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astro-ph2004★ 174 cited

The Properties of Ultraviolet-Luminous Galaxies at the Current Epoch

Timothy M. Heckman, Charles G. Hoopes, Mark Seibert +23

We have used the first matched set of GALEX and SDSS data to investigate the properties of a sample of 74 nearby galaxies with far-ultraviolet luminosities chosen to overlap the lu…

astro-ph2004★ 325 cited

The GALEX-VVDS Measurement of the Evolution of the Far-Ultraviolet Luminosity Density and the Cosmic Star Formation Rate

D. Schiminovich, O. Ilbert, S. Arnouts +10

In a companion paper (Arnouts et al. 2004) we presented new measurements of the galaxy luminosity function at 1500 Angstroms out to z~1 using GALEX-VVDS observations (1039 galaxies…

astro-ph2004★ 60 cited

Recent star formation in nearby galaxies from GALEX imaging:M101 and M51

Luciana Bianchi, D. Thilker, D. Burgarella +24

The GALEX (Galaxy Evolution Explorer) Nearby Galaxies Survey is providing deep far-UV and near-UV imaging for a representative sample of galaxies in the local universe. We present…

astro-ph2004

Classification and Characterization of Objects from GALEX and SDSS surveys

Luciana Bianchi, M. Seibert, W. Zheng +22

We use the GALEX (Galaxy Evolution Explorer) Medium Imaging Survey (MIS) and All-Sky Imaging Survey (AIS) data available in the first internal release, matched to the SDSS catalogs…

astro-ph2004★ 217 cited

The GALEX-VVDS Measurement of the Evolution of the 1500A Luminosity Function

S. Arnouts, D. Schiminovich, O. Ilbert +8

We present the first measurement of the galaxy luminosity function at 1500A between 0.2<z<1.2 based on GALEX-VVDS observations (1000 spectroscopic redshifts for galaxies with NUV<2…

astro-ph2004★ 45 cited

Extinction radial profiles of M83 from GALEX UV imaging

S. Boissier, A. Gil de Paz, B. F. Madore +24

We use the far-UV (FUV) and near-UV (NUV) images of M83 obtained by GALEX to compute the radial profile of the UV spectral slope in the star forming disk. We briefly present a mode…

astro-ph2004★ 64 cited

UV Emission from Stellar Populations within Tidal Tails: Catching the Youngest Galaxies in Formation?

S. G. Neff, D. A. Thilker, M. Seibert +22

New GALEX observations have detected significant FUV (1530 Angstroms) and NUV (2310 Angstroms) emission from stellar substructures within the tidal tails of four ongoing galaxy mer…

astro-ph2004★ 242 cited

The UV Galaxy Luminosity Function in the Local Universe from GALEX Data

Ted K. Wyder, Marie A. Treyer, Bruno Milliard +22

We present the results of a determination of the galaxy luminosity function at ultraviolet wavelengths at redshifts of from GALEX data. We determined the luminosity fun…

astro-ph2004★ 84 cited

Systematics of the Ultraviolet Rising flux in a GALEX/SDSS sample of Early-type Galaxies

R. M. Rich, S. Salim, J. Brinchmann +24

We present ultraviolet photometry for a sample of morphologically early-type galaxies selected by matching the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 1 with the GALEX Medium and All…

astro-ph2004★ 194 cited

New Constraints on the Star Formation Histories and Dust Attenuation of Galaxies in the Local Universe from GALEX

Samir Salim, Stephane Charlot, R. Michael Rich +23

We derive a variety of physical parameters including star formation rates (SFRs), dust attenuation and burst mass fractions for 6472 galaxies observed by the Galaxy Evolution Explo…

astro-ph2004★ 72 cited

UV Morphology and Star Formation in the Tidal Tails of NGC 4038/39

J. E. Hibbard, L. Bianchi, D. A. Thilker +2

We present GALEX FUV (1530 A) and NUV (2310 A) observations of the archetypal merging system NGC 4038/39, ``The Antennae". Both tails are relatively bright in the UV, especially in…

astro-ph2004★ 321 cited

Dust attenuation in the nearby Universe: comparison between galaxies selected in the ultraviolet or in the infrared

