- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/470/1462
- Title:
- HOPS. III. Dense molecular gas properties
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/470/1462
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The H_2_O Southern Galactic Plane Survey (HOPS) has mapped 100deg^2^ of the Galactic plane for water masers and thermal molecular line emission using the 22m Mopra telescope. We describe the automated spectral-line fitting pipelines used to determine the properties of emission detected in HOPS data cubes, and use these to derive the physical and kinematic properties of gas in the survey. A combination of the angular resolution, sensitivity, velocity resolution and high critical density of lines targeted make the HOPS data cubes ideally suited to finding precursor clouds to the most massive and dense stellar clusters in the Galaxy. We compile a list of the most massive HOPS ammonia regions and investigate whether any may be young massive cluster progenitor gas clouds. HOPS is also ideally suited to trace the flows of dense gas in the Galactic Centre. We find the kinematic structure of gas within the inner 500pc of the Galaxy is consistent with recent predictions for the dynamical evolution of gas flows in the centre of the Milky Way. We confirm a recent finding that the dense gas in the inner 100pc has an oscillatory kinematic structure with characteristic length-scale of 20pc, and also identify similar oscillatory kinematic structure in the gas at radii larger than 100pc. Finally, we make all of the above fits and the remaining HOPS data cubes across the 100deg^2^ of the survey available to the community.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/416/1764
- Title:
- H_2_O Southern Galactic Plane Survey (HOPS)
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/416/1764
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present first results of the H_2_O Southern Galactic Plane Survey (HOPS), using the Mopra Radio Telescope with a broad-band backend and a beam size of about 2arcmin. We have observed 100deg^2^ of the southern Galactic plane at 12mm (19.5-27.5GHz), including spectral line emission from H_2_O masers, multiple metastable transitions of ammonia, cyanoacetylene, methanol and radio recombination lines. In this paper, we report on the characteristics of the survey and H2O maser emission. We find 540 H_2_O masers, of which 334 are new detections.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/426/1972
- Title:
- H_2_O Southern Galactic Plane Survey, HOPS. II
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/426/1972
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The H2O Southern Galactic Plane Survey (HOPS) has mapped a 100{deg} strip of the Galactic plane (-70{deg}>l>30{deg}, |b|<0.5{deg}) using the 22m Mopra antenna at 12mm wavelengths. Observations were conducted in on-the-fly mode using the Mopra spectrometer (MOPS), targeting water masers, thermal molecular emission and radio-recombination lines. Foremost among the thermal lines are the 23GHz transitions of NH3 J,K=(1,1) and (2,2), which trace the densest parts of molecular clouds (n>10^4^cm^-3^). In this paper, we present the NH_3_(1,1) and (2,2) data, which have a resolution of 2arcmin and cover a velocity range of +/-200km/s.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/V/165
- Title:
- IGAPS. merged IPHAS and UVEX of northern Galactic plane
- Short Name:
- V/165
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The INT Galactic Plane Survey (IGAPS) is the merger of the optical photometric surveys, IPHAS and UVEX, based on data from the Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) obtained between 2003 and 2018. Here, we present the IGAPS point source catalogue. It contains 295.4 million rows providing photometry in the filters, i, r, narrow-band H{alpha}, g, and URGO. The IGAPS footprint fills the Galactic coordinate range, |b|<5{deg} and 30{deg}<l<215{deg}. A uniform calibration, referred to as the Pan-STARRS system, is applied to g, r, and i, while the H{alpha} calibration is linked to r and then is reconciled via field overlaps. The astrometry in all five bands has been recalculated in the reference frame of Gaia Data Release 2. Down to i~20mag (Vega system), most stars are also detected in g, r, and H{alpha}. As exposures in the r band were obtained in both the IPHAS and UVEX surveys, typically a few years apart, the catalogue includes two distinct r measures, r_I_ and r_U_. The r 10{sigma} limiting magnitude is approximately 21, with median seeing of 1.1arcsec. Between approximately 13^th^ and 19^th^ mag in all bands, the photometry is internally reproducible to within 0.02 magnitudes. Stars brighter than r=19.5mag are tested for narrow-band H{alpha} excess signalling line emission, and for variation exceeding |r_I_-r_U_|=0.2mag. We find and flag 8292 candidate emission line stars and over 53000 variables (both at >5{sigma} confidence).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/140/462
- Title:
- Intermediate-mass star-forming regions
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/140/462
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In an effort to understand the factors that govern the transition from low- to high-mass star formation, for the first time we identify a sample of intermediate-mass star-forming regions (IM SFRs) where stars up to (but not exceeding) ~8M_{sun}_ are being produced. We use IRAS colors and Spitzer Space Telescope mid-IR images, in conjunction with millimeter continuum and ^13^CO maps, to compile a sample of 50 IM SFRs in the inner Galaxy. These are likely to be precursors to Herbig AeBe stars and their associated clusters of low-mass stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/II/321
- Title:
- IPHAS DR2 Source Catalogue
- Short Name:
- II/321
