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| Paper: |
Spectral Investigation and Physical Properties of Markarian Galaxies from SDSS |
| Volume: |
505, Astronomical Surveys and Big Data |
| Page: |
162 |
| Authors: |
Gyulzadyan, M. V.; Mickaelian, A. M.; Abrahamyan, H. V.; Paronyan, G. M. |
| Abstract: |
Beginning in the mid-1960s and continuing through 1978, the first large-area objective-prism survey for galaxies with blue and ultraviolet excess in their continuum radiation was conducted by Markarian, Lipovetskii and Stepanian (published in Lists I-XV). Observations were carried out using primarily a 1.5° objective prism with the 40″/52″ (1.0/1.3 m) Schmidt telescope at Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory. Their setup produced an inverse dispersion of 2500 Å/mm at Hβ (Markarian 1967). The publication of the List XV (Markarian et al. 1981) completed the Markarian Survey (also known as FBS, First Byurakan Survey). We present some average characteristics for 1493 Markarian galaxies derived from SDSS images and spectra and compare them to those of the two groups of the Second Byurakan Survey galaxies, defined using two indicators of activity as observed on objective-prism spectra: the presence of UV excess (860 UVX) in the continuum and the presence of emission lines (813 ELs). The parameters used for the comparison were morphology, redshift, apparent magnitude, absolute magnitude, the ratio of the small and the large semi-axes R (J), and close environment. For UVG the average apparent magnitude is 16.95m, for Mrk it is 15.2m, and for ELG it is 16.7m; the average absolute magnitude is 20.1m for Mrk, 20.73m for UVG, and 20.67m for ELG; the redshift is 0.024 for Mrk, 0.046 for UVG and 0.035 for ELG; the ratio of the small and the large semi-axes R (J) is 0.74 for Mrk and UVG, and 0.67 for ELG. On average, there are more spiral and compact galaxies among Mrk, UVG, and ELG objects. Some 31% of Mrk galaxies, 38% of UVG and 25% of ELG have neighboring galaxies in a circle with a radius of 50 kpc. In the course of the Markarian survey, more than 200 Seyfert galaxies, and hundreds of starburst, blue compact, and HII galaxies were discovered. |
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