On the CCD Calibration of Zwicky galaxy magnitudes & The Properties of Nearby Field Galaxies

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1999-06-14

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9906236v2

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 312 (2000) 417

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Full size figures can be found in http://www.ieec.fcr.es/cosmo-www/zwicky.ps Version accepted for publication in MNRAS. Exte

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03139.x

We present CCD photometry for galaxies around 204 bright (m_Z < 15.5) Zwicky galaxies in the equatorial extension of the APM Galaxy Survey, sampling and area over 400 square degrees, which extends 6 hours in right ascension. We fit a best linear relation between the Zwicky magnitude system, m_Z, and the CCD photometry, B, by doing a likehood analysis that corrects for Malmquist bias. This fit yields a mean scale error in Zwicky of 0.38 mag per magnitude: ie Delta m_Z = (0.62 \pm 0.05) Delta B and a mean zero point of = -0.35 \pm 0.15 mag. The scatter around this fit is about 0.4 mag. Correcting the Zwicky magnitude system with the best fit model results in a 60% lower normalization and 0.35 mag brighter M_* in the luminosity function. This brings the CfA2 luminosity function closer to the other low redshift estimations (eg Stromlo-APM or LCRS). We find a significant positive angular correlation of magnitudes and position in the sky at scales smaller than about 5 armin, which corresponds to a mean separation of 120 Kpc/h. We also present colours, sizes and ellipticities for galaxies in our fields which provides a good local reference for the studies of galaxy evolution.

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