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J/A+AS/104/529      IRAS galaxies behind the Milky Way         (Takata+ 1994)
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Search and redshift survey for IRAS galaxies behind the Northern Milky Way.
      Takata T., Yamada T., Saito M., Chamaraux P., Kazes I.
     <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 104, 529 (1994)>
     =1994A&AS..104..529T
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ADC_Keywords: Galaxies, IR ; Redshifts
Keywords: surveys - galaxies: distances and redshifts - infrared: galaxies -
          large-scale structure of universe
Mission_Name: IRAS

Description:
    We made a search for IRAS galaxies behind the Northern Milky Way by
    infrared selection using IRAS Point Source Catalog and visual
    inspection on POSS (Palomar Observatory Sky Survey) paper prints, and
    carried out a redshift survey of the identified objects. This paper
    presents a catalog of 649 IRAS galaxies with f_60_>=0.6Jy between
    l=150deg and 240deg at |b|<=15deg, which contains 254 newly identified
    galaxies and 188 newly measured radial velocities. Due to galactic
    extinction, our sample is a lower limit sample of the flux limited
    sample of IRAS galaxies, but it can give some information on the
    distribution of galaxies in the region perpendicular to the
    Supergalactic Plane. We confirm two regions with enhanced density at
    l~160deg, cz~5000km/s and l~190deg, cz~5000km/s and at least two
    possible voids.

File Summary:
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  FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe             80        .   This file
table4            109      649   Catalogue of IRAS galaxies with F60>=0.6Jy
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See also:
   II/174 : IRAS 2Jy Redshift Survey Data File
   VII/140 : Catalog of Galaxies behind the Milky Way (Saito  et al., 1992)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: table4
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   Bytes Format Units  Label   Explanations
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   1- 10  A10   ---    IRAS    IRAS name
  12- 18  F7.3  deg    GLON    Galactic longitude
  20- 26  F7.3  deg    GLAT    Galactic latitude
  29- 33  F5.2  Jy     F60     Flux density at 60um
      34  A1    ---  l_F60     [L] Limit flag (L for lower limit) on F60
  36- 41  F6.2  Jy     F100    Flux density at 100um
      42  A1    ---  l_F100    [L] Limit flag (L for lower limit) on F100
  45- 46  A2    ---    OptId   [G? ] Optical identification (1)
  48- 50  A3    ---    MType   Apparent morphological type of galaxy (2)
  52- 54  F3.1  mm     MajDiam ? Diameter of major axis of image (3)
  56- 58  F3.1  mm     MinDiam ? Diameter of minor axis of image (3)
      60  A1    ---    Atlas   [IJ] Schmidt Atlas on which the galaxy was
                                     visually identified (4)
  64- 68  A5    ---    Com     Comments on multiplicity and image appearance (5)
  70- 74  I5    km/s   cz      ? Heliocentric radial velocity
  77- 78  A2    ---  r_cz      Reference for cz velocity (6)
  80-109  A30   ---    CrossId Cross identification (7)
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Note (1):  G: galaxy
          G?: possible galaxy
          ?: extended image but unlike normal spiral galaxy
Note (2):   S: spiral
            E: elliptical galaxy
          E/S: not classified alternatively
            ?: irregular appearance
Note (3): Diameters measured on POSS E (red) prints or UK Schmidt Atlas (I or J)
           film copies. (1 mm corresponds to 67 arcsec in angular size)
Note (4): I and J indicate the UK Schmidt I and J film copies, respectively,
           and blank means POSS I and E paper prints.
Note (5): For multiplicity:
            pair: two galaxies are located within a separation as wide as
                   the galaxy sizes
            tri: triplet
            quar: quartet
            int: two galaxies appear to be interacting
         For image appearance:
            PN?  : possible planetary nebula
            star?: possible star
            LSB  : Low Surface Brightness
            HSB  : High Surface Brightness
            ND   : Nuclear Dominated
            pec  : peculiar
            neb? : possible reflection nebula
            cD   : cD galaxy
Note (6): Reference numbers are:
       1: Third Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies
              (de Vaucouleurs et al. 1991) <VII/155>
       2: A General Catalog of HI Observations of Galaxies
              (Huchtmeier & Richter 1989)
       3: Catalog of Radial Velocities of Galaxies
              (Palumbo et al. 1983) <VII/99>
       4: Strauss et al. (1992b) <II/174>
       5: Chamaraux et al. (1990A&A...229..340C)
       6: Lu et al. (1990ApJ...357..388L)
       7: Martin et al. (1990A&A...235...41M)
       8: Mathewson, Ford & Buchhorn (1992ApJS...81..413M)
       9: Bottinelli et al. (1992A&AS...93..173B)
      10: "1.2 Jy Sample" by Strauss et al. (1993)
      A1: measurement at OAO by us
      A2: measurement at OAO by Yamada & Saito (1993PASJ...45...25Y)
      A3: measurement at Nancay by us
      A4: measurement at Mt. Strombolo by Yamada et al. (1994MNRAS.270...93Y)
     The number of 'A1' galaxies is 197, 'A2' 20, 'A3' 17 and 'A4' 1.
Note (7): 
     If the redshift has been known before our measurement, the
     heliocentric radial velocity and the reference are denoted in
     parenthesis. When the galaxy has two or more catalog names, only the
     first one is written in full name.
     U = UGC: Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies <VII/26>
     E = ESO: ESO/Uppsala Survey of the ESO(B) Atlas <VI/30>
     Z = CGCG: Catalogue of Galaxies and of Clusters of Galaxies <VII/49>
     M = MCG: Morphological Catalog of Galaxies <VII/62>
     NGC = New General Catalogue of Galaxies <VII/118>
     I = Index Catalogue (Dreyer 1908) (1908MmRAS..59..105D)
     W = Catalog of Weinberger (1980A&AS...40..123W)
     CGMW = Catalogue of Galaxies behind the Milky Way <VII/140>
     A = Anonymous galaxy taken from Huchtmeier & Richter (1989)
     Lu(Arecibo) = newly identified galaxy at Arecibo by
                   Lu et al. (1990ApJ...357..388L)
     Martin(Nancay) = newly identified galaxy at Nancay by
                   Martin et al. (1990A&A...235...41M)
     1.936 Jy sample = newly identified galaxies by Strauss et al. (1992b)'s
                        1.936 Jy redshift survey <II/174>
     Incomplete  = newly identified galaxies by Strauss et al. (1992b)'s
                        1.936 Jy redshift survey <II/174>
     1.2 Jy sample = newly identified galaxies by Strauss et al. (1993)
                        which have been unpublished
    Blanks means newly identified object in the present search on POSS and
    Yamada et al.'s Southern Milky Way search. The total number of blank
    is 283, of which 254 were found on POSS, and there are 101 objects of
    the 283 without radial velocities.
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Acknowledgements: 
    Thanks are due to Koichi Nakajima, who asked for the data.

