SHELS: A Complete Galaxy Redshift Survey with R$\leq$20.6
  The SHELS (Smithsonian Hectospec Lensing Survey) is a complete redshift
survey covering two well-separated fields (F1 and F2) of the Deep Lens Survey
to a limiting R = 20.6. Here we describe the redshift survey of the F2 field
(R.A.$_{2000}$ = 09$^h$19$^m$32.4$^s$ and Decl.$_{2000}$ =
+30$^{\circ}$00$^{\prime}$00$^{\prime\prime}$). The survey includes 16,294 new
redshifts measured with the Hectospec on the MMT. The resulting survey of the 4
deg$^2$ F2 field is 95\% complete to R = 20.6, currently the densest survey to
this magnitude limit. The median survey redshift is $ z = 0.3$; the survey
provides a view of structure in the range 0.1 $ \lesssim z \lesssim 0.6$. A
movie displays the large-scale structure in the survey region. We provide a
redshift, spectral index D$_n$4000, and stellar mass for each galaxy in the
survey. We also provide a metallicity for each galaxy in the range 0.2 $< z <0.
38$. To demonstrate potential applications of the survey, we examine the
behavior of the index D$_n$4000 as a function of galaxy luminosity, stellar
mass, and redshift. The known evolutionary and stellar mass dependent
properties of the galaxy population are cleanly evident in the data. We also
show that the mass-metallicity relation previously determined from these data
is robust to the analysis approach.
