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Emission-line galaxies in the third list of the Case Low-Dispersion Northern Sky SurveyObservations of 47 galaxies in the third Case list are reported. Thirty-five of the galaxies in the sample were selected for the presence of emission lines on the objective prism plates. At the higher spectral dispersion of the data, significant line emission was found in 46 of the 47 galaxies. Twenty-six galaxies are found to be undergoing significant bursts of star formation. Ten additional galaxies may be starburst galaxies with low-excitation spectra. Two galaxies are probably type Seyfert 2. The most distant object, CG 200, at a redshift of 0.144, has a strong broad H-alpha emission line, and is probably a Seyfert 1. Seventeen of the galaxies have been detected by IRAS. Eight of the IRAS galaxies have H-II-region-type spectra and eight have low-ionization starburst spectra. The galaxies represent a mixture of types, ranging from intrinsically faint dwarf galaxies with Mb equalling -16 mag, to powerful galaxies with MB equalling -23 mag. Galaxies CG 234 and CG 235 are interacting, as are galaxies CG 269 and CG 270.
Document ID
19920028465
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Weistrop, Donna
(Nevada, University Las Vegas, United States)
Downes, Ronald A.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: Astronomical Journal
Volume: 102
ISSN: 0004-6256
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
92A11089
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-30516
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF AST-78-09228
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-29293
Distribution Limits
Public
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