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Preliminary results of the two micron galactic survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

X. Calbet
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife (Spain)
T. Mahoney
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife (Spain)
P. Hammersley
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife (Spain)
F. Garzón
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife (Spain)
M. Selby
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife (Spain)

Abstract

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We present the first results of the Two-Micron Galactic Survey (TMGS). The sources are concentrated on the Galactic plane, the width of the distribution increasing between 0° and 30° longitude. Several obscuration lanes are seen, showing that K-band absorption can be high and patchy.

Type
Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1993 

References

Mahoney, T., Selby, M., Garzón, F., Hammersley, P. and Calbet, X 1990, in Jarvis, B. and Terndrup, D. (eds.) Bulges of Galaxies. ESO/CTIO Workshop held at La Serena, Chile 16–19 January 1990.Google Scholar