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i*g* photometry of SDSS EDR galaxies

Short name: J/ApJ/588/218 IVOA Identifier: ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/588/218 DOI (Digital Object Identifier): 10.26093/cds/vizier.15880218 Publisher: CDSivo://CDS[Pub. ID] More Info: https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/588/218 VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.	Status: active Registered: 2006 Jan 11 21:21:17Z
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In this paper we present a new statistic for quantifying galaxy morphology based on measurements of the Gini coefficient of galaxy light distributions. This statistic is easy to measure and is commonly used in econometrics to measure how wealth is distributed in human populations. When applied to galaxy images, the Gini coefficient provides a quantitative measure of the inequality with which a galaxy's light is distributed among its constituent pixels. We measure the Gini coefficient of local galaxies in the Early Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and demonstrate that this quantity is closely correlated with measurements of central concentration, but with significant scatter.

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Publisher: CDSivo://CDS[Pub. ID]

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Abraham R.G.van den Bergh S.Nair P.

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Updated: 2006 Jan 11 20:21:24Z
Created: 2006 Jan 11 21:21:17Z

This resource was registered on: 2006 Jan 11 21:21:17Z
This resource description was last updated on: 2021 Oct 21 00:00:00Z

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Resource type keywords: Catalog	Subject keywords: Galaxies Photometry Optical astronomy Sloan photometry Redshifted
Intended audience or use: Research: This resource provides information appropriate for supporting scientific research.
More Info: https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/588/218	Literature Reference: 2003ApJ...588..218A
Related Resources: Other Related Resources TAP VizieR generic service(IsServedBy) ivo://CDS.VizieR/TAP [Res. ID] http://www.sdss.org : SDSS Home Page ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/125/1817 [Res. ID]

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