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Photometric Redshifts

Using optical images from the NOAO Deep Wide Field Survey, students use a technique called "photometric redshift" to identify and to measure the distances to high-redshift galaxies.

Project Manual

Data for this project is downloaded from the NOAO Deep Wide Field Survey Cutout Server


Required Software

ImageJ & the Polaris Plug-in are used for image analysis.