scholarly journals Galactic Plane H2O Masers: A Southern Survey

1980 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 139 ◽  
Author(s):  
RA Batchelor ◽  
JL Caswell ◽  
WM Goss ◽  
RF Haynes ◽  
SH Knowles ◽  
...  

An extensive 22 GHz survey of H20 masers has been made with the Parkes 64 m radio telescope. We present data here for 68 sources, of which almost one-half were discovered in the present series of observations. The telescope beamsize, 100' arc to half-power, has enabled us to improve the position measurements of most of the known sources and in a few cases has allowed us to resolve a 'source' into several spatially separated components. The wide velocity coverage of our observations (> 200 km s -1) has led to the discovery of several interesting new high-velocity features. In addition to details for each source, the general properties of the sample are discussed. In the typical interval of 8 months between successive observations, the peak intensity of many sources varied only slightly (by less than a factor of 2); a few sources, however, showed more dramatic variations.

1957 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 233-237
Author(s):  
J. E. Baldwin

As part of the programme of observations with the large Cambridge radio telescope, a survey of the integrated radio emission has been made using one of the four elements of the interferometer. At a wave-length of 3·7 metres this aerial has beam-widths to half-power points of 2° in right ascension and 15° in declination. The use of a long wave-length makes it possible to obtain accurate measurements of the brightness temperature of the sky in regions away from the galactic plane. It is with the radiation from these regions that this paper is primarily concerned.


1978 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 49-49
Author(s):  
W.K. Huchtmeier

High velocity clouds (HVC) of neutral hydrogen in or around our galaxy and the observations of intergalactic HI in the Local group: Magellanic stream (Mathewson et al., 1974, Astrophys. J. 190, p. 291), M 31 (Davies, R.D., 1975, Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 170, p. 45P), and in the Sculptor group of galaxies (Mathewson et al., 1975, Astrophys. J. 195, p. L97) motivated us to search for HVC-phenomena in a number of nearby late-type galaxies with the 100 m Effelsberg radio telescope which has a half power beam width of 8.5′ at the wavelength of 21 cm.


1972 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 779 ◽  
Author(s):  
GA Day ◽  
JL Caswell ◽  
DJ Cooke

The results of observations of the galactic plane in the longitude ranges 46� to 61� and 190� to 290� undertaken with the 64 m (210 ft) radio telescope of the Parkes Observatory are given in the form of contour maps and a list of 343 radio sources. At the observing frequency of 2700 MHz the half-power beamwidth was 8'�2 arc. Some individual sources are discussed in detail. The present results together with those already published complete the Parkes 11 cm survey of the galactic plane.


1969 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 237-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. G. Ables

The radio object associated with Sco X—1 noted by Andrew and Purton has been observed at a wavelength of 6 cm with the 210 ft radio telescope at the Australian National Radio Observatory, Parkes. At this wavelength the half-power antenna beamwidth is 4′ arc.


2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. C. Joshi ◽  
M. A. McLaughlin ◽  
M. Kramer ◽  
A. G. Lyne ◽  
D. R. Lorimer ◽  
...  

2002 ◽  
Vol 199 ◽  
pp. 335-338
Author(s):  
D. Anish Roshi ◽  
K. R. Anantharamaiah

A complete survey of radio recombination lines (RRLs) near 327 MHz from the galactic plane (l = 330° − 0°-89°, b = 0°) was carried out using a section of the Ooty Radio Telescope (ORT) with an angular resolution of 2° × 2°. A subset of regions in the same area was observed using the whole telescope which has a beam of 2° × 6'. Hydrogen RRLs were detected in most of the positions that were observed. The lv diagram and radial distribution computed from the observed spectra and their comparison with other species in the galactic plane indicate that the low density gas detected in the survey is distributed similar to the star forming regions. For an assumed temperature of 7000 K, we estimate that the densities and sizes of the regions are in the range 1 — 10 cm−3 and 20 — 200 pc respectively. Our data suggests that the low density ionized gas is in the form of outer envelopes of normal HII regions.


2001 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. M. McClure-Griffiths ◽  
John M. Dickey ◽  
B. M. Gaensler ◽  
A. J. Green ◽  
R. F. Haynes ◽  
...  

AbstractWe present preliminary results from the Southern Galactic Plane Survey (SGPS) Test Region and Parkes data. As part of the pilot project for the Southern Galactic Plane Survey, observations of a Test Region (325·5° ≤l ≤ 333·5°; −0·5° ≤ b ≤ 3·5°) were completed in December 1998. Single-dish observations of the full survey region (253° ≤ l ≤ 358 ° |b| ≤ 1°) with the Parkes Radio Telescope were completed in March 2000. We present a sample of SGPS H I data, with particular attention to the smallest-and largest-scale structures seen in absorption and emission, respectively. On the large scale, we detect many prominent H I shells. On the small scale, we note extremely compact, cold clouds seen in H I self-absorption. We explore how these two classes of objects probe opposite ends of the H I spatial power spectrum.


2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S292) ◽  
pp. 50-50
Author(s):  
Vicki Lowe ◽  
Maria R. Cunningham ◽  
James S. Urquhart ◽  
Shinji Horiuchi

AbstractHigh-mass stars are known to be born within giant molecular clouds (GMCs); However, the exact processes involved in forming a high-mass star are still not well understood. It is clear that high-mass stars do not form in isolation, and that the processes surrounding high-mass star formation may affect the environment of the entire molecular cloud. We are studying the GMC associated with RCW 106 (G333), which is one of the most active massive-star formation regions in the Galactic plane. This GMC, located at l = 333° b = − 0.5°, has been mapped in over 20 molecular line transitions with the Mopra radio telescope (83-110 GHz), in Australia, and with the Swedish-ESO Submillimeter Telescope (SEST) in the 1.2 mm cool dust continuum. The region is also within the Spitzer GLIMPSE infrared survey (3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8.0 μm) area. We have decomposed the dust continuum using a clump-finding algorithm (CLUMPFIND), and are using the multiple molecular line traditions from the Mopra radio telescope to classify the type and stage of star formation taking place therein. Having accurate physical temperatures of the star forming clumps is essential to constrain other parameters to within useful limits. To achieve this, we have obtained pointed NH3 observations from the Tidbinbilla 70-m radio telescope, in Australia, towards these clumps.


1983 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 417 ◽  
Author(s):  
JL Caswell ◽  
RF Haynes

We tabulate all 55 OH main-line masers discovered to date in the galactic plane between longitude 3� and 60�. For most of these we show current spectra, which have been taken with the Parkes 64 m radio telescope, in both senses of circular polarization on the 1665 MHz and/or 1667 MHz transitions; for some sources we give new position estimates, and several sources are reported for the first time. We discuss many sources individually and note that while most of the main-line OH masers probably pinpoint compact HII regions and sites of current star formation, a few appear to be unusual varieties occurring in circumstellar shells, possibly associated with late-type stars.


1983 ◽  
Vol 103 ◽  
pp. 541-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.R. Pottasch ◽  
R. Gathier ◽  
W.M. Goss

HI observations at 21 cm have been made with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope in the direction of six planetary nebulae located in or near the galactic plane (N 7027, 2440, 6537, 6572, 7026, 7354).


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