References:
   Bottinelli et al. (1992) A&AS 93, 173   =1992A&AS...93..173B
   Chamaraux et al. (1990) A&A 229 340     =1990A&A...229..340C
   Dreyer 1908 MNRAS 59, 105               =1908MmRAS..59..105D
   Huchtmeier & Richter 1989 A General Catalog of HI Observations of Galaxies
    New York: Springer-Verlag
   Lu et al. (1990) ApJ 357, 388           =1990ApJ...357..388L
   Martin et al. (1990) A&A 235, 41        =1990A&A...235...41M
   Mathewson, Ford & Buchhorn (1992) ApJS 81, 413 =1992ApJS...81..413M
   Palumbo et al. 1983                     =CDS Catalogue: <VII/99>
   Saito et al., 1991b Catalog of Galaxies behind the Milky Way
                                           =CDS Catalogue: <VII/140>
   Strauss et al. (1992b) ApJS 83, 29      =CDS Catalogue: <II/174>
   Strauss et al. (1993)  private communication
   Weinberger (1980) A&AS 40, 123          =1980A&AS...40..123W
   Yamada & Saito (1993) PASJ 45, 25       =1993PASJ...45...25Y
   Yamada et al. (1994)  MNRAS, 270, 93    =1994MNRAS.270...93Y
   de Vaucouleurs et al. 1991              =CDS Catalogue: <VII/155>
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(End)                                          Patricia Bauer [CDS]  23-Aug-1996

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