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Second Data Release of the 6dF Galaxy Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2013

D. Heath Jones ,
Will Saunders ,
Michael Read  and
Matthew Colless
D. Heath Jones*
Affiliation:
Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Australian National University, Weston Creek ACT 2611, Australia
Will Saunders
Affiliation:
Anglo-Australian Observatory, P.O. Box 296, Epping NSW 1710, Australia
Michael Read
Affiliation:
Institute for Astronomy, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, United Kingdom
Matthew Colless
Affiliation:
Anglo-Australian Observatory, P.O. Box 296, Epping NSW 1710, Australia
*
DCorresponding author. Email: heath@mso.anu.edu.au
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Abstract

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The 6dF Galaxy Survey is measuring around 150 000 redshifts and 15 000 peculiar velocities from galaxies over the southern sky at |b| > 10°. When complete, it will be the largest survey of its kind by more than an order of magnitude. Here we describe the characteristics of the Second Incremental Data Release and provide an update of the survey. This follows earlier data made public in 2002 December and 2004 March. A total of 83 014 sources now have their spectra, redshifts, and near-infrared and optical photometry available online and searchable through an Structured Query Language database at www-wfau.roe.ac.uk/6dFGS/.

Keywords

galaxies: statistics, luminosity functioncosmology: large-scale structure of universe
Type
Research Article
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 22 , Issue 3: Featuring Gravity Workshop 2004 , 2005 , pp. 277 - 286
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 2005

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