Galaxy Zoo: A Catalog of Overlapping Galaxy Pairs for Dust Studies

Analysis of galaxies with overlapping images offers a direct way to probe the distribution of dust extinction and its effects on the background light. We present a catalog of 1990 such galaxy pairs selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) by volunteers of the Galaxy Zoo project. We highligh...

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Main Authors: Keel, W, Manning, A, Holwerda, B, Mezzoprete, M, Lintott, C, Schawinski, K, Gay, P, Masters, K
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012