The INT Photometric Hα Survey of the Northern Galactic Plane (IPHAS)

• Published in: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Vol. 362; no. 3; pp. 753 - 776
• Main Authors: Drew, Janet E., Greimel, R., Irwin, M. J., Aungwerojwit, A., Barlow, M. J., Corradi, R. L. M., Drake, J. J., Gänsicke, B. T., Groot, P., Hales, A., Hopewell, E. C., Irwin, J., Knigge, C., Leisy, P., Lennon, D. J., Mampaso, A., Masheder, M. R. W., Matsuura, M., Morales-Rueda, L., Morris, R. A. H., Parker, Q. A., Phillipps, S., Rodriguez-Gil, P., Roelofs, G., Skillen, I., Sokoloski, J. L., Steeghs, D., Unruh, Y. C., Viironen, K., Vink, J. S., Walton, N. A., Witham, A., Wright, N., Zijlstra, A. A., Zurita, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 21.09.2005
• Subjects: Galaxy: disc; Galaxy: stellar content; stars: emission-line; stars: emission‐line, Be; stars: general; surveys

The Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) Photometric Hα Survey of the Northern Galactic Plane (IPHAS) is a 1800-deg2 CCD survey of the northern Milky Way spanning the latitude range −5° < b < + 5° and reaching down to r′≃ 20 (10s). Representative observations and an assessment of point-source data fro...