J/AJ/130/496 KISS emission-line galaxy candidates (Jangren+, 2005)
Spectroscopy of KISS emission-line galaxy candidates.
III. A second set of MDM observations.
Jangren A., Wegner G., Salzer J.J., Werk J.K., Gronwall C.
<Astron. J., 130, 496-505 (2005)>
=2005AJ....130..496J 2005AJ....130..496J
ADC_Keywords: Redshifts ; Reddening ; Equivalent widths ; Spectroscopy ;
Galaxies, spectra
Keywords: galaxies: distances and redshifts - galaxies: Seyfert -
galaxies: starburst - surveys
Abstract:
Spectroscopic observations for 315 emission-line galaxy (ELG)
candidates from the KPNO International Spectroscopic Survey (KISS)
have been obtained using the MDM Observatory 2.4m telescope on Kitt
Peak. KISS is a wide-field objective-prism survey for extragalactic
emission-line objects that has cataloged over 2200 ELG candidates to
date. Spectroscopic follow-up observations are being carried out to
study the characteristics of the survey objects. The observational
data presented here include 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 315 KISS objects at the MDM 2.4m telescope
over the course of three observing runs in 2002 April, 2003 April,
and 2004 May.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table1.dat 47 10 MDM Spectroscopic observing runs
table2.dat 114 227 MDM spectroscopic data: 30° Red Survey
table3.dat 113 30 MDM spectroscopic data: 43° Red Survey
table4.dat 114 75 MDM 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)
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- 44 A29 --- Cond Observing conditions
46- 47 I2 --- Nspec ? Number of follow-up spectra obtained
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat table3.dat table4.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 4 I4 --- KISS KISS survey identification number (1)
6- 10 A5 --- Field Survey field designation
12- 15 I4 --- ID Object identification number in the field
17- 19 I3 --- Run Observing run number
21 I1 --- Qual [1-3] Coarse spectral quality code (2)
23- 29 F7.5 --- z ? Redshift (3)
31- 36 F6.3 --- cHb ? Decimal reddening coefficient, cHβ
38- 43 F6.2 0.1nm EW(OII) ? [OII](3726,29Å) equivalent width (4)
45- 50 F6.2 0.1nm EW(Hb) ? Hβ equivalent width (4)
52- 58 F7.2 0.1nm EW(OIII) ? [OIII](5007Å) equivalent width (4)
60- 66 F7.2 0.1nm EW(Ha) ? Hα equivalent width (4)
68- 75 F8.3 10-19W/m2 F(Ha) ? The Hα flux (5)
77 A1 --- f_F(Ha) [3] Indicates F(Ha) obtained under
non-photometric conditions
79- 85 F7.4 [-] log([OII]/Hb) ? Log of [OII]/Hβ (6)
87- 93 F7.4 [-] log([OIII]/Hb) ? Log of [OIII]/Hβ (6)
95-101 F7.4 [-] log([NII]/Ha) ? Log of [NII]/Hα (6)
103-109 F7.4 [-] log([SII]/Ha) ? Log of [SII](6717,31Å)/Hα (6)
111-114 A4 --- Type Source type (7)
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Note (1): The KISS survey identification number is KISSR in Tables 2 and 3,
and KISSB in Table 4.
Note (2): Coarse spectral quality code, defined as follows:
1 = high-quality spectra, with high S/N emission lines and reliable
emission-line ratios;
2 = spectra of lesser quality that still have reliable line ratios;
3 = low quality, usually due to the faintness of the object and/or the
weakness of the emission lines.
Note (3): Determined from the average of the redshifts derived from all strong
emission lines. Typical formal uncertainties are 0.00010-0.00025
(30-75km/s).
Note (4): In units of Angstroms.
Note (5): These values should be treated with caution, since the observing
conditions at MDM were not always photometric. In units of
10-16erg/s/cm2.
Note (6): Reddening-corrected.
Note (7): Source type, defined as follows:
SBG = starburst galaxy;
SY1 = Seyfert 1;
SY2 = Seyfert 2;
LIN = low-ionization nuclear emission region (LINER);
QSO = quasi-stellar object;
H II = H II region within a galaxy;
Gal = non-emission-line galaxy;
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
(End) Greg Schwarz [AAS], Marianne Brouty [CDS] 26-Oct-2005