Note: Marcel Bergmann has queried the accuracy of the photometry in Cl0024+16 - the cause of this is being looked into (6/10/98).

There are also files describing the format of the various tables. For the Full Catalogs of all clusters imaged in F702W, all clusters imaged in F814W except Cl0024+16 and for Cl0024+16. For the Morphological catalogs there are format files for all clusters imaged in F702W and F814W. Note - the photometric zero points used in these catalogs are from Table 9 of Holtzman et al (1995) and we use the Zobs values for F555W/F814W and Zsyn for F450W/F702W.

SPECTRAL CATALOG

The spectral catalog for galaxies within the 10 clusters of the MORPHS sample can be found on this page. The data presented here include positions, photometry, redshifts, spectral line strengths and classifications for 657 galaxies in the fields of the 10 clusters. The catalog comprises 424 cluster members across the 10 clusters and 233 field galaxies, with detailed morphological information from our WFPC2 images for 204 of the cluster galaxies and 71 in the field. Full details of our analysis and the contents of the catalogs are given in Dressler et al. (1999).

PUBLICATIONS

The publications based upon these observations include:

``The Star Formation Histories of Galaxies in Distant Clusters'', Poggianti, B.M., Smail, I., Dressler, A., Couch, W.J., Barger, A.J., Butcher, H., Ellis, R.S., Oemler, A., 1999, ApJ, 518, 576. Postscript version

``A Catalog of Spectral Observations of 10 Distant Rich Clusters of Galaxies'', Dressler, A., Smail, I., Poggianti, B.M., Butcher, H., Couch, W.J., Ellis, R.S., Oemler, A., 1999, ApJS, 122, 51. Postscript version

``Evolution in the Elliptical Populations of Distant Clusters'', Barger, A., Aragon-Salamanca, A., Smail, I., Ellis, R.S., Couch, W.J., Dressler, A., Oemler, A., Butcher, H. & Sharples, R.M., 1998, ApJ, 501, 522. Postscript version

``Evolution Since z = 0.5 of the Morphology-Density Relation for Clusters of Galaxies'', Dressler, A., Oemler, A. Jr, Couch, W.J., Smail, I., Ellis, R.S., Barger, A., Butcher, H., Poggianti, B.M. & Sharples, R.M., 1997, ApJ, 490, 577. Postscript version

``The Homogeneity of Spheroidal Populations in Distant Clusters'', Ellis, R.S., Smail, I., Dressler, A., Couch, W.J., Oemler, A., Butcher, H. & Sharples, R.M., 1997, ApJ, 483, 582. Postscript version

``A Catalog of Morphological Types in 10 Distant Rich Clusters of Galaxies'', Smail, I., Dressler, A., Couch, W.J., Ellis, R.S., Oemler, A., Butcher, H. & Sharples, R.M., 1997a, ApJS, 110, 213. Postscript version

``A Comparison of Direct and Indirect Mass Estimates for Distant Clusters of Galaxies'', Smail, I., Ellis, R.S., Dressler, A., Couch, W.J., Oemler, A., Butcher, H., Sharples, R.M., 1997b, ApJ, 479. 70-81. Postscript version

SOFTWARE

Software to convert these FITS tables to ASCII is available within IRAF/STSDAS (strfits and tdump) or here.

COLOR IMAGES

``True'' color images of three of the more distant clusters imaged as part of this project are available for Cl0016+16, Cl0054-27 and Cl0412-65. These are large GIF images and are probably best viewed by downloading and then manipulating the image with XV or a similar utility. There are also two mosaics of spectroscopically confirmed members of these clusters at a high stretch and a lower one. Additional images may be available here

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We wish to thank Ray Lucas at STScI for his enthusiastic help which enabled the efficient gathering of these HST observations. We also thank Dr E. Turner for kindly providing his WFPC-2 imaging of Cl0024+16 for inclusion in this dataset. The information presented here is based on observations obtained with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope which is operated by STSCI for the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA contract NAS5-26555.

Last Modified: January 18th, 1999. [Netscape 2.0]