Spectroscopic and Photometric Nearby Field Galaxy Survey

THE NEARBY FIELD GALAXY SURVEY A spectrophotometric and photometric study of nearby galaxies

We report on our observing programme to obtain integrated spectrophotometry, intermediate and high-resolution major-axis spectra, and UBR surface photometry of a representative sample of ∼200 galaxies in the nearby field. The main goal of this programme is to provide a comparison sample for high-redshift studies and to study the variation in star formation rates (SFRs), star formation history (...

The Nearby Field Galaxy

WINGS : a Wide – field Imaging Nearby Galaxy clusters Survey

We present a two-band, wide-field imaging survey of an X– ray selected sample of 78 clusters in the redshift range z=0.03–0.07. The aim of the project is to provide the astronomical community with a complete set of homogeneous, CCD–based, surface photometry and morphological data of the nearby cluster galaxies located within 1.5Mpc from the cluster center. In all statistical studies concerning ...

The Hα and Infrared Star Formation Rates for the Nearby Field Galaxy Survey

We investigate the Hα and infrared star formation rate (SFR) diagnostics for galaxies in the Nearby Field Galaxy Survey (NFGS). For the 81 galaxies in our sample, we derive Hα fluxes (included here) from integrated spectra. There is a strong correlation between the ratio of far-infrared to optical luminosities L(FIR)/L(Hα) and the extinction E(B − V ) measured with the Balmer decrement. Before ...

A Spectroscopic Survey for Strong Galaxy–galaxy Lenses

J.P. WILLIS, P.C. HEWETT, S.J. WARREN, G.F. LEWIS 1. Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK. 2. Departamento de Astronomı́a y Astrof́ısica, P. Universidad Católica, Avenida Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Casilla 306, Santiago 22, Chile. (present address) 3. Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BZ, UK. 4. Anglo-Aus...