Description
We present completed observations of the NGC 7448 galaxy group and background volume as part of the blind neutral hydrogen Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey. Our observations cover a region spanning 5{deg}x4{deg}, over a redshift range of approximately -2000<cz<20000km/s. A total of 334 objects are detected, mostly in three overdensities at cz~7500, cz~9600 and cz~11400km/s. The galaxy density is extremely high (15deg^-2^) and many (~24%) show signs of extended HI emission, including some features as much as 800kpc in projected length. We describe the overall characteristics of this environment: kinematics, typical galaxy colours and mass-to-light ratios, and substructure. To aid in the cataloguing of this data set, we present a new fits viewer (FRELLED: fits Realtime Explorer of Low Latency in Every Dimension). This incorporates interactive source cataloguing tools which increase our source extraction speed by approximately a factor of 50.
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