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J/AJ/122/1125       BVRI photometry in 3 high-z clusters        (Postman+, 2001)
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A study of nine high-redshift clusters of galaxies.
 IV. Photometry and spectra of clusters 1324+3011 and 1604+4321.
    Postman M., Lubin L.M., Oke J.B.
   <Astron. J. 122, 1125 (2001)>
   =2001AJ....122.1125P
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ADC_Keywords: Clusters, galaxy ;  Photometry, UBVRI ; Redshifts
Keywords: cosmology: observations - galaxies: clusters: general

Abstract:
    New photometric and spectroscopic observations of galaxies in the
    directions of three distant clusters are presented as part of our
    ongoing high-redshift cluster survey. The clusters are Cl 1324+3011 at
    z=0.76, Cl 1604+4304 at z=0.90, and Cl 1604+4321 at z=0.92. We
    have spectroscopically confirmed cluster membership for 2040 galaxies
    in each system and have also obtained spectra for over 280 field
    galaxies spanning the range 0<z<2.5.

Objects:
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       RA   (2000)   DE    Designation(s)
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    13 24 20.6 +30 13 02   GHO 132201+302842 = Cl J1324+3011  (z=0.76)
    16 04 25.2 +43 04 52   GHO 160244+431254 = Cl J1604+4303  (z=0.90)
    16 04 32   +43 21 18   GHO 160253+432924 = Cl J1604+4321  (z=0.92)
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File Summary:
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 FileName  Lrecl Records  Explanations
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ReadMe        80       .  This file
table2.dat   109     161  Field Cl J1324+3011 photometric and spectroscopic data
table3.dat   109     116  Field Cl J1604+4304 photometric and spectroscopic data
table4.dat   109     163  Field Cl J1604+4321 photometric and spectroscopic data
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See also:
  J/AJ/116/560 : Cl J0023+0423 and Cl J1604+4304 spectroscopy (Postman+ 1998)
  J/AJ/116/584 : Cl J0023+0423 and Cl J1604+4304 morphology (Lubin+ 1998)

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    ---       [PLO2001] Keck object identification number (1)
   6-  7  A2    ---     f_[PLO2001] Flag on ID (2)
   9- 13  F5.2  mag       Bmag      ? The apparent AB_B_ passband magnitude
  15- 19  F5.2  mag       Vmag      ? The apparent AB_V_ passband magnitude
  21- 25  F5.2  mag       Rmag      ? The apparent AB_R_ passband magnitude
  27- 31  F5.2  mag       Imag      ? The apparent AB_I_ passband magnitude
  33- 38  F6.4  ---       z         ?=9.000 The geocentric redshift
      40  I1    ---     q_z         [0/4] Measure of the quality in z (3)
  42- 46  F5.2  ---       b         ? Logarithmic slope of the broadband energy
                                       distribution (in mag/[Hz], units of 
                                       ABmag per unit interval of log(nu))
  48- 51  F4.1  Gyr       tau       ? Best fit e-folding timescale for a
                                       constant-age (4.8Gyr at z=0.9) model
      53  A1    ---     f_tau       [l] l: indicates acceptable fit is not
                                            possible for tau<20Gyr
  55- 57  A3    ---       SpClass   [ak+ ] Spectral classification (4)
  59- 62  F4.1  Gyr       Age       ? Age of the best fit tau=0.6 model
  64- 69  F6.1  0.1nm     EW[OII]   ? [OII] (3727{AA}) rest equivalent width
                                       in Angstroms (5)
  71- 76  F6.1  0.1nm     EWHbeta   ? H{beta} rest equivalent width
                                       in Angstroms (5)
  78- 83  F6.1  0.1nm     EW[OIII]  ? [OIII] (5007{AA}) rest equivalent width
                                       in Angstroms (5)
  85- 89  F5.2  ---       Jl        ? Modified lower jump parameter (6)
  91- 95  F5.2  ---       Ju        ? Modified upper jump parameter (7)
  97-101  F5.2 solMass/yr SFR       ? The estimated star formation rate
 103-108  F6.2  mag       BMAG      ? Absolute rest AB B-band magnitude
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Note (1): Identifications:
     In table2.dat: [PLO2001] J1324+3011 NNNN, in Simbad
     In table3.dat: [PLO2001] J1604+4304 NNNN, in Simbad
     In table4.dat: [PLO2001] J1604+4321 NNNN, in Simbad
    For table3.dat, two spectroscopically confirmed members of Cl 1604+4304
    lie near the edge of our LRIS imager and, hence, only have photometric
    information for the R-band. These two galaxies are not included in
    Table 3 but their redshifts are 0.9040 and 0.9073.
Note (2): Note on galaxy:
     * = Considered to be a member of the cluster;
    ** = the brightest cluster galaxy.
Note (3): Quality redshift:
     0: no redshift
     1: redshift possible
     2: redshift probably correct
     3: redshift almost certainly correct
     4: redshift is certain
Note (4): Spectral classification:
     a = Objects have spectra that are dominated by Balmer lines, lack any
          G-band absorption, and have a Ca II K line strength that is no
          more than 25% of the strength of the H + H{epsilon} line.
   a+k = Objects have strong Balmer lines, a CaII K line that is
          approximately 50% of the strength of the H + H{epsilon} line,
          and a detectable G-band line.
   k+a = Objects have a CaII K line that is equal in strength to
          H + H{epsilon}, and have a G-band feature that is as strong as
          H{gamma}, if H{gamma} is not filled with emission.
     k = Objects have a CaII K line is stronger than H + H{epsilon},
          have very strong 3835{AA} and G-band features, and exhibit
          little or no H{gamma} absorption.
Note (5): Emission line equivalent widths are given as negative values and
    positive values are used for absorption features.
Note (6): Defined as the difference of the average flux (expressed in AB
    magnitudes) measured from 3400 to 3700{AA} and the defined continuum
    at the central wavelength of this band (i.e. 3550{AA}).
Note (7): Defined as the difference of the average flux (expressed in AB
    magnitudes) measured from 3750 to 3980{AA} and the defined continuum
    at the central wavelength of this band (i.e. 3865{AA}).
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History:
    From electronic version of the journal

References:
    Oke et al.,     Paper I      1998AJ....116..549O
    Postman et al., Paper II     1998AJ....116..560P, Cat. <J/AJ/116/560>
    Lubin et al.,   Paper III    1998AJ....116..584L, Cat. <J/AJ/116/584>
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(End)                    Greg Schwarz [AAS], Patricia Bauer [CDS]    14-Jan-2002

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