Shapley_galaxy {astrodatR}

Shapley Concentration of galaxies redshift survey

Description

This dataset gives results from a galaxy redshift survey of the Shapley Concentration (SCl 124), the richest nearby supercluster of galaxies centered around (RA,Dec) = (13h25m, -30d). It includes ~40 Abell rich clusters as well as regions with low galaxy densities (voids). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapley_Supercluster. The dataset, based on the redshift survey of Drinkwater et al. (2004), has 4215 galaxy redshifts with uncertainties) in addition to celestial locations and visible magnitudes. The sample is described in Appendix C.5 of Feigelson & Babu (2012). It is useful for study of 3-dimensional spatial point processes with high-amplitude, anisoptropic spatial clustering.

Usage

Shapley_galaxy

Format

A table containing 4215 rows and 5 columns with header row. Missing data is denoted by zeros.

Source

Drinkwater et al. 2004, Feigelson and Babu (2012)

References

Drinkwater, M. J., Parker, Q. A., Proust, D., Slezak, E. & Quintana, H. (2004) The large scale distribution of galaxies in the Shapley Supercluster, Publ Astron. Soc. Australia, 21, 89-96

Feigelson, E. D. and Babu, G. J. (2012) Modern Statistical Methods for Astronomy with R Applications, Cambridge UK:Cambridge University Press