The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS). II. A Catalog of Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS) is a deep, high-resolution imaging campaign that used the 1 deg 2 MegaCam instrument on the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope to carry out a comprehensive optical survey of the Virgo cluster, from its core to its virial radius. The NGVS covers a contiguous area of 104 deg 2 (8.63 Mpc 2 at the 16.5 Mpc distance of Virgo) in the u *, g , i , and z bands, with additional limited coverage in r . In this paper, we present the final catalog of Virgo galaxies across the entire NGVS area. The catalog includes 3680 galaxies considered to be bona fide members of the cluster, spanning a factor of 2.5 million in luminosity, from g = 8.42 mag to g = 24.41 mag ( M g = −22.67 mag to M g = −6.68 mag). With 2100 previously uncataloged galaxies, the NGVS catalog augments the number of known Virgo members by a factor of 2.3. The catalog is complete down to g = 18.6 mag ( M g = −12.5 mag, corresponding to a stellar mass M ⋆ ∼ 1.6 × 10 7 M ⊙ for an old stellar population) and 50% complete at g = 22.0 mag ( M g = −9.1 mag, M ⋆ ∼ 6.2 × 10 5 M ⊙ ), 3 mag deeper than the venerable Virgo Cluster Catalog (VCC), which for over 40 yr has served as the reference standard for Virgo. Photometric and structural parameters are derived for all NGVS galaxies and presented in a series of tables, alongside nuclear and morphological classification, as well as stellar masses and, when available, radial velocities.
Authors: Laura Ferrarese, Patrick Côté, Lauren A. MacArthur, Joel C. Roediger, John P. Blakeslee, Michele Cantiello, Jean-Charles Cuillandre, Puragra Guhathakurta, Stephen Gwyn, Max M. Kurzner, Eric W. Peng, Matthew Santos, Eleanore B. Todd, Elisa Toloba, Pierre-Alain Duc, Patrick R. Durrell, Nicholas Fantin, Yuting Feng, Ariane Lançon, Sungsoon Lim, Chengze Liu, Deborah Lokhorst, Alessia Longobardi, Simona Mei, J. Christopher Mihos, Sanjaya Paudel, Thomas H. Puzia, Anand Raichoor, Rubén Sánchez-Janssen, Kaixiang Wang, Hongxin Zhang, Alessandro Boselli, Michael L. Balogh, Samuel Boissier, Eric Emsellem, J. J. Kavelaars, Alan W. McConnachie, Cameron R. Morgan, Chelsea Spengler, James E. Taylor, Matthew A. Taylor, Toby Brown, Sébastien Fabbro, Raphael Gavazzi, Hendrik Hildebrandt, Rashi Jain, Andrés Jordán, Rory Smith, Solveig Thompson, Haruka Yoshino, Wim van Driel, Ludovic van Waerbeke, Tyrone E. Woods, Jade Yeung
Institutions: Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Princeton University, Canadian Space Agency, NSF NOIRLab, National Institute for Astrophysics, Université Paris-Saclay, University of California, Santa Cruz, University of Victoria, University of the Pacific, Université de Strasbourg, Youngstown State University, Kangwon National University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Brera Astronomical Observatory, University of Milano-Bicocca, California Institute of Technology, Université Paris Cité, Case Western Reserve University, Yonsei University, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Isaac Newton Group, Peking University, University of Science and Technology of China, Aix-Marseille Université, University of Waterloo, Lyon 1 Université, European Southern Observatory, European Southern Observatory, University of Calgary, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, Ruhr University Bochum, University of Southampton, Adolfo Ibáñez University, University of Chile, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Sorbonne Université, University of British Columbia, University of Manitoba
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $4,499
Funders: National Science Foundation, Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research, Canarie, University of Hawai'i, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Higher Education Discipline Innovation Project, Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo, Alliance de recherche numérique du Canada, Canadian Space Agency, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Institut national des sciences de l'Univers
OpenAlex ID: W7170045703