John Huchra

The 6dF Galaxy Survey: final redshift release (DR3) and southern large-scale structures (2009)

Jones, D. Heath, Read, Mike A., Saunders, Will, Colless, Matthew, Jarrett, Tom, Parker, Quentin A., ...

We report the final redshift release of the 6dF Galaxy Survey (6dFGS), a combined redshift and peculiar velocity survey over the southern sky (|b| > 10°). Its 136 304 spectra have yielded 110 256...

Mass-to-Light Ratios for M31 Globular Clusters: Age-Dating and a Surprising Metallicity Trend (2009)

Strader, Jay, Smith, Graeme, Larsen, Soeren, Brodie, Jean, Huchra, John

We have obtained velocity dispersions from Keck high-resolution integrated spectroscopy of ten M31 globular clusters (GCs), including three candidate intermediate-age GCs. We show that these...

The 6dF Galaxy Survey: Final Redshift Release (DR3) and Southern Large-Scale Structures (2009)

Jones, D. Heath, Read, Mike A., Saunders, Will, Colless, Matthew, Jarrett, Tom, Parker, Quentin, ...

We report the final redshift release of the 6dF Galaxy Survey, a combined redshift and peculiar velocity survey over the southern sky (|b|>10 deg). Its 136,304 spectra have yielded 110,256 new...

DISTANCE TO THE FORNAX CLUSTER USING THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE: IMPLICATIONS FOR COSMOLOGY (2007)

Wendy L. Freedman, N. Silbermann, Paul Ha Rding, Jeremy R. Mould, ...

ABSTRACT Using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), we have discovered Cepheid variables in the Fornax cluster spiral galaxy, NGC 1365. V and I period-luminosity relations for 37 Cepheids with periods...

The Extragalactic Distance Scale Key Project I. The Discovery Of And A New Distance To M81 Using The (2007)

Space Telescope Freedman, W. L. Freedman, S. M. Hughes, B. F. Madore, J. R. Mould, M. G. Lee, ...

We report on the discovery of 30 new Cepheids in the nearby galaxy M81 based on observations using the Space Telescope The periods for these lie in the range of 10 to 55 days, based on 18 independent...

Shaun M. Hughes, Barry F. Madore (2007)

And Jeremy California, Shaun M. Hughes, Barry F. Madore, Jeremy R. Mould, Laura Ferrarese, C. Ford, ...

The Distance Scale (HO) Key Project for Space Telescope ( aims employ the period-luminosity relation to measure galaxy distances out as far as the Virgo cluster. The vital steps in this program are...

The 6dF Galaxy Survey: Samples, Observational Techniques and the First Data Release (2005)

Jones, D. Heath, Saunders, Will, Colless, Matthew, Read, Mike A., Parker, Quentin A., Watson, Fred G., ...

The 6dF Galaxy Survey (6dFGS) aims to measure the redshifts of around 150,000 galaxies, and the peculiar velocities of a 15,000-member sub-sample, over almost the entire southern sky. When complete,...

The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale VI. The Cepheids in NGC925 (2004)

Silbermann, N. A., Harding, Paul, Madore, Barry F., Kennicutt, Robert C. Jr., Saha, Abhijit, Stetson, Peter, ...

We report the detection of Cepheid Variable stars in the barred spiral galaxy NGC925, using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2). Twelve V (F555W), four I...

The 6dF Galaxy Survey: Samples, Observational Techniques and the First Data Release (2004)

Jones, D. Heath, Saunders, Will, Colless, Matthew, Read, Mike A., Parker, Quentin A., Watson, Fred G., ...

The 6dF Galaxy Survey (6dFGS) aims to measure the redshifts of around 150,000 galaxies, and the peculiar velocities of a 15,000-member sub-sample, over almost the entire southern sky. When complete,...

The 6dF Galaxy Survey: Samples, Observational Techniques and the First Data Release (2004)

Jones, D. Heath, Saunders, Will, Colless, Matthew, Read, Mike A., Parker, Quentin A., Watson, Fred G., ...

The 6dF Galaxy Survey (6dFGS) aims to measure the redshifts of around 150,000 galaxies, and the peculiar velocities of a 15,000-member sub-sample, over almost the entire southern sky. When complete,...

