VII/225B The Canada-France Redshift Survey (CFRS) (Lilly+, 1995)
The Canada-France Redshift Survey
Lilly S.J., Le Fevre O., Crampton D., Hammer F., Tresse L.
<Astrophys. J. 455, 50; 455, 60; 455, 75; 455, 88; 455, 96 (1995)>
=1995ApJ...455...50L 1995ApJ...455...50L
=1995ApJ...455...60L 1995ApJ...455...60L
=1995ApJ...455...75L 1995ApJ...455...75L
=1995ApJ...455...88H 1995ApJ...455...88H
=1995ApJ...455...96C 1995ApJ...455...96C
ADC_Keywords: Galaxies, photometry ; Galaxies, spectra ; Redshifts
Keywords: galaxies: distances and redshifts - techniques: spectroscopic
Description:
The Canada-France Redshift Survey (CFRS) is a collaboration between
astronomers in Canada and France: Simon Lilly (University of Toronto),
Olivier Le Fevre and Francois Hammer (Observatoire de Paris Meudon),
David Crampton (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria),
Laurence Tresse (Cambridge University), and David Schade and Dan Hudon
(University of Toronto). The survey is based primarily on observations
with the 3.6m Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) on Mauna Kea,
Hawaii. The CFRS consists of spectra of over 1000 faint objects
selected to have 17.5 < I(AB) < 22.5 in five regions of sky. The
survey is providing the first systematic study of normal galaxies at
redshifts z > 0.5, corresponding to look-back times of greater than
50% of the age of the Universe. Observations of CFRS galaxies have
also been made with the Hubble Space Telescope and the survey will
form the basis of future studies with a number of other ground-based
and space facilities. We have written a lay-persons guide to the CFRS
and the main scientific results that are emerging from it.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
catalog.dat 124 1010 The Canada-France Redshift Survey catalogue
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See also:
http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/~lilly/CFRS : The CFRS Home Page
J/ApJ/464/79 : CFRS XI: High-redshift field galaxies morphology (Schade+ 1996)
J/ApJ/481/49 : CFRS XIV. Field galaxies up to z=1 (Hammer+ 1997)
J/ApJ/517/148 : ISO observations of the CFRS field (Flores+, 1999)
J/AJ/122/621 : Galaxy morphology in the CFRS (van den Bergh, 2001)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: catalog.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 7 A7 --- CFRS CFRS identification number (6)
8 A1 --- f_CFRS [*] when the galaxy appears in the parts XI/XIV
(catalogs J/ApJ/464/79 or J/ApJ/481/49)
10- 11 I2 h RAh Right ascension (J2000) (1)
13- 14 I2 min RAm Right ascension (J2000)
16- 20 F5.2 s RAs Right ascension (J2000)
22 A1 --- DE- Declination sign (J2000)
23- 24 I2 deg DEd Declination (J2000)
26- 27 I2 arcmin DEm Declination (J2000)
29- 32 F4.1 arcsec DEs Declination (J2000)
35- 39 F5.2 mag Imag Isophotal IAB (see CFRS-I, 1995ApJ...455...50L 1995ApJ...455...50L)
42- 46 F5.2 mag V-I ?=99.99 (V-I)AB colour in 3 arcsec aperture
(see CFRS-I, 1995ApJ...455...50L 1995ApJ...455...50L)
49- 53 F5.2 --- Q Image compactness parameter Q (1 = star)
(see CFRS-I, 1995ApJ...455...50L 1995ApJ...455...50L) (2)
56- 61 F6.4 --- z ?=9.999 Redshift (0.000=star) (3)
64- 65 I2 --- Class Confidence class of spectroscopic
identification (4)
68- 71 I4 0.1nm Lam1 ? Spectroscopic feature (5)
72 A1 --- Cont1 [12Ca?]? Spectroscopic feature (5)
73- 76 I4 0.1nm Lam2 ? Spectroscopic feature (5)
77 A1 --- Cont2 [1Cb?]? Spectroscopic feature (5)
78- 81 I4 0.1nm Lam3 ? Spectroscopic feature (5)
82 I1 --- Cont3 [1]? Spectroscopic feature (5)
83- 86 I4 0.1nm Lam4 ? Spectroscopic feature (5)
87 A1 --- Cont4 [1a?]? Spectroscopic feature (5)
88- 91 I4 0.1nm Lam5 ? Spectroscopic feature (5)
92- 93 A2 --- Cont5 [1a? ]? Spectroscopic feature (5)
94- 97 I4 0.1nm Lam6 ? Spectroscopic feature (5)
98 A1 --- Cont6 [1] Spectroscopic feature (5)
99-102 I4 0.1nm Lam7 ? Spectroscopic feature (5)
104-107 I4 0.1nm Lam8 ? Spectroscopic feature (5)
109-124 A16 --- Com Comments
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Note (1): These should be accurate to about 1 arcsec or better
(see CFRS-I, 1995ApJ...455...50L 1995ApJ...455...50L)
Note (2): The Q parameter (Le Fevre et al., 1986A&A...154...92L 1986A&A...154...92L)
represents the inverse of the ratio of central surface brightness of
the object in question and a star of the same isophotal magnitude.
