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J/AJ/130/2571       KISS Hα-selected survey list 3        (Jangren+, 2005)
The KPNO international spectroscopic survey.
V. Hα-selected survey list 3.
    Jangren A., Salzer J.J., Sarajedini V.L., Gronwall C., Werk J.K.,
    Chomiuk L., Moody J.W., Boroson T.A.
   <Astron. J., 130, 2571-2583 (2005)>
   =2005AJ....130.2571J
ADC_Keywords: Surveys ; Galaxies, Seyfert ; Photometry, H-alpha ;
              Equivalent widths
Keywords: galaxies: Seyfert - galaxies: starburst - surveys -
          techniques: spectroscopic

Abstract:
    The KPNO International Spectroscopic Survey (KISS) is an
    objective-prism survey designed to detect extragalactic emission-line
    objects. It combines many of the features of previous slitless
    spectroscopic surveys with the advantages of modern CCD detectors and
    is the first purely digital objective-prism survey for emission-line
    galaxies (ELGs). Here we present the third list of ELG candidates
    selected from our red spectral data, which cover the wavelength range
    6400-7200Å. In most cases, the detected emission line is Hα. The
    current survey list covers the region of the NOAO Deep Wide Field
    Survey (NDWFS). This survey covers two fields; the first is 3°x3°
    and located at RA=14h30m, DE=34°30' (B1950.0), and the second is
    2.3°x4.0° and centered at RA=2h7m30s, DE=-4°44'. A total
    area of 19.65deg2 is covered by the KISS data. A total of 261
    candidate emission-line objects have been selected for inclusion in
    the survey list (13.3deg-2). We tabulate accurate coordinates and
    photometry for each source, as well as estimates of the redshift,
    emission-line flux, and line equivalent width based on measurements of
    the digital objective-prism spectra. The properties of the KISS ELGs
    are examined using the available observational data.

Description:
    All survey data were acquired using the 0.61m Burrell Schmidt
    telescope.

File Summary:

       FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations

ReadMe            80        .   This file
table2.dat        79      261   List of candidate ELGs
table4.dat        79      158   List of 4σ candidate ELGs


See also:
  J/AJ/121/66   : KISS Hα survey list 1 (Salzer+, 2001)
  J/AJ/123/1292 : KISS [O III]-selected survey list (Salzer+, 2002)
  J/AJ/127/1943 : KISS Hα survey list 2 (Gronwall+, 2004)
  J/AJ/130/496  : KISS emission-line galaxy candidates (Jangren+, 2005)
  J/AJ/130/2584 : KISS emission-line galaxy candidates. IV (Salzer+, 2005)


Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat table4.dat

   Bytes Format Units      Label     Explanations

   1-  4  I4    ---        KISSR     Running number in the KISSR(x) survey (1)
   6- 10  A5    ---        Field     Survey field
  12- 16  I5    ---        ID        Identification number within Field
  18- 19  I2    h          RAh       Hour of Right Ascension (J2000)
  21- 22  I2    min        RAm       Minute of Right Ascension (J2000)
  24- 27  F4.1  s          RAs       Second of Right Ascension (J2000)
      29  A1    ---        DE-       Sign of the Declination (J2000)
  30- 31  I2    deg        DEd       Degree of Declination (J2000)
  33- 34  I2    arcmin     DEm       Arcminute of Declination (J2000)
  36- 39  F4.1  arcsec     DEs       Arcsecond of Declination (J2000)
  41- 45  F5.2  mag        Bmag      The B band magnitude (2)
  47- 50  F4.2  mag        B-V       The (B-V) color index (2)
  52- 57  F6.4  ---        z         KISS objective-prism spectrum
                                      redshift estimate (3)
  59- 62  I4    10-16mW/m2 Flux      Emission-line flux (generally Hα)
                                      in units of 10-16 erg/s/cm^2
  64- 68  I5    0.1nm      EW        Emission-line (generally Hα) 
                                      equivalent width in units of Angstroms
      70  I1    ---        Q         Estimated quality (4)
  72- 79  A8    ---        OName     Alternate identification

Note (1): designations in Simbad are:
     -- in Table2: KISSR NNNN 
     -- in Table4: KISSRx NNN
Note (2): For brighter objects, the magnitude estimates typically have
          uncertainties of 0.05mag, increasing to ∼0.10mag at B=20.
Note (3): This estimate assumes that the emission line seen in the
          objective-prism spectrum is Hα.
Note (4): This quantity, assigned during the line measurement step of the data
          processing, is given the value of 1 for high quality sources, 2 for
          lower quality but still reliable objects, and 3 for somewhat less
          reliable sources.


History:
    From electronic version of the journal

References:
    Salzer et al.,   Paper I         2000AJ....120...80S
    Salzer et al.,   Paper II        2001AJ....121...66S, Cat. J/AJ/121/66
    Salzer et al.,   Paper III       2002AJ....123.1292S, Cat. J/AJ/123/1292
    Gronwall et al., Paper IV        2004AJ....127.1943G, Cat. J/AJ/127/1943
(End)                   Greg Schwarz [AAS], Marianne Brouty [CDS]    04-May-2006