ADC/CDS Standard Document for Catalog:
/catalogs/2/2174/

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Superseded      IRAS 2Jy Redshift Survey (Strauss+ 1992)
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IRAS 2Jy Redshift Survey
    Strauss M.A., Davis M., Yahil A., Huchra J.P.
    <ApJ, 361, 49 (1990)>
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ADC_Keywords: Infrared sources ; Photometry, infrared ; Redshifts

Description:
   This catalog contains the data from a redshift survey of sources
   selected from the Infrared Astronomical Satellite Point Source
   Catalog.  The sample is flux limited to 1.936 Jy at 60 microns, and a
   color criterion, f_60 > sqrt(f_12 * f_25), where f_w is the flux
   density at wavelength w, was used to select galaxies over stars and
   other objects of our Galaxy. Confusion-limited areas (at 60 microns),
   including the Galactic plane at latitudes below 5 deg, were rejected,
   as were areas not surveyed by IRAS at least twice, resulting in
   coverage of 11.01 sr of the sky. The catalog describes 5014 objects,
   of which 2658 are galaxies.  The remaining 2356 sources are listed
   separately with identifications which, in most cases, were based on
   source appearance on the Sky Survey plates. Redshift data are also
   given for 212 IRAS galaxies which are not part of the complete sample.

See also:
   Superseded by catalog 7185 in February 1995:

   IRAS 1.2Jy Redshift Survey (Strauss+ 1990,92,95)
   at URL ftp://adc.astro.umd.edu/pub/adc/archives/catalogs/7/7185


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