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J/A+AS/118/7        Photometry & morphology of UCM galaxies (Vitores+, 1996)
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Photometric and morphological analysis of UCM galaxies.
I. Observations and reductions. Morphological classifications
     Vitores A.G., Zamorano J., Rego M., Alonso O., Gallego J.
    <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 118, 7 (1996)>
    =1996A&AS..118....7V      (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
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ADC_Keywords: Galaxy catalogs ; Morphology ; Redshifts ; Photometry, surface
Keywords: surveys - galaxies: fundamental parameters - galaxies: general -
          galaxies: photometry - atlases

Description:
    We present the results of Thuan & Gunn r CCD imaging observations of
    the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) sample of emission-line
    galaxies (ELGs), selected by the presence of H{alpha} emission in
    low-resolution objective prism spectra. In this work we characterize
    photometrically and morphologically a total of 212 objects from the
    UCM survey. This Paper presents the observations and basic reductions,
    and lists a set of photometric parameters calculated for each UCM
    object. In addition, for the first time in a ELGs sample, we have
    determined the morphological classification of the objects using
    simultaneously five different criteria.

File Summary:
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  FileName  Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe         80        .   This file
table2.dat     64      212   Apparent and absolute magnitudes of UCM objects
table3.dat     80      212   B+D decomposition parameters for UCM objects
table4.dat     65      212   Photometric parameters of UCM objects
table5.dat     61      212   Mean photometric parameters and concentration
                              indices of UCM objects.
table6.dat     70      212   Morphological type, according to the different
                             photometric criteria, for objects of UCM sample
table7.dat     80      519   Special comments on individual UCM objects
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See also:
    J/ApJS/95/387  : Survey of emission-line galaxies (Zamorano+ 1994)
    J/ApJS/105/343 : Universidad Complutense de Madrid list 2 (Zamorano+ 1996)
    J/A+AS/120/323 : Long-slit spectroscopy of UCM galaxies (Gallego+ 1996)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units  Label   Explanations
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   1- 13 A13     ---    Name    UCM name
  14- 19 F6.2    mag    rmag    Apparent magnitude in the Thuan-Gunn r band
  20- 24 F5.2    mag  e_rmag    rms uncertainty on r apparent magnitude
  27- 34 F8.5    ---    z       ? Redshift
  37- 43 F7.2    Mpc    Dist    ? Distance
  46- 50 F5.2    mag    GalExt  Galactic extinction
  54- 59 F6.2    mag    rmagAbs ? Absolute magnitude in the Thuan-Gunn r band
  60- 64 F5.2    mag  e_rmagAbs ? rms uncertainty on r absolute magnitude
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units       Label  Explanations
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   1- 13  A13    ---         Name   UCM name
  14- 19  F6.2 mag/arcsec2   SuBrB  ? Effective bulge surface brightness
  20- 24  F5.2 mag/arcsec2 e_SuBrB  ? rms uncertainty on SuBrB
  25- 30  F6.2   arcsec      radB   ? Effective radius of the bulge component
  31- 35  F5.2   arcsec    e_radB   ? rms uncertainty on radB
  37- 41  F5.2   ---         Eps    Ellipticity
  42- 47  F6.2 mag/arcsec2   SuBrD  ? Disk face-on extrapolated central surface
                                       brightness
  48- 52  F5.2 mag/arcsec2 e_SuBrD  ? rms uncertainty on SuBrD
  53- 58  F6.2   arcsec      Length ? Scale length of the disk
  59- 63  F5.2   arcsec    e_Length ? rms uncertainty on Length
  64- 69  F6.2   ---         B/D    ? Bulge-to-disk ratio
  70- 74  F5.2   ---       e_B/D    ? rms uncertainty on B/D
  75- 79  F5.2   ---         rms    ? rms scatter of the global B+D fit
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table4.dat
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   Bytes  Format Units Label  Explanations
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   1- 13  A13    ---   Name   UCM name
  16- 21  F6.2  arcsec a      Major axis at 24 mag/arcsec2 isophote
  24- 29  F6.2  arcsec b      Minor axis at 24 mag/arcsec2 isophote
  32- 37  F6.2  arcsec Rad1   Equivalent radius at 24 mag/arcsec2 isophote
  41- 46  F6.2  mag    mag1   Apparent magnitude inside 24 mag/arcsec2 isophote
  49- 54  F6.2  arcsec Rad2   Equivalent radius at 24.5 mag/arcsec2 isophote
  58- 63  F6.2  mag    mag2   Apparent magnit. inside 24.5 mag/arcsec2 isophote
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table5.dat
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   Bytes  Format Units     Label Explanations
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   1- 13  A13    ---       Name  UCM name
  16- 21  F6.2   arcsec    Rad   Effective radius
  24- 29  F6.2 mag/arcsec2 SuBr  Mean surface brightness inside effective radius
  32- 37  F6.2 mag/arcsec2 SuBr2 Mean surface brightness inside 24.5 isophote
  41- 45  F5.2   ---       c31   Concentration index c31 (1)
  49- 53  F5.2   ---       c42   Concentration index c42 (2)
  57- 61  F5.2   ---       cin   Concentration index cin (alpha = 0.3)
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Note (1): C31 was introduced by deVaucoleurs (1977, 'Evolution of Galaxies 
    and Stellar Populations' ed. Larson, R. & Tinsley, B., Yale University
    Observatory, New Haven, 43) and is the ratio of the radii which
    contain 75% and 25% of the total luminosity of the galaxy respectively
    (C31=r75/r25)
Note (2): C42 was introduced by  Kent (1985, ApJS 59,115) and is obtained 
    with the ratio of the radii which contain 80% and 20% of the total
    luminosity of the galaxy (C42=5log(r80/r20))
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table6.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label    Explanations
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   1- 13  A13   ---     Name     UCM name
  16- 23  A8    ---     Mtype1   Morphological classif. according to B/D
  25- 32  A8    ---     Mtype2   Morphological classif. according to cin (alpha)
                                 vs mean surface brightness inside 24.5 isophote
  34- 42  A9    ---     Mtype3   Morphological classif. according to c31
  44- 50  A7    ---     Mtype4   Morphological classif. according to c42
  52- 59  A8    ---     Mtype5   Morphological classif. according to
                                  mean surface effective brightness
  61- 70  A10   ---     Mtype    Final Type
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table7.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1- 13  A13   ---     Name      UCM name
  15- 80  A66   ---     Com       Comments  (several lines per galaxy)
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Courtesy: <jaz@ucmast.fis.ucm.es>
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(End)                                    Patricia Bauer      [CDS]   27-Nov-1995

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