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A high-resolution study of the outer parts of the Galaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

B. F. Burke ,
K. C. Turner  and
M. A. Tuve
B. F. Burke
Affiliation:
Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
K. C. Turner
Affiliation:
Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
M. A. Tuve
Affiliation:
Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism

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The 300-foot transit telescope at the N.R.A.O. at Green Bank, West Virginia, was used in conjunction with the Carnegie 90-channel H-line spectrograph to study the far parts of the Galaxy between l = 11° and l = 50° (lII and bII are to be understood throughout). A travelling feed was constructed at the Carnegie Institution which enabled us to track one point in the sky for approximately 5m40s. This made it possible to make two completely independent frequency scans of a given point each day. On successive days, duplicate curves were taken with the frequency scale shifted, in order to guard against single channel anomalies and pointing error. Line profiles were taken at 160 points in the region under study, in meridional sections every 5° of l, from b = −0°8 to +2°0 in steps of 0°. In addition, a single longitudinal section was taken at b = +0°4 in steps of 1°.

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Section 1: The Galaxy
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 20: The Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds , 1964 , pp. 131 - 134
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Copyright © Australian Academy of Science 1964