luminous red galaxy
(LRG)
(distant bright red galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey)
The term luminous red galaxy (LRG) was used for the members of
a sample selected from Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) observational data, consisting
of galaxies that are distant (with a redshift around 0.4),
highly-luminous, and a reddish color. These were fainter than
SDSS's main galaxy sample, and were included as targets of the
subsequent Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS).
(galaxy type)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloan_Digital_Sky_Survey
http://classic.sdss.org/dr7/algorithms/target.php#lrg
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ApJ...803..105P/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001AJ....122.2267E/abstract
https://classic.sdss.org/dr7/products/general/target_quality.php
Referenced by pages:
2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO survey (2SLAQ)
Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS)
Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI)
Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)
Index