V. Buat, J. Iglesias-Paramo, M. Seibert +27

We compare the dust attenuation properties of two samples of galaxies purely selected in the near-ultraviolet (NUV) band (1750-2750 A, lambda_m = 2310 A) and in the far-infrared (F…

astro-ph2004★ 50 cited

A comparative study of the spatial distribution of ultraviolet and far-infrared fluxes from M 101

C. C. Popescu, R. J. Tuffs, B. F. Madore +23

The total ultraviolet (UV) flux (from 1412 to 2718 AA) of M 101 is compared on a pixel-to-pixel basis with the total far-infrared (FIR) flux (from 60 to 170 micron), using the maps…

astro-ph2004★ 327 cited

GALEX UV Color-Magnitude Relations and Evidence for Recent Star Formation in Early-type Galaxies

S Yi, SJ Yoon, S Kaviraj +32

We have used the GALEX UV photometric data to construct a first near-ultraviolet (NUV) color-magnitude relation (CMR) for the galaxies pre-classified as early-type by SDSS studies.…

astro-ph2004★ 20 cited

GALEX Ultraviolet Photometry of Globular Clusters in M31

S. -C. Rey, R. M. Rich, Y. -W. Lee +27

We present ultraviolet photometry for globular clusters (GCs) in M31 from 15 square deg of imaging using the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX). We detect 200 and 94 GCs with certai…

astro-ph2004★ 59 cited

UV emission and Star Formation in Stephan's Quintet

C. Kevin Xu, Jorge Iglesias-Paramo, Denis Burgarella +22

we present the first GALEX UV images of the well known interacting group of galaxies, Stephan's Quintet (SQ). We detect widespread UV emission throughout the group. However, there…

astro-ph2004★ 32 cited

The Look-back Time Evolution of Far-UV Flux from Elliptical Galaxies: The Fornax Cluster and Abell 2670

Y. -W. Lee, C. H. Ree, R. M. Rich +30

In order to investigate the origin of the far-UV (FUV) flux from the early-type galaxies, Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) is collecting the UV data for the elliptical-rich cluste…

astro-ph2004★ 133 cited

Panoramic GALEX FUV and NUV imaging of M31 and M33

D. A. Thilker, C. G. Hoopes, L. Bianchi +25

We present Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) far-UV and near-UV mosaic observations covering the entirety of M31 and M33. For both targets, we measure the decline of surface bright…

astro-ph2004★ 366 cited

The On-Orbit Performance of the Galaxy Evolution Explorer

P. Morrissey, D. Schiminovich, T. A. Barlow +35

We report the first year on-orbit performance results for the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), a NASA Small Explorer that is performing a survey of the sky in two ultraviolet ban…

astro-ph2004★ 107 cited

GALEX Observations of the Ultraviolet Halos of NGC 253 and M82

C. G. Hoopes, T. M. Heckman, D. K. Strickland +25

We present Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) images of the prototypical edge-on starburst galaxies M82 and NGC253. Our initial analysis is restricted to the complex of ultraviolet…

astro-ph2004★ 27 cited

The Ultraviolet Galaxy Luminosity Function from GALEX data: Color Dependent Evolution at Low Redshift

M. Treyer, T. Wyder, D. Schiminovich +22

We present measurements of the FUV (1530A) and NUV (2310A) galaxy luminosity functions (LF) at low redshift (z<0.2) from GALEX observations matched to the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Surve…

astro-ph2004★ 85 cited

The Star Formation Rate Function of the Local Universe

D. Christopher Martin, Mark Seibert, Veronique Buat +22

We have derived the bivariate luminosity function for the far ultraviolet (1530Angstroms) and far infrared (60 microns). We used matched GALEX and IRAS data, and redshifts from NED…

astro-ph2004★ 286 cited

Recent Star Formation in the Extreme Outer Disk of M83

D. A. Thilker, L. Bianchi, S. Boissier +24

Ultraviolet imaging with the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) has revealed an extensive sample of UV-bright stellar complexes in the extreme outer disk of M83, extending to about…

astro-ph2004★ 62 cited

The Ultraviolet Luminosity Function of GALEX Galaxies at Photometric Redshifts Between 0.07 and 0.25

T. Budavari, A. S. Szalay, S. Charlot +24

We present measurements of the UV galaxy luminosity function and the evolution of luminosity density from GALEX observations matched to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We anal…