9 papers
Ultra-compact dwarf galaxies: a new class of compact stellar system discovered in the Fornax Cluster
M. J. Drinkwater, K. Bekki, W. J. Couch +3
We have used the 2dF spectrograph on the Anglo-Australian Telescope to obtain a complete spectroscopic sample of all objects in the magnitude range, Bj= 16.5 to 19.8, regardless of…
Public Release of 2dF data from the Fornax Cluster Spectroscopic Survey
M. J. Drinkwater, C. Engel, S. Phillipps +2
Thanks to the 2dF spectrograph on the Anglo-Australian Telescope, we have recently completed the first stage of a complete spectroscopic survey more than one order of magnitude lar…
Hidden Galaxies in the Fornax Cluster
M. J. Drinkwater, M. Waugh, R. L. Webster +4
We are using the Multibeam 21cm receiver on the Parkes Telescope combined with the optical Two degree Field spectrograph (2dF) of the Anglo-Australian Telescope to obtain the first…
The Fornax Spectroscopic Survey I. Survey Strategy and Preliminary Results on the Redshift Distribution of a Complete Sample of Stars and Galaxies
M. J. Drinkwater, S. Phillipps, J. B. Jones +6
The Fornax Spectroscopic Survey will use the Two degree Field spectrograph (2dF) of the Anglo-Australian Telescope to obtain spectra for a complete sample of all 14000 objects with…
Low Surface Brightness Dwarf Galaxies in the Bristol - Anglo-Australian Observatory Virgo Cluster Survey
J. B. Jones, S. Phillipps, J. M. Schwartzenberg +1
We describe a new, deep photographic survey of the Virgo Cluster which uses multiple exposures on Tech Pan film with the United Kingdom Schmidt Telescope to probe the dwarf populat…
The Fornax Spectroscopic Survey --- Low Surface Brightness Galaxies in Fornax
M. J. Drinkwater, S. Phillipps, J. B. Jones
The Fornax Spectroscopic Survey is a large optical spectroscopic survey of ALL 14,000 objects with 16.5<Bj<19.7 in a 12 sq.deg area of sky centered on the Fornax Cluster. We are us…