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The APM Galaxy Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

S.J. Maddox ,
G. Efstathiou  and
J. Loveday
S.J. Maddox
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, England
G. Efstathiou
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, England
J. Loveday
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, England

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Wide-field surveys of galaxies and clusters are an indispensable tool for studying large scale structure in the universe. The Abell catalogue (Abell 1958), Zwicky catalogue (Zwicky et. al. 1961-1968), and the Lick survey (Shane and Wirtanen 1967, Seldner et. al. 1977) have provided many statistical results of key importance to our understanding of galaxy formation and clustering (see e.g. Peebles 1980). However, these surveys were constructed more than 20 years ago. Since then, there have been major technological developments in photographic emulsions, automatic scanning machines and computers. It is therefore possible to improve significantly on earlier surveys by generating deep galaxy catalogues with high photometric precision and uniformity over wide areas of sky. Over the last four years, we have taken advantage of these developments to construct a new survey of several million galaxies.

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Research Article
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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 130: Large Scale Structures of the Universe , 1988 , pp. 151 - 160
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1988 

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