The Muenster Redshift Project: improved methods for automated galaxy redshift measurement from very low-dispersion objective-prism spectra

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Apr 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996mnras.279.1057s&link_type=abstract

M.N.R.A.S., vol. 279, p. 1057-1070 (1997).

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The Muenster Redshift Project (MRSP) is a large low-resolution galaxy- redshift survey, where pairs of film copies of direct and very low- dispersion objective-prism Schmidt plates are analysed fully automatically. This communication describes updated methods employed for the determination of galaxy redshifts z. For calibration, 1183 galaxies with z <= 0.3 and r_F_ <= 18.5 (b_J_ <= 19.5) are used. The spectra have the linear reciprocal dispersion 245 nm mm^-1^ at Hγ. The random errors range between σ_z_ = 0.011 (best subsamples) and 0.031 (total sample). For the total sample the redshift errors depend on redshift, magnitude, morphological type and galactic latitude. The corresponding corrections can be obtained from the measured error distributions given in this paper. The best subsamples are not contaminated by galaxies with large systematic errors, and can be used for cosmological investigations, taking into account only the magnitude- dependent effects. It should be noted that galaxy redshifts obtained with low-resolution spectra cannot be used individually. However, the large number of redshifts and the large survey volumes permit the determination of statistical quantities with high significance.

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