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Project Abstract and Description
Composite CO Survey of the Milky Way
T. Dame, H. Ungerechts, R. Cohen, E. de Geus, I. Grenier, J. May, L. Nyman, P. Thaddeus
Contact: Thomas Dame
Email: Dame@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
Number of images in project: 721
References: 1987ApJ...322..706D
Abstract
The composite CO survey is contained in 720 latitude-velocity maps, for
longitude 0 degrees to 359.5 degrees, spaced every 0.5 degrees. To
simplify the construction of data cubes, the latitude and velocity
limits for all 720 maps are identical: from -25 degrees to 25 degrees
in latitude and from -299.7 to 299.7 km/s in velocity. The 720 (b,v)
maps are followed by a single longitude-latitude map of the survey
integrated over all velocities.
For more information on this project, see the following reference:
1987ApJ...322..706D
The images and related TeX files come from the NRAO CD-ROM "Images From
the Radio Universe" (c. 1992 National Radio Astronomy Observatory, used
with permission).
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