J/ApJS/106/1ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/106/1doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.21060001CDSWegner G.Colless M.Baggley G.Davies R.L.Bertschinger E.,Burstein D.McMahan R.K.JrSaglia R.P.2000-06-09T23:24:57Z2000-06-09T23:02:44ZCDS support team

CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France

cds-question@unistra.frgalaxiesspectroscopyredshiftedgalaxy-kinematicsThe EFAR project is a study of 736 candidate elliptical galaxies in 84 clusters lying in two regions, toward Hercules-Corona Borealis and Perseus-Pisces-Cetus, at distances cz~6000-15000km/s. In this paper (the first of a series), we present an introduction to the EFAR project and describe in detail the selection of the clusters and galaxies in our sample. Fundamental data for the galaxies and clusters are given, including accurate new positions for each galaxy and redshifts for each cluster. The galaxy selection functions are determined by using diameters measured from Schmidt sky survey images for 2185 galaxies in the cluster fields. Future papers in this series will present the spectroscopic and photometric observations of this sample, investigate the properties of the fundamental plane for elliptical galaxies, and determine the large-scale peculiar velocity fields in these two regions of the universe.1996ApJS..106....1Whttps://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJS/106/1CatalogResearchIsServedByTAP VizieR generic serviceIsServedByConesearch servicerelated-toJ/MNRAS/305/259 : EFAR galaxies redshifts + velocity dispersions (Wegner+ 1999)J/MNRAS/292/499 : EFAR photometric data (Saglia+, 1997)J/MNRAS/321/277 : EFAR peculiar velocities (Colless+, 2001)https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.htmlhttps://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/106/1https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/106/1http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/106/1https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJS/106/1https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJS/106/1http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJS/106/1GETtext/xml+votablehttps://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tapCone search capability for table J/ApJS/106/1/table3 (Master list of EFAR sample galaxies)https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/106/1/table3?https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/106/1/table3?http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/106/1/table3?GETtext/xml+votable180.050000true9.85945836.734250.005555555555555556Cone search capability for table J/ApJS/106/1/table4 (Selection regions and selection function parameters)https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/106/1/table4?https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/106/1/table4?http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/106/1/table4?GETtext/xml+votable180.050000true9.26.63330.0055555555555555565/2067 2136 4502 4504 5259 6/48 50 51 56 242 248 635 720 721 1003 1006 2169 2172 2184 2186 2261 2332 2334 2335 2346 2347 2432 2433 2709 3105 3107 8196 8211 8212 8213 8214 8217 8220 8245 8264 8266 8288 8350 8351 8373 8418 8419 8424 8431 8440 8442 8446 8471 8477 8479 8514 8515 8520 8521 8524 8526 8527 8574 8575 8648 8649 8650 8656 8660 8661 8663 8785 8788 8938 8939 9256 9258 9285 9287 9296 9298 9346 9368 9370 9371 9393 9443 9449 9463 9465 9467 9468 9470 9471 9557 9559 9581 9583 9812 9827 9833 10030 10031 10182 10207 10261 10304 10339 10342 10348 10378 10379 10400 10401 11069 11071 11112 11114 12153 12156 15019 15241 15243 17236 17237 17452 17513 17515 17606 17612 17761 18013 18035 18038 18168 18170 18171 18184 18321 18324 18411 18414 18935 19315 19320 19321 19608 19609 19728 19729 19777 19780 19935 19987 19992 19993 19996 20020 20021 20029 20031 20072 20271 20282 20355 20358 20663 20669 20705 20706 20707 20712 21030 21033 21124 21125 21138 21139 21142 21145 21147 21148 21150 21169 21171 21172 21176 21177 21179 21182 22545 22555 22577 22936 22961 22962 25686 25687 25692 26125 26803 27515 27604 27718 27719 27765 27773 27938 28045 28142 31422 31423 32426 36059 36062 36645 36646 36825 36827 36830 48585 48586https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/moc/J/ApJS/106/1?format=asciiOpticaldefaultJ/ApJS/106/1/clusterCluster samplerecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.intCIDCluster Identification numberintprimaryClusterCluster namecharprimaryJ/ApJS/106/1/table3Master list of EFAR sample galaxiesComCommentscharrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.intGINGalaxy Identification NumberintClusterCluster namecharprimaryGalGalaxy identification in the clustercharRAJ2000Right ascension (J2000)DEJ2000Declination (J2000)ARR band extinctionmagfloatGLONGalactic longitudedegGLATGalactic latitudedegfloatlogDW? Optical major-axis diameterlog(arcsec)floatnullableJ/ApJS/106/1/table4Selection regions and selection function parametersrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.intCIDCluster Identification numberintprimaryRAJ2000Right ascension of the center rectangle (J2000)DEJ2000Declination of the center rectangle (J2000)DRALength of the sides of the rectanglearcminfloatDDEHeight of the sides of the rectanglearcminfloatNw? Total number of Dw diameter measured in the fieldintnullablelogD0W? Cutoff diameterlog(arcsec)floatnullabledw? Width of the cutofffloatnullableNote[a-c] Individual Notes (1)char