A Highly Complete Spectroscopic Survey of the Goods-n Field

We present a table of redshifts for 2907 galaxies and stars in the 145 arcmin HST ACS GOODSNorth, making this the most spectroscopically complete redshift sample obtained to date in a field of this size. We also include the redshifts, where available, in a table containing just under 7000 galaxies from the ACS area with Ks,AB < 24.5 measured from a deep Ks image obtained with WIRCam on the CFHT, as well as in a table containing 1016 sources with NUVAB < 25 and 478 sources with FUVAB < 25.5 (there is considerable overlap) measured from the deep GALEX images in the ACS area. Finally, we include the redshifts, where available, in a table containing the 1199 24 μm sources to 80 μJy measured from the wider-area Spitzer GOODS-North. The redshift identifications are greater than 90% complete to magnitudes of F435WAB = 24.5, F850LPAB = 23.3, and Ks,AB = 21.5 and to 24 μm fluxes of 250 μJy. An extensive analysis of these data will appear in a parallel paper, but here we determine how efficient color-selection techniques are at identifying high-redshift galaxies and Active Galactic Nuclei. We also examine the feasibility of doing tomography of the intergalactic medium with a 30 m telescope. Subject headings: cosmology: observations — galaxies: active — galaxies: distances and redshifts — galaxies: evolution — galaxies: formation