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Galaxy Counts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

J.A. Tyson
J.A. Tyson*
Affiliation:
Bell Laboratories

Abstract

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Counts of faint galaxies should reveal any evidence of galaxy luminosity or color evolution, as well as new information on the faint end of the galaxy luminosity function. The FOCAS automated detection and classification software is reviewed, and results of the deep 4m PF photographic survey to 24th magnitude in 23 fields covering 9 sq. degrees are presented. Color-magnitude plots for stars and galaxies are shown, and galaxy color evolution is discussed. Evidence is found for a faint galaxy blue trend at 22-24 J mag. However, the k-correction becomes so severe at redshift ~1 that the intrinsically fainter galaxies are emphasized in any magnitude-limited survey. No unambiguous evidence is found for evolution. New 4m limit CCD multi-color data are shown and discussed. The limiting magnitude for detection is 27th J magnitude in 2 hours integration. The data exclude evolution starting at any one epoch for z<10.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 78: Astronomy with Schmidt-type telescopes , 1984 , pp. 489 - 498
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1984

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