The UNAM-KIAS Catalog of Isolated Galaxies
H. M. Hern\'andez-Toledo, J. A. V\'azquez-Mata, L. A., Mart\'inez-V\'azquez, Yun-Young Choi, Changbom Park

TL;DR
This paper introduces the UNAM-KIAS catalog of 1520 isolated galaxies from SDSS data, providing morphological classifications, physical properties, and visual atlases, enhancing the study of galaxy isolation and morphology.
Contribution
It presents a new, comprehensive catalog of isolated galaxies with uniform morphological classification and detailed physical property analysis, based on high-resolution SDSS imaging.
Findings
80% of galaxies are spirals, mostly later than Sbc
14.5% are early-type E and S0 galaxies
The catalog is approximately 80% complete at specified magnitudes
Abstract
A new catalog of isolated galaxies from The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (DR5) is presented. 1520 isolated galaxies were found in 1.4 steradians of sky. The selection criteria in this so called UNAM-KIAS catalog was implemented from a variation on the criteria developed by Karachentseva 1973 including full redshift information. Through an image processing pipeline that takes advantage from the high resolution (~ 0.4 ''/pix) and high dynamic range of the SDSS images, a uniform g band morphological classification for all these galaxies is presented. We identify 80% (SaSm) spirals (50% later than Sbc types) on one hand, and a scarce population of early-type E(6.5%) and S0(8%) galaxies amounting to 14.5% on the other hand. This magnitude-limited catalog is ~ 80% complete at 16.5, 15.6, 15.0, 14.6 and 14.4 magnitudes in the ugriz bands respectively. Some representative physical properties…
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