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Description
We have carried out an extensive survey of faint galaxies in order to examine the rise in the merger rate with redshift and to study the statistical relations between close interacting galaxies and the field galaxy population. In paper I (1997ApJS..108...99D), we present the catalog of faint pairs and groups of galaxies of 46 equatorial fields taken with the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory 4 m prime focus. The data set contains 73,988 galaxies, covering a total area of 2.23deg^2^. We have found 1751 isolated pairs and 30 groups of galaxies within 19 <Rmag<22 and 2"<{theta}<6" in this area. Our results clearly show an increase in pairs and groups of galaxies in comparison with a randomly generated catalog. We have completed the second part of an extensive survey of faint pairs and groups of galaxies in order to study galaxy evolution at intermediate redshifts. In paper II (1997ApJS..110..227D) we present the second catalog of faint interacting galaxies of 49 equatorial fields taken with the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory 4 m prime focus camera. The data set contains 11,297 galaxies within 19<Rmag<22, covering a total area of 2.63deg^2^. We have found 1461 isolated pairs and 30 groups with separations 2"<{theta}<6". Our results confirm the excess of galaxies in pairs and groups found in the first catalog (Infante, de Mello, & Menanteau 1996ApJ...469L..85I; de Mello, Infante, & Menanteau 1997ApJS..108...99D). The two catalogs together cover an area of 4.86deg^2^ in the sky.
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