H-ALPHA SURVEY OF THE SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD

We present the first results of a kinematical Halpha survey of the Sma ll Magellanic Cloud. We discuss the specialized instrumentation used i n this survey (telescope, focal reducer, scanning Fabry-Perot interfer ometers and photon counting system). We discuss also the main aspects of the data reduction. We compare the quality of our data with those o btained by other authors. We present images of the SMC showing both th e intensity and the radial velocity of the HII regions and a catalogue of velocities and Halpha fluxes of 143 HII regions in this galaxy. We find that the HII region distribution follows that of the HI and we v erify the existence of a gradient in velocities along the bar.