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J/A+AS/127/521      Very luminous IRAS galaxies spectra.              (Wu+ 1998)
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A statistical study of the spectra of very luminous IRAS galaxies. I. Data
       Wu H., Zou Z.L., Xia X.Y., Deng Z.G.
      <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 127, 521 (1998)>
      =1998A&AS..127..521W      (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
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ADC_Keywords: Atlases ; Galaxies, IR ; Redshifts ; Galaxies, spectra
Keywords: galaxies: general - infrared: galaxies - galaxies: redshifts -
          galaxies: statistics

Abstract:
    This paper presents the results of spectral observations for the
    largest complete sample of very luminous IRAS galaxies obtained to
    date. The sample consists of those 73 objects for which
    log(L_IR_/L_sun_)>=11.5 (H0=50 km/s/Mpc, q0=0.5) and mag<=15.5, and
    was extracted from the 2Jy IRAS redshift catalog (Cat. <II/174>). All
    spectra were obtained using 2.16m telescope of Beijing Astronomical
    Observatory during the years 1994-1996. A total of 123 galaxy spectra
    were obtained with spectral ranges of 4400A to 7100A and 3500A to
    8100A at resolutions of 11.2A and 9.3A respectively. In addition to
    the 73 spectra for sample galaxies, we also present spectra for ten
    non-sample galaxies and a further 40 for the companions of sample
    galaxies. The data presented include nuclear spectrum and the
    parameters describing the emission lines, absorption lines and
    continua as well as DSS images and environmental parameters.

