NEW HORIZONS FROM MULTI-WAVELENGTH SKY SURVEYS INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION UNION ASTRONOMIQUE INTERNATIONALE NEW HORIZONS FROM MULTI-WAVELENGTH SKY SURVEYS PROCEEDINGS OF THE 179TH SYMPOSIUM OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION, HELD IN BALTIMORE, U.S.A., AUGUST 26-30,1996 EDITED BY BRIAN J. McLEAN DANIEL A. GOLOMBEK JEFFREY J. E. HAYES and HARRYE. PAYNE Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A. KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS DORDRECHT I BOSTON I LONDON A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN-13: 978-0-7923-4803-0 e-ISBN-13: 978-94-009-1485-8 DOl: 10.1007/978-94-009-1485-8 Published on behalfo f the International Astronomical Union by Kluwer Academic Publishers, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Sold and distributed in the U.SA. and Canada by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 101 Philip Drive, Norwell, MA 02061, U.S.A. In all other countries, sold and distributed by Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, P.O. Box 322,3300 AH Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Printed on acid-free paper All Rights Reserved © 1998 International Astronomical Union Softcover reprint oft he hardcover Js t edition J9 98 No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. v These Proceedings are dedicated to George O. Abell and Albert G. Wilson for their invaluable contribution in completing the first Palomar Observatory Sky Survey Table of Contents VII Contents Preface .. xix List of Participants. . . xx Conference Photograph xxv Part 1. General Sky Survey Reviews THE PROSPECTS OF LARGE SURVEYS IN ASTRONOMY 3 M. Harwit SELECTION EFFECTS AND BIASES 11 M. Disney RADIO SURVEYS .... . ...... . 19 J.J. Condon INFRARED SURVEYS: A GOLDEN AGE OF EXPLORATION. 27 G.A. Beichman PHOTOGRAPHIC SKY SURVEYS .... 41 l.N Reid ELECTRONIC OPTICAL SKY SURVEYS 49 T.A. McKay ULTRAVIOLET SKY SURVEYS 57 N Brosch GAMMA RAY SKY SURVEYS . 69 N Gehreis PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE ASTROMETRIC MISSIONS. 79 PK. Seideimann Part 2. Survey Projects WIDE-FIELD LOW-FREQUENCY IMAGING WITH THE VLA 89 NE. Kassim, D.S. Briggs and R.S. Foster THE MIYUN 232 MHZ GENERAL CATALOGUE: . . . . . .. . 91 B. Peng, W. Yuan, R. Nan and Y. Yan KILOMETER-SQUARE AREA RADIO SYNTHESIS TELESCOPE 93 B. Peng and R. Nan Vlll Table of Contents RADIO CONTINUUM SURVEYS ABOVE 2 GHZ 95 0 JoL. Jonas THE MPIFR RADIO CONTINUUM SURVEYS AND THEIR WWW DISTRIBUTION 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E. Fiirst, W. Reich, B. Uyaniker and R Wielebinski THE UTR-2 VERY LOW FREQUENCY SKY SURVEY AND ITS MAIN RESULTS 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 •• 0 0 0 0 K.P. Sokolov THE RATAN GALACTIC PLANE SURVEY . 103 0 0 0 0 • 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 S.A. Trushkin DENIS: A DEEP NEAR INFRARED SOUTHERN SKY SURVEY 106 0 N. Epchtein SIRTF SURVEYS AND LEGACY SCIENCE 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G.G. Fazio and D.P. Clemens THE EUROPEAN LARGE AREA ISO SURVEY: ELAIS 112 o S. Oliver, M. Rowan-Robinson, C. Cesarsky, L. Danese, A. Franceschini, R. Genzel, A. Lawrence, D. Lemke, R. McMahon, G. Miley, J-L. Puget and B. Rocca-Volmerange ASTRONOMY ON THE MIDCOURSE SPACE EXPERIMENT 115 0 