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The CNN classification of galaxies by their image morphological peculiarities
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2023
Abstract
Multidimensional mathematical analysis, like Machine Learning techniques, determines the different features of objects, which is difficult for the human mind. We create a machine learning model to predict galaxies’ detailed morphology (∼ 300000 SDSS-galaxies with z < 0.1) and train it on a labeled dataset defined within the Galaxy Zoo 2 (GZ2). We use convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to classify the galaxies into five visual types (completely rounded, rounded in-between, smooth cigar-shaped, edge-on, and spiral) and 34 morphological classes attaining >94% of accuracy for five-class morphology prediction except for the cigar-shaped (∼ 87%) galaxies.
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