Volume 337, Issue 3 pp. 981-992

A Parkes half-Jansky sample of GHz peaked spectrum galaxies

I. A. G. Snellen

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I. A. G. Snellen

Institute for Astronomy, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ

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M. D. Lehnert

M. D. Lehnert

Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE), Postfach 1312, 85741 Garching, Germany

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M. N. Bremer

M. N. Bremer

Department of Physics, Bristol University, H H Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL

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R. T. Schilizzi

R. T. Schilizzi

Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe, Postbus 2, 7990 AA, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands

Leiden Observatory, PO Box 9513, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands

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First published: 11 December 2002
Citations: 8

ABSTRACT

This paper describes the selection of a new southern/equatorial sample of gigahertz peaked spectrum (GPS) radio galaxies, and subsequent optical charge-coupled device imaging and spectroscopic observations using the ESO 3.6-m telescope. The sample consists of 49 sources with −40° < δ < +15°, |b|>20° and S2.7GHz>0.5 Jy, selected from the Parkes PKSCAT90 survey. Approximately 80 per cent of the sources are optically identified, and approximately half of the identifications have available redshifts. The R-band Hubble diagram and evolution of the host galaxies of GPS sources are reviewed.

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