GALEX observations of the sloan digital sky survey: A Comparison

Mark Seibert; Tamás Budavári; Jaehyon Rhee; Soo Chang Rey; David Schiminovich; Samir Salim; D. Christopher Martin; Alex S. Szalay; Karl Forster; R. Michael Rich; T. Barlow; L. Bianchi; Y. I. Byun; J. Donas; P. G. Friedman; T. M. Heckman; P. Jelinsky; Y. W. Lee; B. F. Madore; R. Malina; B. Milliard; P. Morrissey; S. Neff; O. Siegmund; T. Small; B. Welsh; T. K. Wyder

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GALEX observations of the sloan digital sky survey: A Comparison

Mark Seibert, Tamás Budavári, Jaehyon Rhee, Soo Chang Rey, David Schiminovich, Samir Salim, D. Christopher Martin, Alex S. Szalay, Karl Forster, R. Michael Rich, T. Barlow, L. Bianchi, Y. I. Byun, J. Donas, P. G. Friedman, T. M. Heckman, P. Jelinsky, Y. W. Lee, B. F. Madore, R. MalinaB. Milliard, P. Morrissey, S. Neff, O. Siegmund, T. Small, B. Welsh, T. K. Wyder

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We have matched 358,046 objects in 143 deg² of overlap between the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). This Letter provides matching statistics at Medium Imaging Survey and All-sky Imaging Survey depths for SDSS-classified stars and galaxies as well as spectroscopic star, galaxy, and QSO subsamples. Distributions of magnitudes, redshifts, and colors are provided. Near-ultraviolet (NUV)-based color-color diagrams reveal (1) the segregation of main-sequence, horizontal-branch, subdwarf, white dwarf, M dwarf, and M dwarf-white dwarf binary stellar populations, (2) a bimodal distribution of galaxies, and (3) the higher signal quality of the GALEX NUV compared to the SDSS u band.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	L23-L26
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	619
Issue number	1 II
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/427842
Publication status	Published - 2005 Jan 20

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Seibert, M., Budavári, T., Rhee, J., Rey, S. C., Schiminovich, D., Salim, S., Martin, D. C., Szalay, A. S., Forster, K., Rich, R. M., Barlow, T., Bianchi, L., Byun, Y. I., Donas, J., Friedman, P. G., Heckman, T. M., Jelinsky, P., Lee, Y. W., Madore, B. F., ... Wyder, T. K. (2005). GALEX observations of the sloan digital sky survey: A Comparison. Astrophysical Journal, 619(1 II), L23-L26. https://doi.org/10.1086/427842

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