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

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 new extragalactic redshifts and a new catalogue of 125 071 galaxies making near-complete samples with (K, H , J , r F , b J ) (12. 65, 12.95, 13.75, 15.60, 16.75). The median redshift of the survey is 0.053. Survey data, including images, spectra, photometry and redshifts, are available through an online data base. We describe changes to the information in the data base since earlier interim data releases. Future releases will include velocity dispersions, distances and peculiar velocities for the brightest early-type…

• NS
  National Science Foundation
• AN
  Australian National University
• SA
  Science and Technology Facilities Council

  Awards: ST/H004211/1, ST/F002289/1, ST/H00047X/1, ST/F002300/1, ST/F002963/1, ST/H000496/1, ST/H008519/1