Things to think about when looking at cross-matched sources in
Navigator
For each cluster, make a final sample of all crossmatched sources
that are brighter than r=20.5 and bluer than g-r=1.1. Then use
their SDSS coordinates ('ra_SDSS' and 'dec_SDSS' in your data
table) to look them up on the SDSS Navigator site (https://skyserver.sdss.org/dr18/VisualTools/navi).
While looking at your sources, think about the following things.
Is it a good X-ray/optical cross-match? Think about different
cases:
- X-ray source close to an optical source, small X-ray position
uncertainty.
- X-ray source close to an optical source, but large X-ray
uncertainty.
- X-ray source far from an optical source.
- X-ray source in a crowded optical field.
Is it likely to be in the cluster?
- If it has a spectroscopic redshift, you know whether or not it
is in the cluster.
- What if it doesn't have a spectrum? What other arguments could
you make?
What kind of galaxy is it in?
- Morphology: Spiral? Elliptical? Interacting?
- Where is it in/around the cluster? Inner parts? Outskirts?
- Color: Blue cloud? Red sequence?
- SDSS Spectroscopic Classification: star forming?
non-star-forming? AGN noted in classification?
X-ray hardness ("HRhs" column in the dataset)
- Logarithmic measure of ratio of hard:soft X-rays. Larger
number, harder spectrum (more energectic X-rays)
- HRhs > −0.5: very likely AGN
- HRhs < −0.5: uncertain, but possibly an AGN (soft X-rays
could also be from a hot gas halo around the galaxy, maybe?)
- Also think about the quality of the X-ray hardness
measurement, things with low S/N are less certain.