Open AccessSurface Photometry of Spiral Galaxy NGC 5005 and Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4278
Author(s) -
Baghdad Science Journal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
mağallaẗ baġdād li-l-ʿulūm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.167
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2411-7986
pISSN - 2078-8665
DOI - 10.21123/bsj.15.3.314-323
Subject(s) - physics , bulge , astrophysics , photometry (optics) , elliptical galaxy , surface brightness , astronomy , interacting galaxy , lenticular galaxy , galaxy , surface brightness fluctuation , irregular galaxy , hubble sequence , sky , spiral galaxy , dwarf galaxy , barred spiral galaxy , stars
Two galaxies have been chosen, spiral galaxy NGC 5005 and elliptical galaxy NGC 4278 to study their photometric properties by using surface photometric techniques with griz-Filters. Observations are obtained from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The data reduction of all images have done, like bias and flat field, by SDSS pipeline. The overall structure of the two galaxies (a bulge, a disk), together with isophotal contour maps, surface brightness profiles and a bulge/disk decomposition of the galaxy images were performed, although the disk position angle, ellipticity and inclination of the galaxies have been estimated.