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GALEX/COSMOS Prior-based Photometry Catalog

Metadata Updated: January 16, 2026

COSMOS is an astronomical survey designed to probe the formation and evolution of galaxies as a function of cosmic time (redshift) and large scale structural environment. The survey covers a 2 square degree equatorial field with imaging by most of the major space-based telescopes (Hubble, Spitzer, GALEX, XMM, Chandra) and a number of large ground based telescopes (Subaru, VLA, ESO-VLT, UKIRT, NOAO, CFHT, and others). Over 2 million galaxies are detected, spanning 75% of the age of the universe.This catalog was created using u-band priors and the EM-algorithm. Appropriate references for a description of the method are: Guillaume, M. et al. 2006, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 6064, pp. 332-341. This is the current reference, and contains all the basics of the method and algorithm. A more specific reference for this catalog is Zamojski et al. (2008).The algorithm was run on the four NUV and the four FUV GALEX images covering the COSMOS field. It was run on the "-int" images (intensity maps) obtained as a product of the GALEX pipeline processing, version 1.61. The u-band mosaic image and SExtractor catalog used as priors in this run were generously provided by Henry McCracken (IAP) and are based on CFHT-u* observations of the COSMOS field.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date January 16, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date January 16, 2026
Publisher NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive
Maintainer
Identifier ivo://irsa.ipac/cosmos/catalog/cosmos-galex
Data Last Modified 2026-01-13
Category Astrophysics
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
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Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/COSMOS/gator_docs/cosmos_galex_colDescriptions.html
Program Code 026:000
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash e2577b491d6b2d5c347082da2ae6c84fb74ddb5a81ba5ead83f994803e6ffaac
Source Schema Version 1.1

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