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The Latest Results from the Durham/UKST Galaxy Redshift Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

A. Broadbent ,
T. Shanks ,
R. Fong ,
Q. A. Parker  and
F. G. Watson
A. Broadbent
Affiliation:
Physics Dept., University of Durham, South Durham, Durham, UK
T. Shanks
Affiliation:
Physics Dept., University of Durham, South Durham, Durham, UK
R. Fong
Affiliation:
Physics Dept., University of Durham, South Durham, Durham, UK
Q. A. Parker
Affiliation:
Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK
F. G. Watson
Affiliation:
Royal Greenwich Observatory, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CBS OHA, UK

Abstract

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We report on a redshift survey of ∼ 4000 galaxies of B ≲ covering a 1500 square degree area of sky around the SGP region. This 1-in-3 sampled survey probes a contiguous volume of 4 × 106 Mpc3 to a depth of 300 h−1 Mpc. The survey has been compiled using the fibrelinked spectroscopy system, FLAIR, on the UK Schmidt Telescope and has produced high quality redshift maps giving a clear visual picture of structure in the universe as well as providing an excellent data base for a statistical analysis of galaxy clustering. Filamentary and sheet-like features are clearly discernible to the eye in the completed sections of the survey although the redshift two-point correlation function is consistent with zero on scales of r ≳ 10h−1 Mpc. The survey, which is now substantially complete, demonstrates the potential of the FLAIR spectroscopy system for extending this project to a medium-deep galaxy redshift survey of the whole of the southern sky on timescales which would remain competitive with other surveys under construction.

Type
V. Astronomy from Optical Fibre Feeds
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 148: The Future Utilisation of Schmidt Telescopes , 1995 , pp. 116 - 123
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1995

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