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Number-magnitude count for galaxies at the South Galactic Pole

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COSMOS measures on a deep UK Schmidt Telescope Plate have been used to obtain the number-magnitude count for galaxies in a field of 14.6 square degrees near the South Galactic Pole. The results are in excellent agreement with data for the North Galactic Pole for galaxies fainter thanB=18.0, indicating no large-scale differences between north and south. A deficiency in numbers is observed for galaxies withB∼16.0. This is comparable to the deficiency atB∼17.5 for counts at the North Galactic Pole and supports the suggested asymmetry of the bright galaxy distribution between north and south galactic poles.

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MacGillivray, H.T., Dodd, R.J. Number-magnitude count for galaxies at the South Galactic Pole. Astrophys Space Sci 72, 315–318 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00639140

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