Detecting Bias in a Self-Organizing Map of Galaxy Photometry Data Zach Clayto , Peter Capa , Dan Maste 1 1 r 2 k 2 rs Ohio Wesleyan University, 2Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, California Institute of Technology Abstract High redshift (very distant) galaxy surveys record broad-band photometry for billions of galaxies in order to measure distances in a faster, more cost-effective way than spectroscopy. ... High-redshift galaxies can be identified efficiently in such a mapping. ...