Deep Imaging of Field Galaxies at Short Wavelengths

Majewski, S. R.

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A deep CCD survey of field galaxies to U ≳ 25.5 verifies to fainter magnitudes the steep slope in the ultraviolet galaxy counts found by Koo (1986) for 20 ≲ U ≲ 22. The sensitivity to the epoch of galaxy formation of still fainter surveys at short wavelengths is discussed.

Visiting Astronomer, Kitt Peak National Observatory, National Optical Astronomy Observatories, operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under contract with the National Science Foundation.

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Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Majewski, S.R. (1988). Deep Imaging of Field Galaxies at Short Wavelengths. In: Kron, R.G., Renzini, A. (eds) Towards Understanding Galaxies at Large Redshift. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 141. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2919-7_24

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