NOAO fundamental plane survey. I. Survey design, redshifts, and velocity dispersion data

: Smith, R.J.; Hudson, M.J.; Nelan, J.E.; Moore, S.A.W.; Quinney, S.J.; Wegner, G.A.; Lucey, J.R.; Davies, R.L.; Malecki, J.J.; Schade, D.; Suntzeff, N.B.

doi:10.1086/423915

NOAO fundamental plane survey. I. Survey design, redshifts, and velocity dispersion data

: Smith, R.J.; Hudson, M.J.; Nelan, J.E.; Moore, S.A.W.; Quinney, S.J.; Wegner, G.A.; Lucey, J.R.; Davies, R.L.; Malecki, J.J.; Schade, D.; Suntzeff, N.B.

Authors

Dr Russell Smith russell.smith@durham.ac.uk
Assistant Professor

M.J. Hudson

J.E. Nelan

S.A.W. Moore

S.J. Quinney

G.A. Wegner

Dr John Lucey john.lucey@durham.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor

R.L. Davies

J.J. Malecki

D. Schade

N.B. Suntzeff

Abstract

We introduce the NOAO Fundamental Plane Survey (NFPS), a wide-field imaging/spectroscopic study of rich, low-redshift galaxy clusters. The survey targets X-rayselected clusters at 0.010 < z < 0.067, distributed over the whole sky, with imaging and spectroscopic observations obtained for 93 clusters. This data set will be used in investigations of galaxy properties in the cluster environment and of large-scale velocity fields through the fundamental plane. In this paper, we present details of the cluster sample construction and the strategies employed to select early-type galaxy samples for spectroscopy. Details of the spectroscopic observations are reported. From observations of 5479 red galaxies, we present redshift measurements for 5388 objects and internal velocity dispersions for 4131. The velocity dispersions have a median estimated error 7%. The NFPS has 15% overlap with previously published velocity dispersion data sets. Comparisons to these external catalogs are presented and indicate typical external errors of 8%.

Citation

: Smith, R., Hudson, M., Nelan, J., Moore, S., Quinney, S., Wegner, G., …Suntzeff, N. (2004). NOAO fundamental plane survey. I. Survey design, redshifts, and velocity dispersion data. Astronomical Journal, 128(4), 1558-1569. https://doi.org/10.1086/423915

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	2004-10
Deposit Date	Feb 22, 2008
Journal	Astronomical Journal
Print ISSN	0004-6256
Electronic ISSN	1538-3881
Publisher	IOP Publishing
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	128
Issue	4
Pages	1558-1569
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1086/423915
Keywords	Galaxies, Clusters, Distances, Redshifts, Elliptical, Lenticular, cD, Surveys.