Description of the various fields in the compilation
Field: Type
Extended RC3 Morphological type (modified de Vaucouleur's scale)
Field: bar
Indicate the presence/absence of a bar.
| 0 |
no bar is mentioned
|
| 1 |
intermediate bar |
| 2 |
bar |
Field: ring
Indicate the presence/absence of a ring.
| 0 |
no ring is mentioned
|
| 1 |
ring |
Field: bri
Brightness
| 1 |
compact galaxy |
| 2 |
very compact galaxy |
| 3 |
extremely compact galaxy |
| 4 |
diffuse galaxy |
| 5 |
very diffuse galaxy |
| 6 |
extremely diffuse galaxy |
Field: inter
Interaction
| 1 |
Interaction mentioned |
| 2 |
Strong interaction in the center of a cluster (cD galaxy) |
Field: mult
Multiplicity
| 1 |
multiplicity mentioned |
| 2 |
double |
| 3 |
triple |
| 4 |
quadruple |
| 5 |
multiple |
| 9 |
superimposed star mentioned |
Field: quality
Quality Flag
| 0 |
accurate detailed classification |
| 1 |
detailed classification of lower accuracy
|
| 2 |
derived from photometric profile
|
| 3 |
large uncertainty
|
| 9 |
measurement to be rejected |