S.D. Price, E.F. Tedesco, M. Cohen, RG. Walker, RG. Henry, M. Moshir, L.J. Paxton and F.C. Witterborn THE WIDE-FIELD INFRARED EXPLORER (WIRE) MISSION 118 D.L. Shupe, P.B. Hacking, T. Herter, T.N. Gautier, P. Gra£, G.J. Lonsdale, G.J. Stacey, S.H. Moseley, B. T. Soifer, M. W. Werner and J.R Houck FIRST OBSERVATIONS WITH THE 1.5 M RC TELESCOPE AT MAIDANAK OBSERVATORY 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B.P. Artamonov SOME RESULTS OF THE BATC CCD COLOR SURVEY 123 0 0 0 0 0 J-S. Chen THE AIST-STRUVE SPACE PROJECT SKY SURVEY 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 M.S. Chubey, 1M. Kopylov, D.L. Gorshanov, II. Kanayev, V.N. Yershov, A.E. Il'In, T.R Kirian and M.G. Vydrevich ASPA-SKY PATROL FOR THE FUTURE 127 o 0 0 0 C. La Dous and P. Kroll Table of Contents IX WIDE FIELD OPTICAL IMAGING AT CTIO . 129 A.R. Walker LAMOST PROJECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Y. Chu and Y-H. Zhao THE AAT'S 2-DEGREE FIELD PROJECT 135 K. Taylor, R.D. Cannon and Q.A. Parker SIMULTANEOUS SPECTRA OF A COMPLETE SAMPLE OF SOURCES FROM THE PMN SURVEY . . . . . 139 M.G. Mingaliev, A.M. Botashev and V.A. Stolyarov AROPS : THE ASIAGO RED OBJECTIVE-PRISM SURVEY . 142 U. Munari and R. Passuello EUV SOURCES AND TRANSIENTS DETECTED BY THE ALEXIS SATELLITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 144 D. Roussel-Dupre, T. Pfafman, J. Bloch and J. Theiler THE UIT SURVEY OF THE ULTRAVIOLET SKY BACKGROUND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 147 W.H. Waller and T.P. Stecher Part 3. The Interstellar Medium PHYSICAL PROCESSES IN THE LARGE SCALE ISM FROM DUST OBSERVATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1.53 F. Boulanger RELATIONS BETWEEN STAR FORMATION AND THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM ...... . 165 y. Fukui and Y. Yonekura A DENIS SURVEY OF STAR FORMING REGIONS 172 E. Copet TRACING THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM IN OPHIUCHUS ACROSS 14 ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE IN FREQUENCY 175 S. W. Digel, S.D. Hunter and S.L. Snowden A NEW CO SURVEY OF THE MONOCEROS OBI REGION . 177 R.J. Oliver, M.R. W. Masheder and P. Thadddeus AN Ha SURVEY OF THE GALACTIC PLANE 179 Q.A. Parker and S. Phillipps x Table of Contents AN IMAGING SURVEY OF THE GALACTIC H-ALPHA EMISSION WITH ARCMINUTE RESOLUTION . 182 B. Dennison, J.H. Simonetti, G.A. Topansa and C. Kellerher INTERSTELLAR CIRRUS OBSERVED IN BALMER Ho 184 P.R. McCullough THE MARSEILLE OBSERVATORY Ho SURVEY: COMPARISONS WITH CO, 6 CM AND IRAS DATA 186 D. Russeil, P. Amram, Y.P. Georgelin, Y.M. Georgelin, M. Marcelin, A. Vi ale, E. Le Coarer and A. Castets A LARGE-SCALE CO IMAGING OF THE GALACTIC CENTER 189 T. Oka, T. Hasegawa, F. Sato, H. Yamasaki, M. Tsuboi and A. Miyazaki SURVEY OF CORRELATED FIR, HI, CO, AND RADIO-CONTINUUM EMISSION FEATURES IN THE MULTI-PHASE MILKY WAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 191 W.P. Wall and W.H. Waller SURVEY OF FINE-SCALE STRUCTURE IN THE FAR-INFRARED MILKY WAY ...... . . . . . . .. 194 W.H. Waller, F. Varosi, F. Boulanger and S. W. Digel Part 4. Galactic Structure FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF THE MILKY WAY 199 S.R. Majewski KINEMATICS AND THE GALACTIC POTENTIAL ... 209 O. Bienayme USING MULTI-WAVELENGTH ALL SKY INFORMATION TO UN DERSTAND LARGE SCALE GALACTIC STRUCTURE. . 