Journal article

The HIPASS catalogue - III. Optical counterparts and isolated dark galaxies

MT Doyle, MJ Drinkwater, DJ Rohde, KA Pimbblet, M Read, MJ Meyer, MA Zwaan, E Ryan-Weber, J Stevens, BS Koribalski, RL Webster, L Staveley-Smith, DG Barnes, M Howlett, VA Kilborn, M Waugh, MJ Pierce, R Bhathal, WJG De Blok, MJ Disney Show all

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | BLACKWELL PUBLISHING | Published : 2005

Abstract

We present the largest catalogue to date of optical counterparts for H I radio-selected galaxies, HOPCAT. Of the 4315 H I radio-detected sources from the H I Parkes All Sky Survey (HIPASS) catalogue, we find optical counterparts for 3618 (84 percent) galaxies. Of these, 1798 (42 per cent) have confirmed optical velocities and 848 (20 per cent) are single matches without confirmed velocities. Some galaxy matches are members of galaxy groups. From these multiple galaxy matches, 714 (16 per cent) have confirmed optical velocities and a further 258 (6 per cent) galaxies are without confirmed velocities. For 481 (11 per cent), multiple galaxies are present but no single optical counterpart can be..

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