Note (3): The r.m.s. redshift uncertainty is 0.0013
(see CFRS-III, 1995ApJ...455...75L 1995ApJ...455...75L)
Note (4): This is quite involved but is essential for the successful
use of the catalogue. Nearly all the CFRS spectra were reduced and
identified independently by three individuals before a final
identification was made. The Confidence Class represents the consensus
confidence of these three individuals in the correctness of the final
identification (see CFRS-II, 1995ApJ...455...60L 1995ApJ...455...60L)
Classes 0-4 represent normal stars and galaxies, with increasing
levels of confidence in the identification:
1: probability of 50% that the measurement was correct
2: probability of more than 75% that the measurement was correct
3: measurement at least 95% secure
4: unquestionably correct identification
Class 8 represents a single line redshift in which the continuum shape
around the line supports its identification with [OII] 3727 (see
CFRS-III, 1995ApJ...455...75L 1995ApJ...455...75L)
Class 9 represents a single line redshift in which the continuum test
could not be done, or (rarely) where it gave ambiguous results. The
line is assumed to be [OII] 3727.
One of the above notations plus 10 (e.g. 14) indicates that the object
had broad emission lines and is thus presumably a QSO or broad-line AGN.
One of the above notations plus 90 (e.g. 94) indicates that the object
is in the "supplementary" catalogue. Objects went in to the supplementary
catalogue if a redshift had been measured but the spectrum would
otherwise have been rejected for one of a number of objective (and
quantified) observational reasons (see CFRS-II, 1995ApJ...455...60L 1995ApJ...455...60L):
(a) Spectrum on CCD defect.
(b) Object too near the end of slit.
(c) Object displaced off of slit.
(d) Reexamination of photometry resulted in magnitude below survey limit.
Objects in the supplementary catalogue are liable to be biased towards
"easy" objects. No such bias should be present in the remaining
"statistically complete" catalogue.
Repeated observations of objects (independently reduced and identified)
confirmed our a priori assent of probabilities that individual
spectroscopic identifications were CORRECT (see CFRS-III,
1995ApJ...455...75L 1995ApJ...455...75L)
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Class fraction confirmation
of sample rate
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Class 4 35% 100%
Class 8 3% 100% (the line was always confirmed)
Class 9 3% 100% (the line was always confirmed)
Class 3 33% 97%
Class 2 10% 80%
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Class 1 5% 50%
Class 0 10% -
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In all the CFRS science analyses, the Class 1 unreliable
"identifications" have been treated as being "unidentified"
Note (5): Features noted in the spectra. These are largely self-explanatory,
except that a "1" indicates that the continuum shape supported the
identification in cases in which the number of distinct features was
small and a "2" indicates the multiple features of an M star.
C indicates continuum
b indicates break
a for 4863a line
? for uncertainty
It should be noted that the listed features were "seen" at the
indicated redshift. They are not necessarily all of such strength as
to significantly confirm the redshift.
Note (6): the CFRS identification is of the form HH.NNNN, where
HH represents the field hour:
00 for the field at 0000-00 (1995ApJ...455...60L 1995ApJ...455...60L, 90 sources)
03 for the field at 0300+00 (1995ApJ...455...88H 1995ApJ...455...88H, 272 sources)
10 for the field at 1000+25 (1995ApJ...455...60L 1995ApJ...455...60L, 210 sources)
14 for the field at 1415+52 (1995ApJ...455...75L 1995ApJ...455...75L, 239 sources)
22 for the field at 2215+00 (1995ApJ...455...75L 1995ApJ...455...75L, 199 sources)
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History:
Copied at http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/~lilly/CFRS
* 13-Aug-2002: Added the '*' for galaxies also studied in papers XI and XIV.
* 30-May-2008: Added the files "astro.dat" and "photo.dat"
from http://www.oamp.fr/people/tresse/cfrs/cfrs.html
References:
Lilly S.J. et al., Paper I =1995ApJ...455...50L 1995ApJ...455...50L
Le Fevre O. et al.. Paper II =1995ApJ...455...60L 1995ApJ...455...60L, Cat. J/ApJ/455/60
Lilly et al., Paper III =1995ApJ...455...75L 1995ApJ...455...75L, Cat. J/ApJ/455/75
Hammer F. et al., Paper IV =1995ApJ...455...88H 1995ApJ...455...88H, Cat. J/ApJ/455/88
Crampton D. et al., Paper V =1995ApJ...455...96C 1995ApJ...455...96C
Lilly S. J. et al., Paper VI =1995ApJ...455..108L 1995ApJ...455..108L
Hammer F. et al., Paper VII =1995MNRAS.276.1085H 1995MNRAS.276.1085H
Le Fevre O. et al., Paper VIII =1996ApJ...461..534L 1996ApJ...461..534L
Schade D. et al., Paper IX =1995ApJ...451L...1S 1995ApJ...451L...1S
Schade D. et al., Paper X =1996MNRAS.278...95S 1996MNRAS.278...95S
Schade D. et al., Paper XI =1996ApJ...464...79S 1996ApJ...464...79S, Cat. J/ApJ/464/79
Tresse L. et al., Paper XII =1996MNRAS.281..847T 1996MNRAS.281..847T
Le Fevre et al., Paper XIII =1996BCFHT..34...10L 1996BCFHT..34...10L
Hammer et al., Paper XIV =1997ApJ...481...49H 1997ApJ...481...49H, Cat. J/ApJ/481/49
(End) Francois Ochsenbein [CDS] 13-Nov-2001