The 6dF Galaxy Survey: Samples, Observational Techniques and the First Data Release (2004)

Jones, D. Heath, Saunders, Will, Colless, Matthew, Read, Mike A., Parker, Quentin A., Watson, Fred G., ...

The 6dF Galaxy Survey (6dFGS) aims to measure the redshifts of around 150,000 galaxies, and the peculiar velocities of a 15,000-member sub-sample, over almost the entire southern sky. When complete,...

The 6dF galaxy survey : samples, observational techniques and the first data release (2004)

Jones, D. Heath, Saunders, Will, Hartley, Malcom, Cass, Paul, James, Dionne, Russell, Ken, ...

The 6dF Galaxy Survey (6dFGS) aims to measure the redshifts of around 150 000 galaxies, and the peculiar velocities of a 15 000-member subsample, over almost the entire southern sky. When complete,...

The 6dF galaxy survey : samples, observational techniques and the first data release (2004)

Jones, D. Heath, Saunders, Will, Hartley, Malcom, Cass, Paul, James, Dionne, Russell, Ken, ...

The 6dF Galaxy Survey (6dFGS) aims to measure the redshifts of around 150 000 galaxies, and the peculiar velocities of a 15 000-member subsample, over almost the entire southern sky. When complete,...

Properties of globular cluster systems in nearby early-type galaxies (2001)

Larsen, Soren S., Brodie, Jean P., Huchra, John, Forbes, Duncan A., Grillmair, Carl J.

We present a study of globular clusters (GCs) in 17 relatively nearby early-type galaxies, based on deep F555W and F814W images from the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2, on board the Hubble Space...

Properties of globular cluster systems in nearby early-type galaxies (2001)

Larsen, Soren S., Brodie, Jean P., Huchra, John, Forbes, Duncan A., Grillmair, Carl J.

We present a study of globular clusters (GCs) in 17 relatively nearby early-type galaxies, based on deep F555W and F814W images from the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2, on board the Hubble Space...

Properties of globular cluster systems in nearby early-type galaxies (2001)

Larsen, Soren S., Brodie, Jean P., Huchra, John, Forbes, Duncan A., Grillmair, Carl J.

We present a study of globular clusters (GCs) in 17 relatively nearby early-type galaxies, based on deep F555W and F814W images from the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2, on board the Hubble Space...

Properties of globular cluster systems in nearby early-type galaxies (2001)

Larsen, Soren S., Brodie, Jean P., Huchra, John, Forbes, Duncan A., Grillmair, Carl J.

We present a study of globular clusters (GCs) in 17 relatively nearby early-type galaxies, based on deep F555W and F814W images from the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2, on board the Hubble Space...

Properties of globular cluster systems in nearby early-type galaxies (2001)

Larsen, Soren S., Brodie, Jean P., Huchra, John, Forbes, Duncan A., Grillmair, Carl J.

We present a study of globular clusters (GCs) in 17 relatively nearby early-type galaxies, based on deep F555W and F814W images from the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2, on board the Hubble Space...

A Database of Cepheid Distance Moduli and TRGB, GCLF, PNLF and SBF Data Useful for Distance Determinations (1999)

Ferrarese, Laura, Ford, Holland C., Huchra, John, Kennicutt, Robert C., Mould, Jeremy R., ...

We present a compilation of Cepheid distance moduli and data for four secondary distance indicators that employ stars in the old stellar populations: the planetary nebula luminosity function (PNLF),...

The Hubble Constant from the HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale (1999)

Ferrarese, Laura, Gibson, Brad, Kelson, Daniel, Sakai, Shoko, Mould, Jeremy, Freedman, Wendy, ...

The final efforts of the HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale are presented. Four distance indicators, the Surface Brightness Fluctuation method, the Fundamental Plane for early-type...

The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale XXVI. The Calibration of Population II Secondary Distance Indicators and the Value of the Hubble Constant (1999)

Ferrarese, Laura, Mould, Jeremy R., Kennicutt, Robert C., Huchra, John, Ford, Holland C., ...

A Cepheid-based calibration is derived for four distance indicators that utilize stars in the old stellar populations: the tip of the red giant branch (TRGB), the planetary nebula luminosity function...

