scholarly journals Unexpected circular radio objects at high Galactic latitude

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray P. Norris ◽  
Huib T. Intema ◽  
Anna D. Kapińska ◽  
Bärbel S. Koribalski ◽  
Emil Lenc ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Galactic Latitude ◽  
High Galactic Latitude ◽  
Square Kilometre Array ◽  
Pilot Survey ◽  
The Universe

Abstract We have found a class of circular radio objects in the Evolutionary Map of the Universe Pilot Survey, using the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder telescope. The objects appear in radio images as circular edge-brightened discs, about one arcmin diameter, that are unlike other objects previously reported in the literature. We explore several possible mechanisms that might cause these objects, but none seems to be a compelling explanation.

scholarly journals Distribution of IRAS Galaxies

1987 ◽  
Vol 124 ◽  
pp. 229-245
Author(s):  
Michael Rowan-Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Interstellar Dust ◽  
Local Group ◽  
Big Bang ◽  
Galactic Latitude ◽  
Gravitational Acceleration ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
High Galactic Latitude ◽  
Galaxy Surveys ◽  
Infrared Wavelengths ◽  
The Universe

Infrared wavelengths are free of several of the problems that plague optical galaxy surveys. At high galactic latitude ≥99% of 60μ sources in the IRAS Point Source Catalog, after deletion of obvious stars, are galaxies. At lower latitudes care has to be taken to avoid confusion with emission from interstellar dust (the ‘cirrus’). IRAS galaxies have been used to determined the direction of the gravitational acceleration acting on the Local Group due to galaxies and clusters within about 200 Mpc. This agrees well with the direction of the microwave background dipole. The density of matter in the universe, distributed like IRAS galaxies, needed to account for the observed velocity of the Local Group, corresponds to Ωo = 1.0 ± 0.2. In the standard hot Big Bang model, 90–95% of this matter would have to be non-baryonic.IRAS galaxies are significantly less clustered than optically selected galaxy samples.

scholarly journals Hoinga: a supernova remnant discovered in the SRG/eROSITA All-Sky Survey eRASS1

2021 ◽  
Vol 648 ◽  
pp. A30
Author(s):  
W. Becker ◽  
N. Hurley-Walker ◽  
Ch. Weinberger ◽  
L. Nicastro ◽  
M. G. F. Mayer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supernova Remnants ◽  
Galactic Plane ◽  
Point Sources ◽  
Galactic Latitude ◽  
Gas Temperature ◽  
High Galactic Latitude ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Flux Limit ◽  
Sky Survey ◽  
The Universe

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are observable for about (6−15) × 104 yr before they fade into the Galactic interstellar medium. With a Galactic supernova rate of approximately two per century, we can expect to have of the order of 1200 SNRs in our Galaxy. However, only about 300 of them are known to date, with the majority having been discovered in Galactic plane radio surveys. Given that these SNRs represent the brightest tail of the distribution and are mostly located close to the plane, they are not representative of the complete sample. The launch of the Russian-German observatory SRG/eROSITA in July 2019 brought a promising new opportunity to explore the Universe. Here we report findings from the search for new SNRs in the eROSITA all-sky survey data which led to the detection of one of the largest SNRs discovered at wavelengths other than the radio: G249.5+24.5. This source is located at a relatively high Galactic latitude, where SNRs are not usually expected to be found. The remnant, ‘Hoinga’, has a diameter of about 4. °4 and shows a circular shaped morphology with diffuse X-ray emission filling almost the entire remnant. Spectral analysis of the remnant emission reveals that an APEC spectrum from collisionally ionised diffuse gas and a plane-parallel shock plasma model with non-equilibrium ionisation are both able to provide an adequate description of the data, suggesting a gas temperature of the order of kT = 0.1−0.02+0.02 keV and an absorbing column density of NH = 3.6−0.6+0.7 × 1020 cm−2. Various X-ray point sources are found to be located within the remnant boundary but none seem to be associated with the remnant itself. Subsequent searches for a radio counterpart of the Hoinga remnant identified its radio emission in archival data from the Continuum HI Parkes All-Sky Survey and the 408-MHz ‘Haslam’ all-sky survey. The radio spectral index α = −0.69 ± 0.08 obtained from these data definitely confirms the SNR nature of Hoinga. We also analysed INTEGRAL SPI data for fingerprints of 44Ti emission, which is an ideal candidate with which to study nucleosynthesis imprinting in young SNRs. Although no 44Ti emission from Hoinga was detected, we were able to set a 3σ upper flux limit of 9.2 × 10−5 ph cm−2 s−1. From its size and X-ray and radio spectral properties we conclude that Hoinga is a middle-aged Vela-like SNR located at a distance of about twice that of the Vela SNR, i.e. at ~500 pc.

