The Hα galaxy survey. I. The galaxy sample, Hα narrow-band observations and star formation parameters for 334 galaxies

P. A. James; N. S. Shane; J. E. Beckman; A. Cardwell; C. A. Collins; J. Etherton; R. S. De Jong; K. Fathi; J. H. Knapen; R. F. Peletier; S. M. Percival; D. L. Pollacco; M. S. Seigar; S. Stedman; I. A. Steele

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The Hα galaxy survey. I. The galaxy sample, Hα narrow-band observations and star formation parameters for 334 galaxies

P. A. James, N. S. Shane, J. E. Beckman, A. Cardwell, C. A. Collins, J. Etherton, R. S. De Jong, K. Fathi, J. H. Knapen, R. F. Peletier, S. M. Percival, D. L. Pollacco, M. S. Seigar, S. Stedman, I. A. Steele

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We discuss the selection and observations of a large sample of nearby galaxies, which we are using to quantify the star formation activity in the local Universe. The sample consists of 334 galaxies across all Hubble types from SO/a to Im and with recession velocities of between 0 and 3000 km s^-1. The basic data for each galaxy are narrow band Hα+[NII] and R-band imaging, from which we derive star formation rates, Ha+[NII] equivalent widths and surface brightnesses, and R-band total magnitudes. A strong correlation is found between total star formation rate and Hubble type, with the strongest star formation in isolated galaxies occurring in Sc and Sbc types. More surprisingly, no significant trend is found between Hα+[NII] equivalent width and galaxy R-band luminosity. More detailed analyses of the data set presented here will be described in subsequent papers.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	23-43
Number of pages	21
Journal	Astronomy and Astrophysics
Volume	414
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031568
State	Published - Jan 2004

Keywords

Galaxies: fundamental parameters
Galaxies: general
Galaxies: irregular
Galaxies: photometry
Galaxies: spiral
Galaxies: statistics

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James, P. A., Shane, N. S., Beckman, J. E., Cardwell, A., Collins, C. A., Etherton, J., De Jong, R. S., Fathi, K., Knapen, J. H., Peletier, R. F., Percival, S. M., Pollacco, D. L., Seigar, M. S., Stedman, S., & Steele, I. A. (2004). The Hα galaxy survey. I. The galaxy sample, Hα narrow-band observations and star formation parameters for 334 galaxies. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 414(1), 23-43. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031568

James, PA, Shane, NS, Beckman, JE, Cardwell, A, Collins, CA, Etherton, J, De Jong, RS, Fathi, K, Knapen, JH, Peletier, RF, Percival, SM, Pollacco, DL, Seigar, MS, Stedman, S & Steele, IA 2004, 'The Hα galaxy survey. I. The galaxy sample, Hα narrow-band observations and star formation parameters for 334 galaxies', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 414, no. 1, pp. 23-43. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031568

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