217 R.L. Smart, R. Drimmel and M.G. Lattanzi STRUCTURE AND KINEMATICAL PROPERTIES OF THE GALAXY AT INTERMEDIATE GALACTIC LATITUDES 221 D.K. Ojha, O. Bienayme and A.C. Robin PROPER MOTIONS IN THE BULGE: LOOKING THROUGH PLAUT'S LOW EXTINCTION WINDOW . . . . . . . . 223 R.A. Mendez, R.M. Rich, W.F. van Altena, T.M. Girard, S. van den Bergh and S.R. Majewski Table of Contents Xl GALACTIC STRUCTURE WITH THE APS CATALOG OF THE POSS I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 225 J.A. Larsen GALACTIC STRUCTURE WITH GSC-II MATERIAL 228 A. Spagna, M.G. Lattanzi, G. Massone, B. McLean and B.M. Lasker INVESTIGATION OF GALACTIC STRUCTURE WITH DENIS STAR COUNTS ................ 231 S. Ruphy STARCOUNTS IN THE HUBBLE DEEP FIELD: FEWER THAN EXPECTED, MORE THAN EXPECTED. 234 R.A. Mendez, G. De Marchi, D. Minniti, A. Baker and W.J. Couch MULTIWAVELENGTH MILKY WAY: AN EDUCATIONAL POSTER ................ 237 D. Leisawitz, S. W. Digel and S. Geitz Part 5. Extra-Galactic Astronorny WEAK GRAVITATIONAL LENSING-THE NEED FOR SURVEYS ...................... . . 241 P. Schneider THE EVOLUTION OF QUASARS AND THEIR CLUSTERING . 249 P.S. Osmer TOWARDS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI ................ 257 P. Padovani MEASURES OF GALACTIC AND INTERGALACTIC MASS IN CLUSTERS .......................... 266 D. Windridge, S. Phillipps and M. Birkinshaw THE SCALING RELATIONS FOR CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES .. 268 J. Annis THE RADIO PROPERTIES OF X-RAY SELECTED EXTRAGALACTIC OBJECTS ....... . . ... 270 L. RamIrez-Castro, 1. Perez-Foumon and F. Cabrera-Guerra Xll Table of Contents UNCOVERING ULTRA-LUMINOUS GALAXIES IN THE IRAS FSC THROUGH RADIO AND OPTICAL CROSS-IDENTIFICATION .................. 273 G. Aldering EARLY RESULTS FROM AN HST IMAGING SURVEY OF THE ULTRALUMINOUS IR GALAXIES. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 275 K.D. Borne, H. Bushouse, 1. Colina and R.A. Lucas THE K-BAND LUMINOSITY FUNCTION OF GALAXIES .... 278 J.P. Gardner, R.M. Sharples, C.S. Frenk and B.E. Carrasco THE K-BAND WIDE FIELD SURVEY: UNDERSTANDING THE LOCAL GALAXIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 281 J. Huang MULTI-COLOR SURFACE PHOTOMETRY OF NEARBY GALAXIES ..................... 285 T. IcJlikawa, N. /toh and K. Yanagisawa MUTI-COLOR IMAGING OF CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES WITH MOSAIC CCD CAMERAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 287 S. Okamura, M. Doi, N. Kashikawa, W. Kawasaki, 1'. Komiyama, M. Sekiguchi, K. Shimasaku, M. Yagi and N. Yasuda QSO COLOR SELECTION IN THE SDSS .... . 291 H.J. Newberg and B. Yanny THE CALAR ALTO DEEP IMAGING SURVEY 293 H. Hippelein, S. Beckwith, R. Fockenbrock, J. Fried, U. Hopp, C. Leinert, K. Meisenheimer, H.-J. Roser, E. Thommes and C. Wolf THE CALAR ALTO DEEP IMAGING SURVEY: FIRST RESULTS 296 E. Thommes, K. Meisenheimer, R. Fockenbrock, H. Hippelein and H-J. Roser HAMBURG/SAO SURVEY OF EMISSION-LINE GALAXIES . 299 V. Lipovetsky, D. Engels, A. Ugryumov, U. Hopp, G. Richter, 1'. Izotov, A. Kniazev and C. Popescu KISS: A NEW DIGITAL SURVEY FOR EMISSION-LINE OBJECTS ... . ... 302 A. Kniazev, J. Salzer, V. Lipovetsky, T. Boroson, J. Moody, T. Thuan, Yu. Izotov, J. Herrero and 1. Frattare HOW TO FIND BL LAC OBJECTS IN THE RASS . . ... 305 P. Nass