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Blind HI Survey in the Great Attractor Region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2013

S. Juraszek
S. Juraszek*
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; [email protected] Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO, PO Box 76, Epping, NSW 2121, Australia; [email protected]
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Abstract

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Optically, the Zone of Avoidance (ZOA) can only be explored to within a few degrees of the Galactic Equator. This restriction does not apply to radio wavelengths where we are able to detect galaxies at great distances behind the Galactic Plane. Using the Parkes 21 cm multibeam instrument we have detected neutral hydrogen (HI) in 42 galaxies in the region of the Great Attractor. We have been able to identify nine galaxies and make positional associations with a further six from existing optical catalogues, which makes at least 60% of these galaxies new discoveries.

Keywords

surveysgalaxies: distances and redshiftsgalaxies: fundamental parametersradio lines: galaxies
Type
Research Article
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , 1999 , pp. 38 - 41
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1999

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