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Monte-Carlo Simulations of the Distribution of Faint Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

H.T. MacGillivray  and
R. J. Dodd
H.T. MacGillivray
Affiliation:
Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
R. J. Dodd
Affiliation:
Carter Observatory, PO Box 2909, Wellington 1, New Zealand

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Simulations of static (non-evolving) fields of galaxies are carried out by means of a Monte-Carlo computer technique which models all physical effects acting on the light from distant galaxies, from emission at the source up to the final detection and measurement on the photographic plate by means of a high-speed measuring machine. Parameters for the model galaxies are computed in order to match the main types of measurement made on astronomical photographs (e.g. image centroids, isophotal magnitudes and colours, orientations and shapes).

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Research Article
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 104: Early Evolution of the Universe and Its Present Structure , 1983 , pp. 401 - 404
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1983 

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