The Structure of Galaxies I: Surface Photometry Techniques
J. Schombert A B and A. K. Smith AA Department of Physics, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
B Corresponding author. Email: jschombe@uoregon.edu
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 29(2) 174-192 https://doi.org/10.1071/AS11059
Submitted: 12 October 2011 Accepted: 12 March 2012 Published: 24 April 2012
Journal Compilation © Astronomical Society of Australia 2012
Abstract
This project uses the 2MASS all-sky image database to study the structure of galaxies over a range of luminosities, sizes and morphological types. This first paper in this series will outline the techniques, reliability and data products to our surface photometry program. Our program will analyze all acceptable galaxies (meeting our criteria for isolation from companions and bright stars) from the Revised Shapley–Ames and Uppsala galaxy catalogs. Resulting photometry and surface brightness profiles are released using a transparent scheme of data storage which includes not only all the processed data but knowledge of the processing steps and calibrating parameters.
Keywords: galaxies: photometry — galaxies: structure — methods: data analysis — techniques: image processing — techniques: photometric
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