J/AJ/105/35 J/AJ/105/35 The Montreal Blue Galaxy Survey. I. First list of R Cozoil S Demers M Pena S Torres-Peimbert G Fontaine F Wesemael R Lamontagne Astron. J. 105 35 1993 1993AJ....105...35C Galaxies The first results are presented of a UV-bright galaxy survey using the Montreal-Cambridge-Tololo (MCT) plate collection. Visual inspection of 57 CTIO Curtis Schmidt plates, covering more than 1300 sq. deg., has resulted in the identification of 95 UV-bright galaxies brighter than B = 15.5. Even though 80% of these objects are IRAS sources, barely 20% have their nature already established. The initial result of the survey shows that the bulk of the UV-bright candidates are narrow emission-line galaxies commonly known as starburst or HII galaxies. The fraction of AGNs found is somewhat less than 10%, but comparable to what has been found by the Markarian survey.

MBG Montreal Blue Galaxy (MBG) name --- RAh Right ascension 1950 h RAm Right ascension 1950 min RAs Right ascension 1950 s DE- Declination sign --- DEd Declination 1950 deg DEm Declination 1950 arcmin DEs Declination 1950 arcsec B Calibrated APM B magnitude mag U-B Calibrated APM U-B color mag IRAS Listed in IRAS catalogues? ("yes" or "no ") --- MB Absolute B magnitude, obtained from B and radial velocity mag CI Cross identification from NASA Extragalactic Database (NED) --- note n = note (see note), s = spectroscopy available --- Patricia Bauer CDS 1994Jul06AAS CD-ROM series, Volume 1, 1993 J_AJ_105_35.xml