scholarly journals SAO 244567 (HEN1357): A Post-Agb Star which has turned into a Planetary Nebula within the last 20 years

1998 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 358-358
Author(s):  
M. Parthasarathy
Keyword(s):  
Planetary Nebula ◽  
Far Infrared ◽  
Central Star ◽  
Terminal Velocity ◽  
Galactic Latitude ◽  
Iras Source ◽  
High Galactic Latitude ◽  
Alpha Emission ◽  
Early Type Star ◽  
Emission Strength

SAO 244567 (Henl357) (IRAS 17119-5926) is a high galactic latitude (1 = 331°, b = −12°) early type star, originally classified as a B or A type H-alpha emission line star by Henize (1976). It is an IRAS source with far infrared colours similar to planetary nebulae. The IUE ultraviolet spectra obtained during the last eight years show that the central star is rapidly evolving. It is found that the central star of this young PN has faded by a factor of 3 within the last seven eight years. The terminal velocity of the stellar wind has decreased from −3500 km/sec in 1988 to almost zero in 1994. In 1988 the C IV (1550A) line which was a P-Cygni profile with strong absorption component had almost vanished by 1994. The CIII] 1909A emission strength increased markedly within 4 years from 1988 to 1992. The optical spectra obtained since 1990 shows very clearly only the nebular spectrum which is very similar to that of low excitation planetary nebula. The optical spectrum of SAO 244567 obtained in 1971 shows that it was a post-AGB B 1 or B2 supergiant at that time. This result shows that SAO 244567 has turned into a planetary nebula within the last 20 years. Recently Bobrowsky (1994) obtained narrowband optically resolved images in both H-beta and [OIII] 5007A with the HST planetary camera which revealed a well resolved nebula of size 2 seconds of arc. In this paper we discuss the recent new results.

scholarly journals Detection of Hα Emission on High Velocity 21 cm Clouds

1990 ◽  
Vol 139 ◽  
pp. 193-198
Author(s):  
Guido Münch ◽  
Eckhart Pitz
Keyword(s):  
High Velocity ◽  
Galactic Latitude ◽  
Emission Rates ◽  
High Galactic Latitude ◽  
Continuum Intensity ◽  
Lyman Continuum ◽  
Local Standard ◽  
Direct Measurements ◽  
Hα Emission ◽  
Local Standard Of Rest

The measurement of Hα emission on two high galactic latitude clouds known to emit 21 cm lines with local standard of rest (LSR) velocities of −50 and −85 km s−1 is reported. The Hα lines have been found nearly at the velocities of the 21 CM features and have emission rates of 0.2 Rayleigh. The diffuse Lyman continuum intensity required to produce HI ionization at the measured rate is in agreement with the direct measurements made with the ultraviolet (UV) spectrometer of the Voyager 2 spacecraft.

The high-galactic-latitude O-type star HD 93521

1977 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 483-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margherita Hack ◽  
Nihal Yilmaz
Keyword(s):  
Type Star ◽  
Galactic Latitude ◽  
High Galactic Latitude

scholarly journals MBM 12: young protoplanetary discs at high galactic latitude

2009 ◽  
Vol 497 (2) ◽  
pp. 379-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Meeus ◽  
A. Juhász ◽  
Th. Henning ◽  
J. Bouwman ◽  
C. Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Galactic Latitude ◽  
High Galactic Latitude ◽  
Protoplanetary Discs

BL Lacertae objects from the EXOSAT high galactic latitude survey: Constraints on the LogN-LogS and on the cosmological evolution

2005 ◽  
pp. 231-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Giomm ◽  
G. Tagliaferri ◽  
K. Beuermann ◽  
G. Branduardi-Raymont ◽  
R. Brissenden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cosmological Evolution ◽  
Galactic Latitude ◽  
Bl Lacertae Objects ◽  
High Galactic Latitude ◽  
Bl Lacertae
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