Zoo project. 90 per cent of galaxies have z ≤...
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| author | Simmons, B.D. Lintott, Chris Willett, Kyle W. Masters, Karen L. Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S. Häußler, Boris Kaviraj, Sugata Krawczyk, Coleman Kruk, S.J. McIntosh, Daniel H. Smethurst, Rebecca J. Nichol, Robert C. Scarlata, Claudia Schawinski, Kevin Conselice, Christopher J. Almaini, Omar Ferguson, Henry C. Fortson, Lucy Hartley, William Kocevski, Dale Koekemoer, Anton M. Mortlock, Alice Newman, Jeffrey A. Bamford, Steven P. Grogin, N.A. Lucas, Ray A. Hathi, Nimish P. McGrath, Elizabeth Peth, Michael Pforr, Janine Rizer, Zachary Wuyts, Stijn Barro, Guillermo Bell, Eric F. Castellano, Marco Dahlen, Tomas Dekel, Avishai Ownsworth, Jamie Faber, Sandra M. Finkelstein, Steven L. Fontana, Adriano Galametz, Audrey Grützbauch, Ruth Koo, David Lotz, Jennifer Mobasher, Bahram Mozena, Mark Salvato, Mara Wiklind, Tommy |
| author_facet | Simmons, B.D. Lintott, Chris Willett, Kyle W. Masters, Karen L. Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S. Häußler, Boris Kaviraj, Sugata Krawczyk, Coleman Kruk, S.J. McIntosh, Daniel H. Smethurst, Rebecca J. Nichol, Robert C. Scarlata, Claudia Schawinski, Kevin Conselice, Christopher J. Almaini, Omar Ferguson, Henry C. Fortson, Lucy Hartley, William Kocevski, Dale Koekemoer, Anton M. Mortlock, Alice Newman, Jeffrey A. Bamford, Steven P. Grogin, N.A. Lucas, Ray A. Hathi, Nimish P. McGrath, Elizabeth Peth, Michael Pforr, Janine Rizer, Zachary Wuyts, Stijn Barro, Guillermo Bell, Eric F. Castellano, Marco Dahlen, Tomas Dekel, Avishai Ownsworth, Jamie Faber, Sandra M. Finkelstein, Steven L. Fontana, Adriano Galametz, Audrey Grützbauch, Ruth Koo, David Lotz, Jennifer Mobasher, Bahram Mozena, Mark Salvato, Mara Wiklind, Tommy |
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| description | We present quantified visual morphologies of approximately 48 000 galaxies observed in three Hubble Space Telescope legacy fields by the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS) and classified by participants in the Galaxy Zoo project. 90 per cent of galaxies have z ≤ 3 and are observed in rest-frame optical wavelengths by CANDELS. Each galaxy received an average of 40 independent classifications, which we combine into detailed morphological information on galaxy features such as clumpiness, bar instabilities, spiral structure, and merger and tidal signatures. We apply a consensus-based classifier weighting method that preserves classifier independence while effectively down-weighting significantly outlying classifications. After analysing the effect of varying image depth on reported classifications, we also provide depth-corrected classifications which both preserve the information in the deepest observations and also enable the use of classifications at comparable depths across the full survey. Comparing the Galaxy Zoo classifications to previous classifications of the same galaxies shows very good agreement; for some applications, the high number of independent classifications provided by Galaxy Zoo provides an advantage in selecting galaxies with a particular morphological profile, while in others the combination of Galaxy Zoo with other classifications is a more promising approach than using any one method alone. We combine the Galaxy Zoo classifications of ‘smooth’ galaxies with parametric morphologies to select a sample of featureless discs at 1 ≤ z ≤ 3, which may represent a dynamically warmer progenitor population to the settled disc galaxies seen at later epochs. |
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| spelling | nottingham-396262020-05-04T18:28:28Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39626/ Galaxy Zoo: quantitative visual morphological classifications for 48 000 galaxies from CANDELS Simmons, B.D. Lintott, Chris Willett, Kyle W. Masters, Karen L. Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S. Häußler, Boris Kaviraj, Sugata Krawczyk, Coleman Kruk, S.J. McIntosh, Daniel H. Smethurst, Rebecca J. Nichol, Robert C. Scarlata, Claudia Schawinski, Kevin Conselice, Christopher J. Almaini, Omar Ferguson, Henry C. Fortson, Lucy Hartley, William Kocevski, Dale Koekemoer, Anton M. Mortlock, Alice Newman, Jeffrey A. Bamford, Steven P. Grogin, N.A. Lucas, Ray A. Hathi, Nimish P. McGrath, Elizabeth Peth, Michael Pforr, Janine Rizer, Zachary Wuyts, Stijn Barro, Guillermo Bell, Eric F. Castellano, Marco Dahlen, Tomas Dekel, Avishai Ownsworth, Jamie Faber, Sandra M. Finkelstein, Steven L. Fontana, Adriano Galametz, Audrey Grützbauch, Ruth Koo, David Lotz, Jennifer Mobasher, Bahram Mozena, Mark Salvato, Mara Wiklind, Tommy We present quantified visual morphologies of approximately 48 000 galaxies observed in three Hubble Space Telescope legacy fields by the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS) and classified by participants in the Galaxy Zoo project. 