The Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey (normally known as AGES) is using the Arecibo Telescope to search for galaxies in a number of quite different areas of the local universe. These vary form the Virgo Cluster, where there are huge numbers of galaxies very close together, to the Local Void, a region where the few galaxies to be found are very spread out. How many galaxies are in a region, and how close together they are, affects the way galaxies develop; but we are also finding other differences between the different areas that are left over from the time galaxies were first forming. By investigating these differences we are finding out more about how galaxies formed and how they are still developing today.

AGES Data Release & Data Cubes

Student involvement

Current Status:

NGC 628 group (precursor) - published (Auld et al., 2006, MNRAS, 371, 1617)
NGC 1156 (isolated galaxy) - published (Minchin et al, 2010, AJ, 140, 1093)
NGC 7332/9 galaxy pair - published (Minchin et al, 2010, AJ, 140, 1093)
Virgo Cluster 1 - published (Taylor et al., 2012)
Virgo Cluster 2 - published (Taylor et al., 2013)
NGC 7448 group - published: NGC 7448 Group (Davies et al. 2011), Foreground isolated dwarf (Taylor et al. 2014a), Background dense filament (Taylor et al. 2014b)
NGC 3193 group - completed (contact: Rhys Taylor or Robert Minchin)
UGC 2082 (isolated galaxy) - completed (contact: Robert Minchin)
Abell 1367 cluster - in progress; initial results published (Cortese et al. 2008, MNRAS, 383, 1519)
Leo I group - in progress
M33 and the Pisces-Perseus cluster - completed (contact: Olivia Keenan)
NGC 5523 (isolated galaxy) - completed (contact: Robert Minchin)
NGC 7619 group - in progress
NGC 2577/UGC 4375 galaxy pair - in progress
NGC 4302/4298 galaxy pair - in progress
NGC 877/876 galaxy pair - completed (contact: Robert Minchin)
Local Void - in progress

AGES Observing:

A2048 project page - includes observing guides and logs.
AGES team page - password protected
Past AGES observing schedules
Upcoming AGES observing schedules

AGES Precursor Observations:

Auld et al., 2006, MNRAS, 371, 1617
Drift-scan (NGC 628) precursor observations page
Leap-frog precursor observations page

Documentation & Software:

AGES proposal: gzipped postscript or PDF
AGES precursor proposal: gzipped postscript or PDF
AGES Team Members
FRELLED The FITS Realtime Explorer of Low Latency in Every Direction

Useful links:

Arecibo Astronomy pages
E-ALFA pages
Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA (ALFALFA) survey project page
Arecibo Ultra Deep Survey (AUDS) project page
Arecibo Zone of Avoidance (ZOA) project page
Arecibo Observatory Telescope Schedule Database
Old AGES front page