Distribution of IRAS galaxies towards the Bootes void

Journal Article · Wed Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988 · Astron. J.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/114757· OSTI ID:7137689

Strauss, M A; Huchra, J

A redshift survey was completed for 342 galaxies detected by the IRAS in the direction of the Bootes void discovered by Kirshner et al. The number density of IRAS galaxies is well determined from the shallower full-sky redshift survey of Strauss et al. Four IRAS galaxies are found within the void as defined by Kirshner et al., of which three are part of a complete sample, implying a density depression of a factor of 4. The underdense region continues to a distance of at least 4000 km/s from the nominal center of the void. Three of the IRAS galaxies studied in this paper were previously unknown. These galaxies have emission-line spectra characteristic of H II regions, and red continuum magnitudes ranging from 16 to 17.5 mag, and thus are bright enough to have been detected in a wide-angle redshift survey as deep as that of Kirshner et al. The luminosity function derived from this sample is in good agreement with that of Lawrence et al. 63 references.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Berkeley (USA); Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7137689
• Journal Information: Astron. J.; (United States), Journal Name: Astron. J.; (United States) Vol. 95; ISSN ANJOA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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640105* -- Astrophysics & Cosmology-- Galaxies
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
COSMIC RADIO SOURCES
DISTRIBUTION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EMISSION SPECTRA
GALAXIES
H2 REGIONS
INFRARED RADIATION
LUMINOSITY
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RADIATIONS
RED SHIFT
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
SPECTRA