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J/A+AS/117/1        Galaxies in the "zone of avoidance". II. (Seeberger+, 1996)
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Penetrating the "zone of avoidance".
II. Optically detected galaxies in the region 180 <= l <~ 240
     Seeberger R., Saurer W., Weinberger R.
    <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 117, 1 (1996)>
    =1996A&AS..117....1S      (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
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ADC_Keywords: Galaxy catalogs ; Cross identifications
Keywords: catalogs and dictionaries - galaxies: general -
          interstellar medium: extinction - Universe (the): structure of

Description:
    We have  carried out a systematic search  for galaxies in the galactic
    plane  in a ten degree wide strip (-5deg<=b<=+5deg). In an area of 300
    square degrees  between l=180deg and l=210deg,  755 galaxies have been
    detected  on Palomar red- sensitive prints. The smallest galaxies show
    diameters of  0.1mm corresponding to  6.7". We extended  our survey to
    {delta}=-27deg  i.e. l=~247deg to check our catalogue for completeness
    by comparing it with the Saito  et  al.  (1990,  1991)  catalogues  of
    galaxies and present  334  new  galaxy  candidates  at  l>=210deg.  An
    asymmetry with respect to the galactic equator is obvious. By assuming
    the 60{mu}  and 100{mu} sky flux density to  be a rough measure of the
    total interstellar galactic  extinction, and  comparing them  with the
    surface densities  of the  galaxies, we  detected one  possible galaxy
    cluster candidate  at  (l,b)=~(181.5deg+3.5deg),  a  concentration  of
    galaxies at  (l,b)=~(195deg+4.5deg), and confirmed  three other galaxy
    concentrations.  Finally, we argue that the red-sensitive surveys (ESO
    R; POSS II-R,  POSS II-IR) are  the best suitable  material for galaxy
    searches in the zone of avoidance.

File Summary:
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  FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe             80        .   This file
table2.dat        135      755   Optically detected galaxies in the region
                                  180 < l < 210, |b| < 5
table3.dat        205      334   Optically detected galaxies in the region
                                  210 < l < 250, |b| < 5
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See also:
     J/A+AS/110/269 : Part I. |b|=5
     J/A+AS/117/369 : Part III, 120<l<130, |b|<10

Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat table3.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   1- 13  A13    ---     Name     Name based on galactic position
  15- 16  I2     h       RAh      Right ascension B1950
  18- 19  I2     min     RAm      Right ascension B1950
  21- 22  I2     s       RAs      Right ascension B1950
      24  A1     ---     DE-      Declination sign
  25- 26  I2     deg     DEd      Declination B1950
  28- 31  F4.1   arcmin  DEm      Declination B1950
  34- 35  I2     h       RAh2000  Right ascension J2000
  37- 38  I2     min     RAm2000  Right ascension J2000
  40- 41  I2     s       RAs2000  Right ascension J2000
      44  A1     ---     DE-2000  Declination sign
  45- 46  I2     deg     DEd2000  Declination J2000
  48- 51  F4.1   arcmin  DEm2000  Declination J2000
  53- 56  I4     ---     POSS     POSS print number
  58- 62  F5.1   mm      Xpos     Cartesian x-coordinate on POSS
  64- 68  F5.1   mm      Ypos     Cartesian y-coordinate on POSS
  70- 73  F4.2   arcmin  Diam1    Maximum diameter on POSS-E
  75- 78  F4.2   arcmin  Diam1c   ? Maximum diameter of the core on POSS-E
  80- 83  F4.2   arcmin  Diam2    ? Maximum diameter on POSS-O
  85- 88  F4.2   arcmin  Diam2c   ? Maximum diameter of the core on POSS-O
      89  A1     ---   u_Diam2c   [?] Uncertainty flag on Diam2c
  90- 92  A3     ---     MType    Morphological type
  94-135  A42    ---     Rem      Cross-identifications and remarks
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Courtesy: W. Saurer, <Walter.Saurer@uibk.ac.at>
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(End)                                    Francois Ochsenbein [CDS]   20-Dec-1995