A New 1.4 GHz Radio Continuum Map of the Sky South of Declination +25°
Abstract
Archival data from the HI Parkes All-Sky Survey (HIPASS) and the HI Zone of Avoidance (HIZOA) survey have been carefully reprocessed into a new 1.4 GHz continuum map of the sky south of δ = +25°. The wide sky coverage, high sensitivity of 40 mK (limited by confusion), resolution of 14.4 arcmin (compared to 51 arcmin for the Haslam et al. 408 MHz and 35 arcmin for the Reich et al. 1.4 GHz surveys), and low level of artefacts make this map ideal for numerous studies, including: merging into interferometer maps to complete large-scale structures; decomposition of thermal and non-thermal emission components from Galactic and extragalactic sources; and comparison of emission regions with other frequencies. The new map is available for download.
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
- Pub Date:
- January 2014
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1310.2414
- Bibcode:
- 2014PASA...31....7C
- Keywords:
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- atlases;
- cosmic background radiation;
- methods: data analysis;
- radio continuum: general;
- surveys;
- techniques: image processing;
- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- 30 pages, 17 figures, 4 tables. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, in press. Data products available from http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/CHIPASS/