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We are presently producing the Edinburgh/Durham galaxy catalogue, based on digitized scans of UK Schmidt plates by the COSMOS measuring machine. Our initial catalogue covers some 60 plates and contains approximately 106 galaxies to b J = 20. For each galaxy we store 27 image parameters, including image magnitude, RA, DEC, area, and position angle, enabling the database to be used for a wide range of astronomical applications. Here we discuss our data reduction techniques for both image classification and image photometry. Preliminary results are presented, including maps of galaxy distribution, together with number-magnitude counts and the galaxy-galaxy correlation function.
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Heydon-Dumbleton, N.H., Collins, C.A., MacGillivray, H.T. (1988). The Edinburgh/Durham galaxy survey. In: Seitter, W.C., Duerbeck, H.W., Tacke, M. (eds) Large-Scale Structures in the Universe Observational and Analytical Methods. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 310. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-50135-5_60
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