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The Northern Sky Optical Cluster Survey. II. An Objective Cluster Catalog for 5800 Square Degrees

  • Authors: R. R. Gal, R. R. de Carvalho, P. A. A. Lopes, S. G. Djorgovski, R. J. Brunner, A. Mahabal, and S. C. Odewahn

Gal et al. 2003 The Astronomical Journal 125 2064.

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Caption: Fig. 1.

Effect of varying the initial smoothing window on cluster appearance. Each panel contains a simulated background with four simulated clusters, as described in the text. The smoothing kernel ranges in size from 300﹩\arcsec﹩ for the top panel, to 800﹩\arcsec﹩ for the bottom panel, in 100﹩\arcsec﹩ increments.

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