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WISE × SuperCOSMOS photometric redshift catalog : 20 million Galaxies over 3π steradians

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Date
13/07/2016
Author
Bilicki, Maciej
Peacock, John A.
Jarrett, Thomas H.
Cluver, Michelle E.
Maddox, Natasha
Brown, Michael J. I.
Taylor, Edward N.
Hambly, Nigel C.
Solarz, Aleksandra
Holwerda, Benne W.
Baldry, Ivan
Loveday, Jon
Moffett, Amanda
Hopkins, Andrew M.
Driver, Simon P.
Alpaslan, Mehmet
Bland-Hawthorn, Joss
Keywords
Catalogs
Galaxies: distances and redshifts
Large-scale structure of universe
Methods: data analysis
Methods: statistical
Surveys
QB Astronomy
QC Physics
Space and Planetary Science
Astronomy and Astrophysics
DAS
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Abstract
We cross-match the two currently largest all-sky photometric catalogs - mid-infrared Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and SuperCOSMOS scans of UKST/POSS-II photographic plates - to obtain a new galaxy sample that covers 3π steradians. In order to characterize and purify the extragalactic data set, we use external GAMA and Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectroscopic information to define quasar and star loci in multicolor space, aiding the removal of contamination from our extended source catalog. After appropriate data cleaning, we obtain a deep wide-angle galaxy sample that is approximately 95% pure and 90% complete at high Galactic latitudes. The catalog contains close to 20 million galaxies over almost 70% of the sky, outside the Zone of Avoidance and other confused regions, with a mean surface density of more than 650 sources per square degree. Using multiwavelength information from two optical and two mid-IR photometric bands, we derive photometric redshifts for all the galaxies in the catalog, using the ANNz framework trained on the final GAMA-II spectroscopic data. Our sample has a median redshift of zmed = 0.2, with a broad dN/dz reaching up to z > 0.4. The photometric redshifts have a mean bias of |δz|, ∼ 10-3 a normalized scatter of σ z = 0.033, and less than 3% outliers beyond 3σ z. Comparison with external data sets shows no significant variation of photo-z quality with sky position. Together with the overall statistics, we also provide a more detailed analysis of photometric redshift accuracy as a function of magnitudes and colors. The final catalog is appropriate for "all-sky" three-dimensional (3D) cosmology to unprecedented depths, in particular through cross-correlations with other large-area surveys. It should also be useful for source preselection and identification in forthcoming surveys, such as TAIPAN or WALLABY.
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Bilicki , M , Peacock , J A , Jarrett , T H , Cluver , M E , Maddox , N , Brown , M J I , Taylor , E N , Hambly , N C , Solarz , A , Holwerda , B W , Baldry , I , Loveday , J , Moffett , A , Hopkins , A M , Driver , S P , Alpaslan , M & Bland-Hawthorn , J 2016 , ' WISE × SuperCOSMOS photometric redshift catalog : 20 million Galaxies over 3π steradians ' , Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series , vol. 225 , no. 1 , 5 . https://doi.org/10.3847/0067-0049/225/1/5
Publication
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3847/0067-0049/225/1/5
ISSN
0067-0049
Type
Journal article
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© 2016. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the final published version of the work, which was originally published at: https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/815/1/64
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M Bilicki was supported through FP7 grant number 279396 from the European Research Council.
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https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.01182
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/9310

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