Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 140, 89-92

Galaxy coordinates

II. Accurate equatorial coordinates for 17298 galaxies

G. Paturel¹ - C. Petit¹ - Ph. Prugniel¹ - and R. Garnier¹

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CRAL-Observatoire de Lyon, F-69561 Saint-Genis Laval Cedex, France

Received July 30; accepted September 20, 1999

Abstract:

Using images of the Digitized Sky Survey we measured coodinates for 17298 galaxies having poorly defined coordinates. As a control, we measured with the same method 1522 galaxies having accurate coordinates. The comparison with our own measurements shows that the accuracy of the method is about 6 arcsec on each axis (RA and DEC).

Key words: galaxies general -- catalogs