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Kiss: A New Digital Survey for Emission-Line Objects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

A. Kniazev ,
J. Salzer ,
V. Lipovetsky ,
T. Boroson ,
J. Moody ,
T. Thuan ,
Yu. Izotov ,
J. Herrero  and
L. Frattare
A. Kniazev
Affiliation:
Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russia
J. Salzer
Affiliation:
Wesleyan University, USA
V. Lipovetsky
Affiliation:
Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russia
T. Boroson
Affiliation:
NOAO, Gemini Project, USA
J. Moody
Affiliation:
Brigham Young University, USA
T. Thuan
Affiliation:
University of Virginia, USA
Yu. Izotov
Affiliation:
Main Astronomical Observatory, Ukraine
J. Herrero
Affiliation:
Wesleyan University, USA Center for Astrophysics, USA
L. Frattare
Affiliation:
Wesleyan University, USA Space Telescope Science Institute, USA

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We have initiated a major new survey for emission-line galaxies (ELGs) which we call the KPNO International Spectroscopic Survey (KISS). Survey observations began in March 1994 with the 0.61-m Burrell Schmidt telescope. The technique we employ combines the benefits of a traditional photographic objective-prism survey with the advantages of using a CCD detector. The field of view of our CCD is 1.1° square, and the prism employed provides a dispersion of 19 Å/pixel at 5000 Å. The spectral range covered (4800-5500 Å) is restricted by a specially designed filter that transmits from rest-frame Hβ to just shortward of the strong night-sky line at 5577 Å; this greatly reduces the sky background. We expect KISS to be sensitive to galaxies with magnitudes as faint as B = 20m–21m, much deeper than existing photographic surveys. Our initial pilot project covers 100 square degrees (Salzer et al. 1994) and overlaps the CfA/Dartmouth Century Redshift Survey (α = 8h30m–16h45m and δ = 29°–30°) in the North Galactic cap.

Type
Part 5. Extra-Galactic Astronomy
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 179: New Horizons from Multi-Wavelength Sky Surveys , 1998 , pp. 302 - 304
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998 

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