The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: Spectra and redshifts
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS) is designed to measure redshifts for approximately 250 000 galaxies. This paper describes the survey design, the spectroscopic observations, the redshift measurements and the survey data base. The 2dFGRS uses the 2dF multifibre spectrograph on the Anglo-Austra...
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| author | Colless, M Dalton, G Maddox, S Sutherland, W Norberg, P Cole, S Bland-Hawthorn, J Bridges, T Cannon, R Collins, C Couch, W Cross, N Deeley, K De Propris, R Driver, S Efstathiou, G Ellis, R Frenk, C Glazebrook, K Jackson, C Lahav, O Lewis, I Lumsden, S Madgwick, D Peacock, J |
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| description | The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS) is designed to measure redshifts for approximately 250 000 galaxies. This paper describes the survey design, the spectroscopic observations, the redshift measurements and the survey data base. The 2dFGRS uses the 2dF multifibre spectrograph on the Anglo-Australian Telescope, which is capable of observing 400 objects simultaneously over a 2° diameter field. The source catalogue for the survey is a revised and extended version of the APM galaxy catalogue, and the targets are galaxies with extinction-corrected magnitudes brighter than bJ = 19.45. The main survey regions are two declination strips, one in the southern Galactic hemisphere spanning 8O° × 15° around the SGP, and the other in the northern Galactic hemisphere spanning 75° × 10° along the celestial equator; in addition, there are 99 fields spread over the southern Galactic cap. The survey covers 2000 deg2 and has a median depth of z̄ = 0.11. Adaptive tiling is used to give a highly uniform sampling rate of 93 per cent over the whole survey region. Redshifts are measured from spectra covering 3600-8000 Å at a two-pixel resolution of 9.0 Å and a median S/N of 13 pixel-1. All redshift identifications are visually checked and assigned a quality parameter Q in the range 1-5; Q ≥ 3 redshifts are 98.4 per cent reliable and have an rms uncertainty of 85 km s-1. The overall redshift completeness for Q ≥ 3 redshifts is 91.8 per cent, but this varies with magnitude from 99 per cent for the brightest galaxies to 90 per cent for objects at the survey limit. The 2dFGRS data base is available on the World Wide Web at http://www. mso.anu.edu.au/2dFGRS. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:e8e1cbc3-b875-4eac-bbe7-c731e9e46ff12022-03-27T10:50:09ZThe 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: Spectra and redshiftsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:e8e1cbc3-b875-4eac-bbe7-c731e9e46ff1EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2001Colless, MDalton, GMaddox, SSutherland, WNorberg, PCole, SBland-Hawthorn, JBridges, TCannon, RCollins, CCouch, WCross, NDeeley, KDe Propris, RDriver, SEfstathiou, GEllis, RFrenk, CGlazebrook, KJackson, CLahav, OLewis, ILumsden, SMadgwick, DPeacock, JThe 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS) is designed to measure redshifts for approximately 250 000 galaxies. This paper describes the survey design, the spectroscopic observations, the redshift measurements and the survey data base. The 2dFGRS uses the 2dF multifibre spectrograph on the Anglo-Australian Telescope, which is capable of observing 400 objects simultaneously over a 2° diameter field. The source catalogue for the survey is a revised and extended version of the APM galaxy catalogue, and the targets are galaxies with extinction-corrected magnitudes brighter than bJ = 19.45. The main survey regions are two declination strips, one in the southern Galactic hemisphere spanning 8O° × 15° around the SGP, and the other in the northern Galactic hemisphere spanning 75° × 10° along the celestial equator; in addition, there are 99 fields spread over the southern Galactic cap. The survey covers 2000 deg2 and has a median depth of z̄ = 0.11. Adaptive tiling is used to give a highly uniform sampling rate of 93 per cent over the whole survey region. Redshifts are measured from spectra covering 3600-8000 Å at a two-pixel resolution of 9.0 Å and a median S/N of 13 pixel-1. All redshift identifications are visually checked and assigned a quality parameter Q in the range 1-5; Q ≥ 3 redshifts are 98.4 per cent reliable and have an rms uncertainty of 85 km s-1. The overall redshift completeness for Q ≥ 3 redshifts is 91.8 per cent, but this varies with magnitude from 99 per cent for the brightest galaxies to 90 per cent for objects at the survey limit. The 2dFGRS data base is available on the World Wide Web at http://www. mso.anu.edu.au/2dFGRS. |
| spellingShingle | Colless, M Dalton, G Maddox, S Sutherland, W Norberg, P Cole, S Bland-Hawthorn, J Bridges, T Cannon, R Collins, C Couch, W Cross, N Deeley, K De Propris, R Driver, S Efstathiou, G Ellis, R Frenk, C Glazebrook, K Jackson, C Lahav, O Lewis, I Lumsden, S Madgwick, D Peacock, J The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: Spectra and redshifts |
| title | The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: Spectra and redshifts |
| title_full | The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: Spectra and redshifts |
| title_fullStr | The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: Spectra and redshifts |
| title_full_unstemmed | The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: Spectra and redshifts |
| title_short | The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: Spectra and redshifts |
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