The Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey (BGPS) Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Bally J.
  2. Aguirre J.
  3. Battersby C.
  4. Bradley E.T.
  5. Cyganowski C.
  6. Dowell D.,Drosback M.
  7. Dunham M.K.
  8. Evans II N.J.
  9. Ginsburg A.
  10. Glenn J.
  11. Harvey P.,Mills E.
  12. Merello M.
  13. Rosolowsky E.
  14. Schlingman W.
  15. Shirley Y.L.,Stringfellow G.S.
  16. Walawender J.
  17. Williams J.
  18. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

The Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey (BGPS) data for a 6deg^2^ region of the Galactic plane containing the Galactic center are analyzed and compared to infrared and radio continuum data. The BGPS 1.1mm emission consists of clumps interconnected by a network of fainter filaments surrounding cavities, a few of which are filled with diffuse near-IR emission indicating the presence of warm dust or with radio continuum characteristic of HII regions or supernova remnants. New 350um images of the environments of the two brightest regions, Sgr A and B, are presented. Sgr B2 is the brightest millimeter-emitting clump in the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) and may be forming the closest analog to a super star cluster in the Galaxy. The CMZ contains the highest concentration of millimeter- and submillimeter-emitting dense clumps in the Galaxy. Most 1.1mm features at positive longitudes are seen in silhouette against the 3.6-24um background observed by the Spitzer Space Telescope. However, only a few clumps at negative longitudes are seen in absorption, confirming the hypothesis that positive longitude clumps in the CMZ tend to be on the near side of the Galactic center, consistent with the suspected orientation of the central bar in our Galaxy. The Bolocat catalog of 1.1mm clumps contains 1428 entries in the Galactic center between l=358.5{deg} and l=4.5{deg} of which about 80% are likely to be within about 500pc of the center.

Keywords
  1. interstellar-medium
  2. galaxy-planes
  3. milky-way-galaxy
  4. millimeter-astronomy
  5. submillimeter-astronomy
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2010ApJ...721..137B
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/721/137
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/721/137
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.17210137

Access

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http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/721/137
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/721/137
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/721/137
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http://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tap
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IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/721/137/table3?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/721/137/table3?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/721/137/table3?

History

2012-08-01T08:37:38Z
Resource record created
2012-08-01T08:37:38Z
Created
2017-12-15T10:55:12Z
Updated

Contact

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CDS support team
Postal Address
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