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An Extended Catalogue of galaxy morphology using Deep Learning in Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey Data Release 3

The morphological diversity of galaxies is a relevant probe of galaxy evolution and cosmological structure formation. However, in large sky surveys, even the morphological classification of galaxies into two classes, like late-type (LT) and early-type (ET), still represents a significant challenge....

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Published in:arXiv.org 2023-06
Main Authors: Bom, C R, Cortesi, A, Ribeiro, U, Dias, L O, Kelkar, K, Smith Castelli, A V, Santana-Silva, L, Silva, V, Gonçalves, T S, Abramo, L R, Lima, E V R, Almeida-Fernandes, F, Espinosa, L, L Li, Buzzo, M L, Mendes de Oliveira, C, Sodré, L, Alvarez-Candal, A, Grossi, M, Telles, E, Torres-Flores, S, Werner, S V, Kanaan, A, Ribeiro, T, Schoenell, W
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Summary:The morphological diversity of galaxies is a relevant probe of galaxy evolution and cosmological structure formation. However, in large sky surveys, even the morphological classification of galaxies into two classes, like late-type (LT) and early-type (ET), still represents a significant challenge. In this work we present a Deep Learning (DL) based morphological catalog built from images obtained by the Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey (S-PLUS) Data Release 3 (DR3). Our DL method achieves an precision rate of 98.5\(\%\) in accurately distinguishing between spiral, as part of the larger category of late type (LT) galaxies, and elliptical, belonging to early type (ET) galaxies. Additionally, we have implemented a secondary classifier that evaluates the quality of each galaxy stamp, which allows to select only high-quality images when studying properties of galaxies on the basis of their DL morphology. From our LT/ET catalog of galaxies, we recover the expected color--magnitude diagram in which LT galaxies display bluer colors than ET ones. Furthermore, we also investigate the clustering of galaxies based on their morphology, along with their relationship to the surrounding environment. As a result, we deliver a full morphological catalog with \(164314\) objects complete up to \(r_{petro}
ISSN:2331-8422