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IRAS 1.2-Jy Redshift Survey

Published by High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Catalog Last Checked: November 10, 2026 at 11:56 PM | Dataset Last Updated: November 05, 2026
This is The Redshift Survey of Fisher, Huchra, Strauss, Davis, Yahil and Schlegel; the data set is described in full in ApJ 361, 49 (1990). The data for the brighter half are included in ApJ Supp 1992, 83, 29; the data for the fainter half are included in ApJ Supp 1995, 100, 69. The survey contains 9897 objects selected from the IRAS database according to the following criteria: <pre> F60 > 1.2 Jy; F60<sup>2</sup> > F12 f25; |b| < 5; high source density flag at 60 microns not raised. </pre> Thus, this database consists of both galaxies and Galaxian contaminants. The sample contains ~5320 galaxies, and 14 objects without identifications at the present time. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .

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