Accurate OH maser positions. II. The GC. Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Qiao H.-H.
  2. Walsh A.J.
  3. Breen S.L.
  4. Gomez J.F.
  5. Dawson J.R.
  6. Imai H.,Ellingsen S.P.
  7. Green J.A.
  8. Shen Z.-Q.
  9. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present high spatial resolution observations of ground-state OH masers achieved using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). These observations were conducted toward 171 pointing centers where OH maser candidates were identified previously in the Southern Parkes Large-Area Survey in Hydroxyl (SPLASH) toward the Galactic center region between Galactic longitudes of 355* and 5* and Galactic latitudes of -2{deg} and +2{deg}. We detect maser emission toward 162 target fields and suggest that six out of nine nondetections are due to intrinsic variability. Due to the superior spatial resolution of the follow-up ATCA observations, we have identified 356 OH maser sites in the 162 target fields with maser detections. Almost half (161 of 356) of these maser sites have been detected for the first time in these observations. After comparing the positions of these 356 maser sites to the literature, we find that 269 (76%) sites are associated with evolved stars (two of which are PNe), 31 (9%) are associated with star formation, and four are associated with supernova remnants; we were unable to determine the origin of the remaining 52 (15%) sites. Unlike the pilot region, the infrared colors of evolved star sites with symmetric maser profiles in the 1612MHz transition do not show obvious differences compared with those of evolved star sites with asymmetric maser profiles.

Keywords
  1. galactic-center
  2. astrophysical-masers
  3. radio-astronomy
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2018ApJS..239...15Q
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJS/239/15
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/239/15
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.22390015

Access

Web browser access HTML
http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/239/15
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/239/15
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/239/15
IVOA Table Access TAP
http://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tap
Run SQL-like queries with TAP-enabled clients (e.g., TOPCAT).
IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/239/15/table2?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/239/15/table2?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/239/15/table2?

History

2019-02-14T08:51:22Z
Resource record created
2019-02-14T08:51:22Z
Created
2023-03-09T15:13:07Z
Updated

Contact

Name
CDS support team
Postal Address
CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
E-Mail
cds-question@unistra.fr