The completion and release of the AAO/UKST H alpha survey

QA Parker; S Phillipps; the H alpha consort and assoc

The completion and release of the AAO/UKST H alpha survey

QA Parker^*, S Phillipps, the H alpha consort and assoc

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Physics

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Abstract

The AAO UK Schmidt Telescope (UKST) has just completed an Halpha survey of the Southern Galactic Plane and Magellanic Clouds. The resultant map represents the last, great photographic UKST survey product. A single-element interference filter of exceptional quality was used, the largest of its kind for astronomy. With fine-grained Tech-Pan film as the detector, an atlas with an unequalled combination of resolution, sensitivity and areal coverage has been created, superior to any equivalent optical line emission survey in our Galaxy. The Wide Field Astronomy Unit of the Institute for Astronomy Edinburgh hosts the survey data archive and is responsible for disseminating the data products to the community solely in digital form. As of July 2002, over 150 of the 233 survey fields are accessible on-line and the entire survey should be available early in 2003. A variety of scientific programmes for exploiting the survey are already underway and many more are anticipated now the digital survey data products are available.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	PROCEEDINGS OF THE IAU 8TH ASIAN-PACIFIC REGIONAL MEETING, VOL I
Editors	S Ikeuchi, J Hearnshaw, T Hanawa
Place of Publication	SAN FRANCISCO
Publisher	Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Pages	165-172
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	1-58381-134-6
Publication status	Published - 2003
Event	IAU 8th Asian-Pacific Regional Meeting - TOKYO, Japan Duration: 2 Jul 2002 → 5 Jul 2002

Publication series

Name	Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series
Publisher	ASTRONOMICAL SOC PACIFIC
Volume	289

Conference

Conference	IAU 8th Asian-Pacific Regional Meeting
Country	Japan
Period	2/07/02 → 5/07/02

Keywords

SUPERCOSMOS SKY SURVEY
MILKY-WAY

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Parker, QA, Phillipps, S & the H alpha consort and assoc 2003, The completion and release of the AAO/UKST H alpha survey. in S Ikeuchi, J Hearnshaw & T Hanawa (eds), PROCEEDINGS OF THE IAU 8TH ASIAN-PACIFIC REGIONAL MEETING, VOL I. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, vol. 289, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, SAN FRANCISCO, pp. 165-172, IAU 8th Asian-Pacific Regional Meeting, Japan, 2/07/02.

The completion and release of the AAO/UKST H alpha survey. / Parker, QA; Phillipps, S; the H alpha consort and assoc.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE IAU 8TH ASIAN-PACIFIC REGIONAL MEETING, VOL I. ed. / S Ikeuchi; J Hearnshaw; T Hanawa. SAN FRANCISCO : Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2003. p. 165-172 (Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series; Vol. 289).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)

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