The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XV. A Cepheid Distance to the Fornax Cluster and Its Implications (1998)

Madore, Barry F., Freedman, Wendy L., Silbermann, N., Harding, Paul, Huchra, John, Mould, Jeremy, ...

Using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) 37 long-period Cepheid variables have been discovered in the Fornax Cluster spiral galaxy NGC 1365. The resulting V and I period-luminosity relations yield a...

The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale XII. The Discovery of Cepheids and a New Distance to NGC 2541 (1998)

Ferrarese, Laura, Bresolin, Fabio, Kennicutt, Robert C., Saha, Abhijit, Stetson, Peter B., ...

We report the detection of Cepheids and a new distance to the spiral galaxy NGC 2541, based on data obtained with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 on board the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). A...

The Hubble Space Telescope Extragalactic Distance Scale Key Project. X. The Cepheid Distance to NGC 7331 (1998)

Han, Mingsheng, Hoessel, John, Freedman, Wendy L., Kennicutt, Robert C., Mould, Jeremy. R., ...

The distance to NGC 7331 has been derived from Cepheid variables observed with HST/WFPC2, as part of the Extragalactic Distance Scale Key Project. Multi-epoch exposures in F555W (V) and F814W (I),...

Stripped Spiral Galaxies as Promising Targets for the Determination of the Cepheid distance to the Virgo Cluster (1997)

Böhringer, Hans, Neumann, Doris M., Schindler, Sabine, Huchra, John

The measurement of precise galaxy distances by Cepheid observations out to the distance of the Virgo cluster is important for the determination of the Hubble constant ($H_0$). The Virgo cluster is...

Hubble Space Telescope Imaging of the Globular Cluster System around NGC 5846 (1996)

Forbes, Duncan A., Brodie, Jean P., Huchra, John

Bimodal globular cluster metallicity distributions have now been seen in a handful of large ellipticals. Here we report the discovery of a bimodal distribution in the dominant group elliptical NGC...

A database for galaxy evolution modeling (1996)

Leitherer, Claus, Alloin, Danielle, Alvensleben, Uta Fritze-V, Gallagher, John, Huchra, John, Matteucci, Francesca, ...

This paper represents a collective effort to provide an extensive electronic database useful for the interpretation of galaxy properties.

A database for galaxy evolution modeling (1996)

Leitherer, Claus, Alloin, Danielle, Alvensleben, Uta Fritze-V, Gallagher, John, Huchra, John, Matteucci, Francesca, ...

This paper represents a collective effort to provide an extensive electronic database useful for the interpretation of galaxy properties.

A database for galaxy evolution modeling (1996)

Leitherer, Claus, Alloin, Danielle, Alvensleben, Uta Fritze-V, Gallagher, John, Huchra, John, Matteucci, Francesca, ...

This paper represents a collective effort to provide an extensive electronic database useful for the interpretation of galaxy properties.

A database for galaxy evolution modeling (1996)

Leitherer, Claus, Alloin, Danielle, Alvensleben, Uta Fritze-V, Gallagher, John, Huchra, John, Matteucci, Francesca, ...

This paper represents a collective effort to provide an extensive electronic database useful for the interpretation of galaxy properties.

The Optical Redshift Survey II: Derivation of the Luminosity and Diameter Functions and of the Density Field (1995)

Santiago, Basilio X., Strauss, Michael A., Lahav, Ofer, Davis, Marc, Dressler, Alan, Huchra, John

We quantify the effects of Galactic extinction on the derived luminosity and diameter functions and on the density field of a redshift sample. Galaxy magnitudes are more affected by extinction than...

The IRAS 1.2 Jy Survey: Redshift Data (1995)

Fisher, Karl, Huchra, John, Strauss, Michael, Davis, Marc, Yahil, Amos, Schlegel, David

We present the redshift data for a survey of galaxies selected from the data base of the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS). This survey extends the 1.936 Jy sample of Strauss et al. (1992) from...

Clustering in the 1.2 Jy IRAS Galaxy Redshift Survey I: The Redshift and Real Space Correlation Functions (1993)

Fisher, Karl B., Davis, Marc, Strauss, Michael A., Yahil, Amos, Huchra, John

We present analyses of the two-point correlation function derived from an all-sky redshift survey of 5313 galaxies extracted from the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) database. The redshift...