The Hα Galaxy Survey ⋆ I. The galaxy sample, Hα narrow-band observations and star formation parameters for 334 galaxies

By P. James, N. Shane, J. E. Beckman, A. Cardwell, C. Collins, J. Etherton, R. D. de Jong, Kambiz Fathi, J. Knapen, Reynier Peletier and 5 more. 2003

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We discuss the selection and observations of a large sample of nearby galaxies, which we are using to quantify the star formation activity in the local Universe. The sample consists of 334 galaxies across all Hubble types from S0/a to Im and with recession velocities of between 0 and 3000 km s 1 . The basic data for each galaxy are narrow band H�+(Nii) and R-band imaging, from which we derive star formation rates, H�+(Nii) equivalent widths and surface brightnesses, and R-band total magnitudes. A strong correlation is found between total star formation rate and Hubble type, with the strongest star formation in isolated galaxies occurring in Sc and Sbc types. More surprisingly, no significant trend is found between H�+(Nii) equivalent width and galaxy R-band luminosity. More detailed analyses of the data set presented here will be described in subsequent papers.

Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation

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Star Formation Properties of a Large Sample of Irregular Galaxies (2004, unknown): “We have 34 galaxies in common with the Hα survey of James et al. (2004).”
GHASP: an Hα kinematic survey of spiral and irregular galaxies – V. Dark matter distribution in 36 nearby spiral galaxies (2007, unknown): “Jam04=James et al. 2004 ; Kar04=Karachentsev et al. 2004 ; Koo06=Koopmann et al. 2006 ; Mou06=Moustakas & Kennicutt 2006 ; Saha06=Saha et al. 2006 ; Sha01=Shapley et al.2001 ; Sw02=Swaters & Balcells 2002.”
Progenitor mass constraints for core-collapse supernovae from correlations with host galaxy star formation⋆ (2012, methodology): “Details of examples of those data obtained for the Hα galaxy survey (HαGS), and their reduction, can be found in James et al. (2004).”
Specific Star Formation Rate Profiles in Nearby Spiral Galaxies: Quantifying the Inside-Out Formation of Disks (2006, result): “…(at least qualitatively) to the global sSFR, this result is consistent with previous works based on total Hα or UV photometry data, where late-type spiral galaxies usually show higher specific star formation rates than more massive early-type spirals (e.g. Boselli et al. 2001; James et al. 2004).”
Toward First-Principle Simulations of Galaxy Formation: I. How Should We Choose Star-Formation Criteria in High-Resolution Simulations of Disk Galaxies? (2008, background): “We find that the SFRs asymptotically decrease to ∼1−2 M⊙ yr−1, which is close to the observational value of SFR in nearby spiral galaxies (∼ 1 M⊙ yr−1: James et al. 2004) and Galactic SFR (∼ 3 M⊙ yr−1: McKee & Williams 1997).”
An Hα Imaging Survey of Galaxies in the Local 11 Mpc Volume (2004, methodology): “Other surveys of (predominantly) field galaxies include the H Galaxy Survey (H GS; James et al. 2004), which is based on a diameter and radial velocity selected sample of 334 z 0:01 galaxies taken from the Uppsala Galaxy Catalog (Nilson1973), the Survey for Ionization in Neutral-Gas Galaxies (SINGG;”
Aperture Effects on Star Formation Rate, Metallicity, and Reddening (2005, background): “The expected SFRs may be overestimated if the star-forming regions in early-types are centrally concentrated (Hameed & Devereux 1999; James et al. 2004).”
DWARF GALAXY STARBURST STATISTICS IN THE LOCAL VOLUME (2008, background): “This has also been noted by Meurer et al. (2006) and James et al. (2008) who have carried out complementary Hα imaging surveys of nearby galaxies (SINGG, Meurer et al. 2006; HαGS, James et al. 2004).”
GHASP: an Hα kinematic survey of spiral and irregular galaxies - VI. New Hα data cubes for 108 galaxies (2008, methodology): “A good agreement is observed between our Hα map and that of James et al. (2004).”