J/AJ/130/2584 KISS emission-line galaxy candidates. IV (Salzer+, 2005)
Spectroscopy of KISS emission-line galaxy candidates.
IV. KPNO and WIYN observations.
Salzer J.J., Jangren A., Gronwall C., Werk J.K., Chomiuk L.B.,
Caperton K.A., Melbourne J., Mckinstry K.
<Astron. J., 130, 2584-2597 (2005)>
=2005AJ....130.2584S 2005AJ....130.2584S (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
ADC_Keywords: Redshifts ; Equivalent widths ; Spectroscopy ;
Galaxies, spectra
Keywords: galaxies: Seyfert - galaxies: starburst - surveys
Abstract:
Spectroscopic observations for 614 emission-line galaxy (ELG)
candidates from the KPNO International Spectroscopic Survey (KISS)
have been obtained using the KPNO 2.1m telescope and the WIYN 3.5m
telescope. KISS is a wide-field objective-prism survey for
extragalactic emission-line objects that has cataloged over 2400 ELG
candidates to date. Spectroscopic follow-up observations are being
carried out at several telescopes to study the characteristics of the
survey objects. We present the following data derived from the KPNO
spectra: redshifts, reddening estimates, line equivalent widths,
Hα line fluxes, and emission-line ratios. The galaxies have been
classified based on their emission-line characteristics.
Description:
We obtained spectra for 614 KISS objects at KPNO, using the 2.1m
telescope and the 3.5m WIYN telescope. The observations were carried
out over five seasons in 1998 (WIYN), 1999 (WIYN and 2.1m), 2000
(WIYN and 2.1m), 2002 (WIYN), and 2004 (2.1m).
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table1.dat 69 32 KPNO spectroscopic observing runs
table2.dat 112 409 KPNO spectroscopic data: 30° Red Survey
table3.dat 112 92 KPNO spectroscopic data: 43° Red Survey
table4.dat 112 112 KPNO spectroscopic data: NDWFS Red Survey
table5.dat 111 42 KPNO spectroscopic data: 30° Blue Survey
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See also:
J/AJ/121/66 : KISS Hα survey list 1 (Salzer+, 2001)
J/AJ/123/1292 : KISS III. [O III]-selected survey list (Salzer+, 2002)
J/AJ/127/1943 : KISS Hα survey list 2 (Gronwall+, 2004)
J/AJ/130/496 : KISS emission-line galaxy candidates (Jangren+, 2005)
J/AJ/130/2571 : Hα-selected survey list 3 (Jangren+, 2005)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 10 A10 "YYYY/MM/DD" ObsDate Date of observation
12- 14 I3 --- Run Observing run number
16- 28 A13 --- Instr Telescope, instrument
30- 66 A37 --- Cond Observing conditions
68- 69 I2 --- Nspec ? Number of follow-up spectra
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat table3.dat table4.dat table5.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 4 I4 --- KISS Running KISS red survey number (1)
6- 10 A5 --- Field Survey field designation
12- 16 I5 --- ID KISS survey database identification
number in the field
18- 20 I3 --- Run Observing run number (see Table 1)
22 I1 --- Q [1-3] Coarse spectral quality code (2)
24- 30 F7.5 --- z ? Redshift (3)
32- 37 F6.3 --- cHb ? Decimal reddening coefficient of
Hβ
39- 44 F6.2 0.1nm EW([OII]) ? The [OII](3726,29Å) equivalent
width in units of Angstroms (4)
46- 51 F6.2 0.1nm EW(Hb) ? The Hβ equivalent width in
units of Angstroms (4)
53- 59 F7.2 0.1nm EW([OIII]) ? The [OIII](5007Å) equivalent
width in units of Angstroms (4)
61- 66 F6.2 0.1nm EW(Ha) ? The Hα equivalent width in
units of Angstroms (4)
68- 75 F8.3 10-19W/m2 F(Ha) ? Observed Hα flux in units
of 10-16 erg/s/cm^2
77- 83 F7.4 [-] log([OII]/Hb) ? Log of the reddening-corrected
[OII]/Hβ ratio (4)
85- 91 F7.4 [-] log([OIII]/Hb) ? Log of the reddening-corrected
[OIII]/Hβ ratio (4)
93- 99 F7.4 [-] log([NII]/Ha) ? Log of the reddening-corrected
[NII]/Hα ratio (4)
101-107 F7.4 [-] log([SII]/Ha) ? Log of the reddening-corrected
[SII]/Hα ratio (4)
109-112 A4 --- Type Activity type (5)
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Note (1): The KISS survey identification number is KISSR in Tables 2, 3 and 4,
and KISSB in Table 5.
Note (2): Coarse spectral quality code, defined as follows:
1 = high-quality spectra;
2 = lesser quality but still has reliable line ratios;
3 = data is of low quality, usually due to the faintness of the object
and/or the weakness of the emission lines.
Note (3): From average of strong emission lines. Typical formal uncertainties
for z are 0.00007-0.00020 (20-60km/s).
Note (4): If NULL either the relevant line was not present in the spectrum
(often due to low S/N),or the line is redshifted out of the region
covered by our spectra. For most of the objects observed with the
WIYN 3.5-m telescope, the [OII] doublet was not present in our
observed spectral range. The spectra taken with the 2.1-m telescope
extend far enough toward bluer wavelengths to include the [OII]
doublet, as shown in Figure 1.
Note (5): Activity type, defined as follows:
SBG = starburst or star-forming galaxy;
SY1 = Seyfert 1;
SY2 = Seyfert 2;
LIN = low-ionization nuclear emission region (LINER);
QSO = quasi-stellar object;
Gal = galaxy without emission lines;
Star = Galactic star.
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History:
From electronic version of the journal
References:
Wegner et al., Paper I 2003AJ....125.2373W 2003AJ....125.2373W
Gronwall et al., Paper II 2004AJ....128..644G 2004AJ....128..644G
Jangren et al., Paper III 2005AJ....130..496J 2005AJ....130..496J, Cat. J/AJ/130/496
(End) Greg Schwarz [AAS], Marianne Brouty [CDS] 04-May-2006