 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| • |
Isophotal
magnitudes: pixel values are integrated
|
|
|
within a given
isophote
|
|
|
|
§ |
Fast and
simple
|
|
|
|
§ |
Consistent
with the idea that sources are uniquely defined by a
|
|
|
list of pixels
|
|
|
|
§ |
Reasonably
robust to contamination by close neighbours
|
|
|
|
§ |
Fairly
efficient in terms of signal-to-noise
|
|
|
|
§ |
Strongly
biased against faint and low-surface brightness sources
|
|
|
|
§ |
Unless the
limiting isophote is very low, or a Monte-Carlo model
|
|
is available
for comparison, should be used for rough magnitude
|
|
|
estimates only
|
|