Wide-Field Spectroscopy

Proceedings of the 2nd Conference of the Working Group of IAU Commission 9 on "Wide-Field Imaging" Held in Athens, Greece, May 20-25, 1996

By: D.H. Morgan (Editor), M. Kontizas (Editor), G.P. Vettolani (Editor), E. Kontizas (Editor)

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E. KONTIZAS Astronomical Institute National Observatory of Athens P. O. Box 20048 Athens GR-1181O GREECE The international conference on "Wide-Field Spectroscopy" and its sub ject matter were agreed during the general assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in August 1994 by the Working Group of Com mision 9 "Wi de-Field Imaging". This meeting gave an opportunity to world experts on this subject to gather in Athens, in order to discuss the cur rent exploitation and the impending opportunities that exist in the area of multi-object spectroscopy, with particular emphasis on: 1. Astronomical instruments, data acquisition, processing and analysis techniques. 2. Astrophysical problems best tackled through wide-field, multi-object spectroscopy. The new fibre optic technology offers an important tool for the advancement of basic research and the development of industrial applications. Astronom ical spectroscopy is a field of astronomy which has contributed much to the advancement of fundamental physics. The spectra of hot stars have been used to determine the well-known Balmer formula for the wavelength of hydrogen lines, in the late 19th century. Since then, spectroscopy has made enormous progress in stellar atmosphere studies, in kinematics, and in the detection of high redshifts in the Universe. The traditional techniques of obtaining wide-field spectroscopic data are based on slitless spectroscopy (objective prism). Several observations, world wide, make use ofthese tech niques in order to obtain information on the spectral properties of objects in large areas of the sky.

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Preface
Photograph of Participants
List of Participants
Conquering Ignorance: Data, Information and Knowledge
Multi-Object Spectroscopy with Optical Fibres	p. 3
Objective-Prisms on Schmidt Telescopes: Past Activity and Future Prospects	p. 17
Flair on the UK Schmidt Telescope	p. 25
2dF: The Two-Degree Field Facility on the AAT	p. 33
The Spectroscopic Survey of the SDSS	p. 41
Spectroscopy with FORS	p. 49
The VLT-Virmos Deep Redshift Survey	p. 55
A Concept Design of the Positioner of the Optical Fibers of the LAMOST	p. 63
The Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fibre Spectroscopy Telescope (LAMOST) Project	p. 67
The Gemini Multiobject Spectrographs	p. 73
Multi-Object Spectroscopy and Radio Surveys	p. 81
The Spectroscopic Plate Archives in the Wide-Field Plate Database	p. 87
Exploring Terabyte Archives in Astronomy	p. 95
Automated Objective Prism Spectral Classification Using Neural Networks	p. 103
Automatic Classification of Digitized Objective Prism Spectra	p. 109
The New Multifunctional Spectrograph at the Bosque Alegre Station	p. 115
Multi-Object Spectrograph TAUMOK	p. 117
A Simple Automatic Method of Determining the Positions of Spectra on Objective-Prism Images	p. 119
DS[superscript 3]: Drift Scanning Survey Spectrograph	p. 121
A System for the Analysis of Objective Prism Data	p. 123
Wide-Field Spectroscopy with 3.5 Degree Objective Prism and 50/70 cm Rozhen Schmidt Telescope	p. 125
Objective Prism Spectra Database of the 70 cm Meniscus Telescope	p. 127
Wide Field Spectroscopy and the Structure of the Galaxy	p. 133
Some Objectives of the Wide Field Spectroscopy in the Nearest Galaxies	p. 145
The Impact of Multi Object Spectroscopy on the Study of Dwarf Spferoidal Galaxies Orbiting the MW	p. 153
Planetary Nebulae in Extragalactic Systems	p. 161
Stellar Systems in the Magellanic Clouds	p. 169
B-Stars Towards the Galactic Center	p. 177
Distribution of Carbon Stars in the LMC	p. 181
Objective Prism Spectral Survey of [actual symbol not reproducible] Stars	p. 185
Deep Spectral Survey of Carbon Stars in the Near Infrared	p. 189
Spectroscopic Parallaxes in Determining the Correction of Relative to Absolute Parallax	p. 195
Lithium in the Old Open Cluster M67: Constraints for the Cause of the Boesgaard LI Gap	p. 201
Measuring Radial Velocities of Orion Association Members Using the UK Schmidt Flair	p. 205
Spectral Metallicity in M33	p. 207
Slitless and Multi-Slit Spectroscopy of Typical Objects in Nearby Galaxies	p. 209
Deep Survey for Carbon Stars in the Yellow-Red Spectral Region	p. 211
A Sulphur Abundance Gradient in NGC 300	p. 215
Wide-Area Interference Spectroscopy of the Ionized Gas Surrounding the OCL-352 (IC-1805) Stellar Association	p. 217
A Kinematical and Chemical Probe of the Galaxy	p. 219
Multiwavelength Spectroscopy of the Late Type Star IRAS 18530 + 0817	p. 221
Velocity and Line Profile Variations in Massive Stars, Wolf-Rayet Stars and their Origin	p. 223
Wide Field Spectroscopy and the Universe	p. 227
The ESO Slice Project (ESP) Redshift Survey	p. 241
The Luminosity Function and Mean Density of Galaxies from the ESO Slice Project (ESP) Redshift Survey	p. 247
A Deep 20 cm Radio Mosaic of the ESO Slice Project Galaxy Redshift Survey	p. 253
The Z [actual symbol not reproducible] 0 Universe	p. 259
The Canada France Redshift Survey	p. 267
Multifiber Spectroscopy Applied to Small Groups of Galaxies	p. 277
Complete Spectroscopic Surveys of Nearby Galaxy Clusters	p. 281
Towards an Objectivity Defined Catalog of Galaxy Clusters from the Digitized POSS-II	p. 285
A Galaxy Cluster at 0.82 in the NEP ROSAT Survey	p. 287
The Velocity Dispersions Distribution of Galaxy Clusters	p. 289
The Cluster Velocity Field in Dark Matter Models	p. 293
A Survey in the Direction of the Great Attractor	p. 299
The UKST Flair-Denis Survey	p. 303
Study of the Shapley Concentration	p. 305
Comparing the Predicted ABELL/ACO Cluster and the MKIII Galaxy Density and Velocity Fields	p. 311
The Muenster Redshift Project (MRSP)	p. 315
The Second Byurakan Survey: Galaxies	p. 321
Surveys of Starburst Galaxies	p. 325
Diagnostics of Dust Obscured Galactic Nuclei with ISO Spectroscopy	p. 341
A Redshift Survey of Obscured Galaxies	p. 345
The QSO Evolution Derived from the HBQS and Other Complete QSO Surveys	p. 347
Optical Surveys of Quasars	p. 357
The Hamburg Objective Prism Surveys for Bright Quasars	p. 373
The Space Density of z]4 Quasars from the Second Palomar Sky Survey	p. 381
Panel Discussion	p. 385
Conference Summary	p. 395
Author Index	p. 403
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Wide-Field Spectroscopy

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