Open AccessThe PSC z catalogue
Author(s) -
Saunders W.,
Sutherland W. J.,
Maddox S. J.,
Keeble O.,
Oliver S. J.,
RowanRobinson M.,
McMahon R. G.,
Efstathiou G. P.,
Tadros H.,
White S. D. M.,
Frenk C. S.,
Carramiñana A.,
Hawkins M. R. S.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.058
H-Index - 383
eISSN - 1365-2966
pISSN - 0035-8711
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03528.x
Subject(s) - completeness (order theory) , sky , physics , redshift , latitude , galaxy , astrophysics , astronomy , mathematics , mathematical analysis
We present the catalogue, mask, redshift data and selection function for the PSC z survey of 15 411 IRAS galaxies across 84 per cent of the sky. Most of the IRAS data are taken from the Point Source Catalog, but this has been supplemented and corrected in various ways to improve the completeness and uniformity. We quantify the known imperfections in the catalogue, and we assess the overall uniformity, completeness and data quality. We find that overall the catalogue is complete and uniform to within a few per cent at high latitudes and 10 per cent at low latitudes. Ancillary information, access details, guidelines and caveats for using the catalogue are given.