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The INT/WFC Photometric H-Alpha Survey of the Northern Galactic Plane (IPHAS) is a 1860 deg^2^ imaging survey of the Northern Milky Way at red visible wavelengths. It covers Galactic latitudes |b|<5{deg} and longitudes l=30 to 215{deg} in the broad-band r, i and narrow-band H-alpha filters using the Wide Field Camera (WFC) on the 2.5-m Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) in La Palma. IPHAS Data Release 2 (DR2) is the first quality-controlled and globally calibrated source catalogue derived from the survey, providing single-epoch photometry for 219 million unique sources across 92% of the footprint. The observations were carried out between 2003 and 2012 at a median seeing of 1.1 arcsec (sampled at 0.33 arcsec/pixel) and to a mean 5-sigma depth of 21.2 (r), 20.0 (i) and 20.3 (H-alpha). The photometric calibration is in the Vega magnitude system and carries an external precision of 0.03mag (root-mean-square error). The catalogue includes all the sources which have been detected at a signal-to-noise ratio of 5 or better in at least one band. Many applications will require a combination of quality criteria to be applied to avoid faint stars or confused sources. The choice of quality criteria tensions completeness against reliability, and hence depends on the requirements of a project. To aid users, the data release paper (arXiv:1406.4862) recommends two sets of quality criteria, named "a10" and "a10point", which should satisfy most projects. As a minimum, the "a10" criteria select objects which have been detected at the minimum level of 10-sigma in all bands, without being saturated. Additional constraints are provided by the "a10point" criteria, which require objects to be point sources free of blending, unaffected by nearby bright stars, as well as being unsaturated >10-sigma detections in all bands. Sources in both categories are flagged in the catalogue using the boolean columns a10 and a10point. Imaging and auxiliary data are available from the project website (www.iphas.org).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/80/149
- Title:
- IRAS Sources behind the Solar circle
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/80/149
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- CO (J=1->0) has been observed with the 15-m SEST and the 30-m IRAM telescope in the direction of 1302 IRAS sources with colors of star forming regions located within 10 deg of the galactic plane in the interval between 85 and 280 deg. Emission components with line profiles that are non-Gaussian (showing, e.g., possible self-absorption or wings) are identified; this information may serve as a basis for selecting sources for future research. For all components, kinematic heliocentric and galactocentric distances, and distances from the galactic plane are derived. For those components which may be associated with the IRAS sources, bolometric luminosities are derived. These data will be analyzed and compared with HI data in subsequent papers.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/98/589
- Title:
- IRAS Sources behind the Solar circle
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/98/589
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- (no description available)
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/154/201
- Title:
- IR properties of stellar bowshock nebulae
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/154/201
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Arcuate infrared nebulae are ubiquitous throughout the Galactic Plane and are candidates for partial shells, bubbles, or bowshocks produced by massive runaway stars. We tabulate infrared photometry for 709 such objects using images from the Spitzer Space Telescope, the Wide-field Infrared Explorer, and the Herschel Space Observatory (HSO). Of the 709 objects identified at 24 or 22 {mu}m, 422 are detected at the HSO 70 {mu}m bandpass. Of these, only 39 are detected at HSO 160 {mu}m. The 70 {mu}m peak surface brightnesses are 0.5-2.5 Jyr/arcmin^2^. Color temperatures calculated from the 24 to 70 {mu}m ratios range from 80 to 400 K. Color temperatures from 70 to 160 {mu}m ratios are systematically lower, 40-200 K. Both of these temperature are, on average, 75% higher than the nominal temperatures derived by assuming that dust is in steady-state radiative equilibrium. This may be evidence of stellar wind bowshocks sweeping up and heating-possibly fragmenting but not destroying-interstellar dust. Infrared luminosity correlates with standoff distance, R_0_, as predicted by published hydrodynamical models. Infrared spectral energy distributions are consistent with interstellar dust exposed to either single radiant energy density, U=10^3^-10^5^ (in more than half of the objects) or a range of radiant energy densities U_min_=25 to U_max_=10^3^-10^5^ times the mean interstellar value for the remainder. Hence, the central OB stars dominate the energetics, making these enticing laboratories for testing dust models in constrained radiation environments. The spectral energy densities are consistent with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon fractions q_PAH_~<1% in most objects.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/469/2163
- Title:
- JCMT Plane Survey. first complete data release
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/469/2163
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first data release of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Plane Survey (JPS), the JPS Public Release 1. JPS is an 850-{mu}m continuum survey of six fields in the northern inner Galactic plane in a longitude range of l=7{deg}-63{deg}, made with the Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array 2. This first data release consists of emission maps of the six JPS regions with an average pixel-to-pixel noise of 7.19mJy/beam, when smoothed over the beam, and a compact source catalogue containing 7813 sources. The 95 per cent completeness limits of the catalogue are estimated at 0.04Jy/beam and 0.3Jy for the peak and integrated flux densities, respectively. The emission contained in the compact source catalogue is 42+/-5 per cent of the total and, apart from the large-scale (greater than 8 arcmin) emission, there is excellent correspondence with features in the 500-{mu}m Herschel maps. We find that, with two-dimensional matching, 98 {\pm} 2 per cent of sources within the fields centred at l=20{deg}, 30{deg}, 40{deg} and 50{deg} are associated with molecular clouds, with 91+/-3 per cent of the l=30{deg} and 40{deg} sources associated with dense molecular clumps. Matching the JPS catalogue to Herschel 70-{mu}m sources, we find that 38+/-1 per cent of sources show evidence of ongoing star formation. The JPS Public Release 1 images and catalogue will be a valuable resource for studies of star formation in the Galaxy and the role of environment and spiral arms in the star formation process.
