Universe (Oct 2024)

Galaxy Classification Using EWGC

  • Yunyan Nie,
  • Zhiren Pan,
  • Jianwei Zhou,
  • Bo Qiu,
  • A-Li Luo,
  • Chong Luo,
  • Xiaodong Luan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/universe10100394
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 10
p. 394

Abstract

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The Enhanced Wide-field Galaxy Classification Network (EWGC) is a novel architecture designed to classify spiral and elliptical galaxies using Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) images. The EWGC achieves an impressive classification accuracy of 90.02%, significantly outperforming the previously developed WGC network and underscoring its superior performance in galaxy morphology classification. Remarkably, the network demonstrates a consistent accuracy of 90.02% when processing both multi-target and single-target images. Such robustness indicates the EWGC’s versatility and potential for various applications in galaxy classification tasks.

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