Automated star/galaxy discrimination with neural networks

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 318-331

  Odewahn, S C ^a   Stockwell, E B ^a   Pennington, R L ^a   Humphreys, R M ^a   Zumach, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0038614486     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/116063     Document Type: Article

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