Siena Galaxy Atlas 2020
Abstract
We present the 2020 version of the Siena Galaxy Atlas (SGA-2020), a multiwavelength optical and infrared imaging atlas of 383,620 nearby galaxies. The SGA-2020 uses optical grz imaging over ≈20,000 deg2 from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Legacy Imaging Surveys Data Release 9 and infrared imaging in four bands (spanning 3.4-22 μm) from the 6 year unWISE coadds; it is more than 95% complete for galaxies larger than R(26) ≈ 25″ and r < 18 measured at the 26 mag arcsec-2 isophote in the r band. The atlas delivers precise coordinates, multiwavelength mosaics, azimuthally averaged optical surface-brightness profiles, model images and photometry, and additional ancillary metadata for the full sample. Coupled with existing and forthcoming optical spectroscopy from the DESI, the SGA-2020 will facilitate new detailed studies of the star formation and mass assembly histories of nearby galaxies; enable precise measurements of the local velocity field via the Tully-Fisher and fundamental plane relations; serve as a reference sample of lasting legacy value for time-domain and multimessenger astronomical events; and more.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
- Pub Date:
- November 2023
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2307.04888
- Bibcode:
- 2023ApJS..269....3M
- Keywords:
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- Galaxy photometry;
- Celestial objects catalogs;
- 611;
- 212;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- 47 pages, 13 figures, 5 tables