J/AJ/136/2563ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/136/2563doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.51362563CDSWalter F.Brinks E.De Blok W.J.G.Bigiel F.Kennicutt R.C.,Thornley M.D.Leroy A.2017-07-06T06:26:27Z2011-08-30T15:01:24ZCDS support team

CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France

cds-question@unistra.frgalaxiesh-i-line-emissionradio-astronomyWe present "The HI Nearby Galaxy Survey (THINGS)," a high spectral (<=5.2km/s) and spatial (~6") resolution survey of HI emission in 34 nearby galaxies obtained using the NRAO Very Large Array (VLA). The overarching scientific goal of THINGS is to investigate fundamental characteristics of the interstellar medium (ISM) related to galaxy morphology, star formation, and mass distribution across the Hubble sequence. Unique characteristics of the THINGS database are the homogeneous sensitivity as well as spatial and velocity resolution of the HI data, which is at the limit of what can be achieved with the VLA for a significant number of galaxies. A sample of 34 objects at distances 2<~D>~15Mpc (resulting in linear resolutions of ~100 to 500pc) are targeted in THINGS, covering a wide range of star formation rates (~10^-3^ to 6M_{sun}_/yr), total HI masses MHI (0.01 to 14x10^9^M_{sun}_), absolute luminosities MB (-11.5 to -21.7mag), and metallicities (7.5 to 9.2 in units of 12+log[O/H]). We describe the setup of the VLA observations, the data reduction procedures, and the creation of the final THINGS data products. We present an atlas of the integrated HI maps, the velocity fields, the second moment (velocity dispersion) maps and individual channel maps of each THINGS galaxy. The THINGS data products are made publicly available through a dedicated webpage (http://www.mpia.de/THINGS). Accompanying THINGS papers (in this issue of the Astronomical Journal) address issues such as the small-scale structure of the ISM, the (dark) matter distribution in THINGS galaxies, and the processes leading to star formation.2008AJ....136.2563Whttps://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/AJ/136/2563CatalogResearchIsServedByTAP VizieR generic serviceIsServedByConesearch servicerelated-tohttp://www.mpia.de/THINGS : THINGS Home Pagehttps://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.htmlhttps://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/AJ/136/2563https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/AJ/136/2563http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/AJ/136/2563https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/AJ/136/2563https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/AJ/136/2563http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/AJ/136/2563GETtext/xml+votablehttps://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tapCone search capability for table J/AJ/136/2563/table1 (Properties of THINGS sample galaxies)https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/AJ/136/2563/table1?https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/AJ/136/2563/table1?http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/AJ/136/2563/table1?GETtext/xml+votable180.050000true24.17416715.7833330.0055555555555555566/2320 3389 4511 5715 5751 7241 7602 7604 7606 7607 7624 7743 7769 7799 7878 7956 7970 10841 10856 10911 11027 11434 13522 15592 16441 18398 27030 27514 28015 28149 28167 28631 38390 43881https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/moc/J/AJ/136/2563?format=asciiRadiodefaultJ/AJ/136/2563/table1Properties of THINGS sample galaxiesSimbadNameSimbad column added by the CDSmeta.idcharrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintSpPlot of HI profilemeta.ref.urlcharNameGalaxy namemeta.id;meta.maincharprimaryANameAlternative namesmeta.idcharRAJ2000Right ascension (J2000)pos.eq.ra;meta.mainDEJ2000Declination (J2000)pos.eq.dec;meta.mainsSource for position, in refs.dat filemeta.ref;pos.framecharDistDistanceMpcpos.distance;pos.galactocentricfloatr_DistReference for Dist, in refs.dat filemeta.ref;pos.framecharlogD25Optical size (1)log(0.1arcmin)phys.angSize;em.optfloatn_logD25[*] Holmberg diameter for M81 dwAmeta.notecharBmagApparent blue magnitude (3)magphot.mag;em.opt.BfloatBMAGAbsolute B magnitude derived from Bmag and Distmagphys.magAbs;em.opt.BfloatPAPosition angledegpos.posAngintr_PAReference for PA and Incl, in refs.dat filemeta.ref;pos.framecharMetal? Metallicity, 12+log(O/H)phys.abund.Zfloatnullabler_MetalReference for metallicity, in refs.dat filemeta.ref;pos.framecharSFR? Star formation rate (4)solMass/yrphys.SFRfloatnullabler_SFRReference for SFR, in refs.dat filemeta.ref;phys.SFRcharTTMorphological type from LEDAsrc.morph.typeintNote[WB] WHISP or Braun target (5)meta.notechariInclinationdegsrc.orbital.inclinationintLEDASimbad column added by the CDSmeta.ref.urlcharJ/AJ/136/2563/table4HI spectra based on the blanked natural weighted cubesSHI? HI flux densityJyphot.flux.density;em.radio.750-1500MHzdoublenullablerecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintNameGalaxy namemeta.id;meta.maincharVelVelocitykm/sspect.dopplerVelocdoubleJ/AJ/136/2563/refsReferencesrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintRefReference codemeta.notecharBibCodeBibCodemeta.bib.bibcodecharAutAtuhor's namemeta.id;meta.maincharComCommentsmeta.notechar