90 per cent of galaxies have z ≤ 3 and are observed in rest-frame optical wavelengths by CANDELS. Each galaxy received an average of 40 independent classifications, which we combine into detailed morphological information on galaxy features such as clumpiness, bar instabilities, spiral structure, and merger and tidal signatures. We apply a consensus-based classifier weighting method that preserves classifier independence while effectively down-weighting significantly outlying classifications. After analysing the effect of varying image depth on reported classifications, we also provide depth-corrected classifications which both preserve the information in the deepest observations and also enable the use of classifications at comparable depths across the full survey. Comparing the Galaxy Zoo classifications to previous classifications of the same galaxies shows very good agreement; for some applications, the high number of independent classifications provided by Galaxy Zoo provides an advantage in selecting galaxies with a particular morphological profile, while in others the combination of Galaxy Zoo with other classifications is a more promising approach than using any one method alone. We combine the Galaxy Zoo classifications of ‘smooth’ galaxies with parametric morphologies to select a sample of featureless discs at 1 ≤ z ≤ 3, which may represent a dynamically warmer progenitor population to the settled disc galaxies seen at later epochs. Oxford University Press 2017-02-01 Article PeerReviewed Simmons, B.D., Lintott, Chris, Willett, Kyle W., Masters, Karen L., Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S., Häußler, Boris, Kaviraj, Sugata, Krawczyk, Coleman, Kruk, S.J., McIntosh, Daniel H., Smethurst, Rebecca J., Nichol, Robert C., Scarlata, Claudia, Schawinski, Kevin, Conselice, Christopher J., Almaini, Omar, Ferguson, Henry C., Fortson, Lucy, Hartley, William, Kocevski, Dale, Koekemoer, Anton M., Mortlock, Alice, Newman, Jeffrey A., Bamford, Steven P., Grogin, N.A., Lucas, Ray A., Hathi, Nimish P., McGrath, Elizabeth, Peth, Michael, Pforr, Janine, Rizer, Zachary, Wuyts, Stijn, Barro, Guillermo, Bell, Eric F., Castellano, Marco, Dahlen, Tomas, Dekel, Avishai, Ownsworth, Jamie, Faber, Sandra M., Finkelstein, Steven L., Fontana, Adriano, Galametz, Audrey, Grützbauch, Ruth, Koo, David, Lotz, Jennifer, Mobasher, Bahram, Mozena, Mark, Salvato, Mara and Wiklind, Tommy (2017) Galaxy Zoo: quantitative visual morphological classifications for 48 000 galaxies from CANDELS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 464 (4). pp. 4420-4447. ISSN 0035-8711 galaxies: bulges ; galaxies: elliptical and lenticular cD ; galaxies: evolution ; galaxies: general ; galaxies: spiral ; galaxies: structure http://mnras.oxfordjournals.org/content/464/4/4420 doi:10.1093/mnras/stw2587 doi:10.1093/mnras/stw2587 |
| spellingShingle | galaxies: bulges ; galaxies: elliptical and lenticular cD ; galaxies: evolution ; galaxies: general ; galaxies: spiral ; galaxies: structure Simmons, B.D. Lintott, Chris Willett, Kyle W. Masters, Karen L. Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S. Häußler, Boris Kaviraj, Sugata Krawczyk, Coleman Kruk, S.J. McIntosh, Daniel H. Smethurst, Rebecca J. Nichol, Robert C. Scarlata, Claudia Schawinski, Kevin Conselice, Christopher J. Almaini, Omar Ferguson, Henry C. Fortson, Lucy Hartley, William Kocevski, Dale Koekemoer, Anton M. Mortlock, Alice Newman, Jeffrey A. Bamford, Steven P. Grogin, N.A. Lucas, Ray A. Hathi, Nimish P. McGrath, Elizabeth Peth, Michael Pforr, Janine Rizer, Zachary Wuyts, Stijn Barro, Guillermo Bell, Eric F. Castellano, Marco Dahlen, Tomas Dekel, Avishai Ownsworth, Jamie Faber, Sandra M. Finkelstein, Steven L. Fontana, Adriano Galametz, Audrey Grützbauch, Ruth Koo, David Lotz, Jennifer Mobasher, Bahram Mozena, Mark Salvato, Mara Wiklind, Tommy Galaxy Zoo: quantitative visual morphological classifications for 48 000 galaxies from CANDELS |
| title | Galaxy Zoo: quantitative visual morphological classifications for 48 000 galaxies from CANDELS |
| title_full | Galaxy Zoo: quantitative visual morphological classifications for 48 000 galaxies from CANDELS |
| title_fullStr | Galaxy Zoo: quantitative visual morphological classifications for 48 000 galaxies from CANDELS |
| title_full_unstemmed | Galaxy Zoo: quantitative visual morphological classifications for 48 000 galaxies from CANDELS |
| title_short | Galaxy Zoo: quantitative visual morphological classifications for 48 000 galaxies from CANDELS |
| title_sort | galaxy zoo: quantitative visual morphological classifications for 48 000 galaxies from candels |
| topic | galaxies: bulges ; galaxies: elliptical and lenticular cD ; galaxies: evolution ; galaxies: general ; galaxies: spiral ; galaxies: structure |
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