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Optical Galaxy Selection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Stacy McGaugh
Stacy McGaugh*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, USA

Abstract

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Our view of the properties of galaxies is strongly affected by the way in which we survey for them. I discuss some aspects of selection effects and methods to compensate for them. One result is an estimate of the surface brightness distribution. I believe this is progress, but considerable uncertainty remains.

Type
Observational selection effects
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 171: The Low Surface Brightness Universe , 1999 , pp. 19 - 26
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999

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