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Optical Surveys of Galaxies: Past, Present, and Future

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2015

Sadanori Okamura
Sadanori Okamura*
Affiliation:
Department of Advanced Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Hosei University, 3-7-2 Kajino-cho, Koganei city, Tokyo, 184-8584Japan email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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A brief history is given of wide area optical surveys of galaxies and resulting catalogs, starting from the Shapley-Ames Catalog through POSS and CfA surveys to modern surveys. Scientific impacts of large surveys are described in terms of the complete sample, large homogeneous samples, and new discoveries. Upcoming and future ambitious surveys are also mentioned. A recent review of surveys in various wavelength regions is given by Djorgovski et al. (2012).

Keywords

surveyscatalogsgalaxies
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Highlights H16: Highlights of Astronomy , August 2012 , pp. 665 - 666
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2015 

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