File Summary:
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 FileName     Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe           80        .   This file
table1           33       83   Infrared luminosities, magnitudes, redshifts
table2           85      123   Source names, coordinates, observation parameters
table3           65      123   Emission line ratios
table4           69      123   Fluxes, Equivalence Widths, Continuum fluxes
tables.tex      131      560   LaTeX version of tables 2, 3, and 4
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See also:
    II/174 : IRAS 2Jy Redshift Survey Data File
    J/A+AS/132/181 : Very luminous IRAS galaxies spectra. II. (Wu+ 1998)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1
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  Bytes Format Units   Label      Explanations
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  1- 10  A10   ---     IRAS       Source name
 11- 12  A2    ---   n_IRAS       [*) ] Note on name (1)
 15- 20  F6.3 [solLum] log(L_IR_) Infrared luminosity (H0=50km/s/Mpc,q0=0.5)
 22- 26  F5.2  mag     mag        ? Magnitude from 2Jy catalog (Strauss,
                                   1992ApJS...83...29S, Cat. <II/174>)
 28- 33  F6.4  ---     z          redshift from 2Jy catalog
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Note (1): *: sources also observed by Kim et al. (1995ApJS...98..129K)
          ): sources in brackets out of the complete sample (See paper).
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2
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  Bytes Format Units     Label      Explanations
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  1- 10  A10   ---       IRAS       Source name
     11  A1    ---     m_IRAS       Components name
 13- 27  A15   ---       Name       Other name of IRAS sources
 29- 30  I2    h         RAh        Right Ascension (1950.0)
 32- 33  I2    min       RAm        Right Ascension (1950.0)
 35- 38  F4.1  s         RAs        Right Ascension (1950.0)
     39  A1    ---       DE-        Declination sign (1950)
 40- 41  I2    deg       DEd        Declination (1950.0)
 43- 44  I2    arcmin    DEm        Declination (1950.0)
 46- 49  F4.1  arcsec    DEs        Declination (1950.0)
 51- 58  A8  "DD/MM/YY"  OBSdate    Date of observation
 60- 61  I2    h         OBSh       B.T. Time of observation
 63- 64  I2    min       OBSm       B.T. Time of observation
 66- 67  I2    s         OBSs       B.T. Time of observation
 69- 72  I4    s         Exp        Exposure time
 74- 77  F4.2  ---       Airmass    Airmass
 79- 81  F3.1  arcsec    Slit       Slit width
 83- 85  I3    deg       PA         Position angle
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3
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  Bytes Format Units Label        Explanations
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  1- 10  A10   ---   IRAS         Source name
     11  A1    --- m_IRAS         Components name
 13- 16  F4.2  ---   [OII]3727  ? Relative flux of emission line [OII]3727 (1)
     17  A1    --- u_[OII]3727    [:;] Uncertainty flag on [OII]3727 (2)
 19- 22  F4.2  ---   Hb4861     ? Relative flux of emission line Hb4861 (1)
     23  A1    --- u_Hb4861       [:;] Uncertainty flag on Hb4861 (2)
 25- 28  F4.2  ---   [OIII]5007 ? Relative flux of emission line [OIII]5007 (1)
     29  A1    --- u_[OIII]5007   [:;] Uncertainty flag on [OIII]5007 (2)
 31- 34  F4.2  ---   HeI5876    ? Relative flux of emission line HeI5876 (1)
     35  A1    --- u_HeI5876      [:;] Uncertainty flag on HeI5876 (2)
 37- 40  F4.2  ---   [OI]6300   ? Relative flux of emission line [OI]6300 (1)
     41  A1    --- u_[OI]6300     [:;] Uncertainty flag on [OI]6300 (2)
 43- 46  F4.2  ---   [NII]6563  ? Relative flux of emission line [NII]6563 (1)
     47  A1    --- u_[NII]6563    [:;] Uncertainty flag on [NII]6563 (2)
 49- 52  F4.2  ---   [SII]6716  ? Relative flux of emission line [SII]6716 (1)
     53  A1    --- u_[SII]6716    [:;] Uncertainty flag on [SII]6716 (2)
 55- 58  F4.2  ---   [SII]6731  ? Relative flux of emission line [SII]6731 (1)
     59  A1    --- u_[SII]6731    [:;] Uncertainty flag on [SII]6731 (2)
 61- 64  F4.2  ---   [SII]sum   ? Relative flux of emission line [SII]sum (1)
     65  A1    --- u_[SII]sum     [:;] Uncertainty flag on [SII]sum (2)
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Note (1): Halpha = 1
Note (2): : flux value uncertainty ~+/-30%
          ; flux value uncertainty ~+/-50%
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table4
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  Bytes Format Units       Label    Explanations
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  1- 10  A10   ---         IRAS     Source name
     11  A1    ---       m_IRAS     Components name
 13- 18  F6.4  ---         z        Measured redshift from observed spectra
 20- 28  E9.3  10+7W/m2/m  F(Ha)    ? Observed flux of H{alpha} emission line
     29  A1    ---       u_F(Ha)    [:;] Uncertainty flag on F(Ha) (1)
 31- 36  F6.2  0.1m        EW(Ha)   ? Equivalent width of H{alpha} emission line
     37  A1    ---       u_EW(Ha)   [:;] Uncertainty flag on EW(Ha) (1)
 39- 43  F5.2  0.1m        EW(NaID) ? Equivalent width of NaID absorption
     44  A1    ---       u_EW(NaID) [:;] Uncertainty flag on EW(NaID) (1)
 46- 49  F4.1  0.1m        EW(Hb)   ? Equivalent width of underlying stellar
                                     H{beta} absorption
 51- 59  E9.3  10+7W/m2/m  C4861    Observed flux of Continuum at 4861A
 61- 69  E9.3  10+7W/m2/m  C6563    Observed flux of Continuum at 6563A
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Note (1): : flux value uncertainty ~+/-30%
          ; flux value uncertainty ~+/-50%
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Acknowledgements: Hong Wu <wu@qso.bao.ac.cn>

History: IRAS 05084+7936 misprint for IRAS 05083+7936.
         Correction made on 03-Apr-1998
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(End)                                         Patricia Bauer [CDS]   23-Jun-1997

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