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A Southern Galactic Survey at 843 MHz

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

J. B. Z. Whiteoak
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Sydney
M. I. Large
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Sydney
L. E. Cram
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Sydney
B. Piestryzynski
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Sydney

Abstract

The Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (MOST), operating at 843 MHz, is currently surveying the southern galactic plane (245° <l<360°, −1.5° ≤b≤ +1.5°). The resulting maps provide images of the radio continuum with a synthesised beamwidth of 43′′ × 43′′ cosec δ and a noise level of about 1mJy. The survey involves 12-hour synthesis observations of over four hundred fields on a predefined set of field centres. About half the fields have been observed to date, and the survey is scheduled for completion in 1990. A noteable feature in many of the fields is the occurrence of widespread diffuse filamentary structure, in addition to the expected supernova remants and HII regions.

Type
Miscellaneous Radio Astronomy
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1989

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