J/AJ/105/35 Montreal Blue Galaxy Survey (Coziol+ 1993)
The Montreal Blue Galaxy Survey. I. First list of ultraviolet-bright candidates
COZIOL R., DEMERS S., PENA M., TORRES-PEIMBERT S., FONTAINE G.,
WESEMAEL F., LAMONTAGNE R.
<Astron. J. 105, 35 (1993)>
=1993AJ....105...35C 1993AJ....105...35C
ADC_Keywords: Galaxies, UV-excess
Abstract:
We describe and present the first results of a UV-bright galaxy survey
using the Montreal-Cambridge-Tololo (MCT) plate collection. Visual
inspection of 57 CTIO Curtis Schmidt plates, covering more than 1300
sq. deg., has resulted in the identification of 95 UV-bright galaxies
brighter than B = 15.5. Even though 80% of these objects are IRAS
sources, barely 20% have their nature already established. The initial
result of our survey shows that the bulk of our UV-bright candidates
are narrow emission-line galaxies commonly known as starburst or HII
galaxies. The fraction of AGNs found is somewhat less than 10%, but
comparable to what has been found by the Markarian survey. We expect
to find approximately 500 UV-bright galaxies in the 7000 sq. deg. of
The MCT Survey with b < -40 deg. As we go further south, a large
number of bright new objects will be discovered.
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table1 71 97 First list of UV-bright galaxies
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See also:
J/AJ/108/405 : Montreal Blue Galaxy Survey. II. (Coziol+, 1994)
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 10 A10 --- MBG Montreal Blue Galaxy (MBG) name
12- 13 I2 h RAh Right ascension 1950
15- 16 I2 min RAm Right ascension 1950
18- 21 F4.1 s RAs Right ascension 1950
23 A1 --- DE- Declination sign
24- 25 I2 deg DEd Declination 1950
27- 28 I2 arcmin DEm Declination 1950
30- 31 I2 arcsec DEs Declination 1950
33- 36 F4.1 mag Bmag Calibrated APM B magnitude
38- 41 F4.1 mag U-B []? Calibrated APM U-B color
43- 45 A3 --- IRAS Listed in IRAS catalogues? ("yes" or "no ")
47- 51 F5.1 mag MB []? Absolute B magnitude, obtained from B and
radial velocity
53- 68 A16 --- NED Cross identification from NASA Extragalactic
Database (NED)
69- 71 A3 --- Note [n,s] n = note (see note),
s = spectroscopy available
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Notes on individual objects:
MBG00129-2143 has V = 12.7, B-V = 0.65, U-B = -0.12 (Laubert 1984).
MBG00163-1039 is a known interacting galaxy called ARP 256.
MBG00276-1013 is a Markarian galaxy considered by Denisyuk & Lipovetsky
(1984) to have a spectrum somewhat similar to an HII region.
MBG00439-1342 is a shell galaxy.
MBG00461-1259 is a known blue compact Markarian galaxy.
MBG01234-4143 was found by Fairall (1988) to be a non-Seyfert emission-line
galaxy with an offset nucleus.
MBG01329-4141 is NGC 625, its HII-like nucleus is not highly excited. Its
optical spectrum was obtained by Phillips et al. (1983).
MBG01334-3455 is a HII region-like galaxy (Kirhakos & Steiner 1990).
MBG01357-4047 has, according to the same authors, a spectrum between
a Sy2 and a HII galaxy.
MBG01497-3639 was found by Allen et al. (1991) to be a starburst galaxy.
MBG01593-3830 in ESO 298-G001, a blue galaxy. Bergvall & Olofsson (1986)
give V = 15.72, B-V = 0.45, and U-B = -0.30.
MBG02280-0426 has been found in the Kiso survey by Takase & Miyauchi-Isobe
(1988), where it is called KUG 0228-044.
MBG02490-2709 is a member of the interacting galaxies AM 0248-270.
MBG03174-1935 is NGC 1300, a bright HII galaxy.
MBG03183-1853 is catalogued by Lipovetsky et al. (1988) as a Seyfert galaxy.
MBG03260-1735 is an active dwarf galaxy (Thronson & Telesco 1986).
MBG03273-1756 is an Haro object, a blue compact interacting galaxy.
MBG03317-2026 is NGC 1362, a blue galaxy without emission lines.
MBG03352-2439 is a known nearby starburst radiogalaxy (Devereux 1989).
MBG03462-2502 has V = 15.12, B-V = 0.31, U-B = -0.20
(Bergvall & Olofsson 1986).
MBG04046-2118 is NGC 1518, which seems to be a normal irregular galaxy.
MBG22342-2228 is an emission-line galaxy observed by Moody & Kirshner (1988)
References to the notes
Allen, D. A., Norris, R. P., Meadows, V. S., & Roche, P. F. 1991,
MNRAS, 248, 528
Bergvall, N., & Olofsson, K. 1986, A&AS, 64, 469
Denisyuk, E. K., & Lipovetsky, V. A. 1984, Astrophysika 20, 290
Devereux, N. A. 1989, ApJ, 346, 126
Fairall, A. P. 1988, MNRAS, 233, 691
Kirhakos, S. D., & Steiner, J. E. 1990, AJ, 99, 1722
Laubert, A. 1984, A&AS, 58, 249
Lipovetsky, V. A., Neizvestky, S. I., & Neizvestnaya, O. N. 1988, Bull.
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Moody, J. W., & Kirshner, R. P. 1988, AJ, 95, 1629
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Takase, B., & Miyauchi-Isobe, N. 1988, Tokyo Obs. Ann., 22, 41
Thronson, H. A., & Telesco, C. M. 1986, ApJ, 311, 98
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Origin: AAS CD-ROM series, Volume 1, 1993
(End) Patricia Bauer [CDS] 06-Jul-1994