Issue |
Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.
Volume 120, Number 2, December I 1996
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Page(s) | 323 - 356 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/aas:1996297 | |
Published online | 15 December 1996 |
Observations of a complete sample of H
emission-line galaxies.
Long-slit spectroscopy of galaxies in UCM
lists 1 and 2*
Dpto Astrofísica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
Received:
28
June
1995
Accepted:
2
May
1996
Spectroscopic observations for the full sample of Hα emission–line galaxy candidates (ELGs) from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid objective-prism survey Lists 1 and 2 have been obtained in order to investigate fully the properties of the survey constituents as well as the selection characteristics and completeness limits of the survey itself. The spectroscopic data include redshifts, line fluxes, equivalent widths, emission-line ratios, optical reddening estimates and synthesized color indexes. We find that 74% of the objects in this sample do exhibit emission lines. We compare our observational data with parameters given in the published survey lists in order to assess the usefulness of the latter. The different emission-line galaxies have been classified according to their spectra in several groups. Gray-scale images of the CCD spectra near the main emission lines, spatial profiles at the continuum and the line for [OIII] λ5007 and Hα lines, as well as plots of the coadded spectra of selected galaxies are presented, and a number of peculiar objects are described.
Key words: galaxies: redshifts; starburst / surveys
Partly based on observations collected at the German-Spanish Astronomical Center, Calar Alto, Spain, operated by the Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (MPIA), Heidelberg, jointly with the Spanish National Commission for Astronomy. Partly based on observations made with the Isaac Newton Telescope operated on the island of La Palma by the Royal Greenwich Observatory in the Spanish Observatorio del Roque de Los Muchachos of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
© European Southern Observatory (ESO), 1996