Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-04-06
Astrophys.J.Suppl.153:429-445,2004
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
64 pages, 13 figures, accepted for publication and scheduled for the ApJS August 2004, v153 issue. Some figures were bitmapped
Scientific paper
10.1086/421519
We present the first edition of the {S}DSS {H}II-galaxies with {O}xygen abundances {C}atalog (SHOC), which is a listing of strong emission-line galaxies (ELGs) from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Oxygen abundances have been obtained with the classic Te-method. We describe the method exploiting the SDSS database to construct this sample. The selection procedures are described and discussed in detail, as well as some problems encountered in the process of deriving reliable emission line parameters. The method was applied to the SDSS Data Release 1 (DR1). We present 612 SDSS emission-line galaxies (624 separate SDSS targets in total), for which the oxygen abundances 12+log(O/H) have r.m.s. uncertainties <0.20 dex. The subsample of 263 ELGs have an uncertainty <0.10 dex, while 459 ELGs have an uncertainty <0.15 dex. The catalog includes the main parameters of all selected ELGs, the intensities and equivalent widths of hydrogen and oxygen emission lines, as well as oxygen abundances with their uncertainties. The information on the presence of Wolf-Rayet blue and/or red bumps in 109 galaxies is also included. With the use of combined g,r,i SDSS images we performed visual morphological classification of all SHOC galaxies. 461 galaxies (~75%) are classified as confident or probable blue compact galaxies (BCG/BCG?), 78 as irregular ones, 20 as low surface brightness galaxies (LSBG), 10 as obviously interacting and 43 as spiral galaxies. In creating the catalog, 30 narrow line AGN and 69 LINERs were also identified; these are also presented apart of the main catalog. We outline briefly the content of the catalog, and the prospects of its use for statistical studies of the star formation and chemical evolution issues. Some of these studies will be presented in the forthcoming paper (abridged).
Grebel Eva Katharina
Kniazev Alexei Y.
Lee Henry
Pramskij Alexander G.
Pustilnik Simon A.
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