NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
Date and Time of the Query: Wed Jan 29 13:45:58 2025 PDT
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Luminosity Class: LIRG
Description: Luminous Infrared Galaxy: An object with 11.0 ≤ log(LIR/L) < 12.0
Notes: Sometimes used more loosely to classify objects with log(LIR/L) ≥ 11.0, thus including ULIRGs and HyLIRGs; see also (U)LIRG
Associated Classifications: 1 associated classes Hide/Show
Associated Decompositions: 1 decompositions Hide/Show
Exact Classifications Count: 349
Associated Data Count: 394 entries for 216 objects (retrieve objects)
Associated Reference Codes: 2003AJ....126.1607S
2009PASP..121..559A


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