find number of NED citations

[ekta1224]

i've got this working! here's the output for some examples:

IC 1613 there are 513 references for this galaxy

NGC 4258 there are 962 references for this galaxy

UGC 7332 there are 29 references for this galaxy

the code is checked in as find_refs.py and simply extracts the number of Refs given in the "Source List" table on this page: http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+3733&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES

[ekta1224]

http://broiler.astrometry.net/~ep1091/num_of_refs.pdf

missing any NSA galaxies and 'A'-named galaxies.

[ekta1224]

this is not updated to include all but NSA objects and the plot stayed the same as before: http://broiler.astrometry.net/~ep1091/num_of_refs.pdf

is there anything else for me to do with this or shall i close?

[davidwhogg]

Only one last thing: Can you give me some examples of galaxies that are:

high citation count generally

high citation count but small-ish in angular size?

[ekta1224]

sure, high citation count generally (# of refs > 1000):

name     size    # of refs
NGC_1275 30.578 1672
NGC_4151 39.2992 1980
NGC_3227 40.7178 1020
NGC_4051 63.756 1139
NGC_4486 63.9119 2470
NGC_3034 64.6773 1879
NGC_4374 66.5497 1304
NGC_4472 72.2354 1109
NGC_4321 99.8502 1267
NGC_3031 108.543 2067
NGC_5194 125.87 1454
NGC_2403 132.548 1028
NGC_5457 207.537 1266

here are the smaller but highly cited (r50i < 75 and # of references > 800):

name     size    # of refs
NGC_1275 30.578 1672
NGC_221 34.9194 950
NGC_3379 37.1504 911
NGC_4151 39.2992 1980
NGC_3227 40.7178 1020
NGC_4736 53.0643 825
NGC_4051 63.756 1139
NGC_4486 63.9119 2470
NGC_3034 64.6773 1879
NGC_4374 66.5497 1304
NGC_3627 68.7814 895
NGC_2903 72.1324 826
NGC_4472 72.2354 1109

let me know if you'd like more than that.

[davidwhogg]

No, this is perfect