  We present the first results of a galaxy redshift survey, ESO Slice Project
(ESP), we are accomplishing as an ESO Key-Project over about 30 square degrees
in a region near the South Galactic Pole. The limiting magnitude is b_J = 19.4.
Observations have been almost completed and about 90% of the data obtained so
far has been reduced providing about 3000 galaxy redshifts. We present some
preliminary results concerning the large scale galaxy distribution and their
luminosity function.
