ar X iv : a st ro - p h / 04 05 59 4 v 1 2 9 M ay 2 00 4 Mid - Infrared Galaxy Morphology Along the Hubble Sequence
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The mid-infrared emission from 18 nearby galaxies imaged with the IRAC instrument on Spitzer Space Telescope samples the spatial distributions of the reddening-free stellar photospheric emission and the warm dust in the ISM. These two components provide a new framework for galaxy morphological classification, in which the presence of spiral arms and their emission strength relative to the starlight can be measured directly and with high contrast. Four mid-infrared classification methods are explored, three of which are based on quantitative global parameters (colors, bulge-to-disk ratio) similar to those used in the past for optical studies; in this limited sample, all correlate well with traditional B-band classification. We suggest reasons why infrared classification may be superior to optical classification.
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