The PSCz catalogue

We present the catalogue, mask, redshift data and selection function for the PSCz 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...

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Published in:Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2000-09, Vol.317 (1), p.55-64
Main Authors: Saunders, W., Sutherland, W. J., Maddox, S. J., Keeble, O., Oliver, S. J., Rowan-Robinson, M., McMahon, R. G., Efstathiou, G. P., Tadros, H., White, S. D. M., Frenk, C. S., Carramiñana, A., Hawkins, M. R. S.
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Language:English
Subjects:
catalogues
galaxies: clusters: general
galaxies: distances and redshifts
large-scale structure of Universe
surveys
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Summary:We present the catalogue, mask, redshift data and selection function for the PSCz 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.
ISSN:0035-8711
1365-2966
DOI:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03528.x