The 6-GHz methanol multibeam maser catalogue - III. Galactic longitudes 330° to 345°

J.L. Caswell, J.A. Green, S.L. Breen, M.A. Voronkov, G.A. Fuller, A. Avison, M.D. Gray, L. Quinn, S.L. Breen, S.P. Ellingsen, M.R. Pestalozzi, Mark Thompson

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Abstract

We present results from the third portion of the Methanol Multibeam Galactic plane survey of masers at 6668 MHz. It covers the longitude range 330°-345°, yielding 198 masers, of which more than 40per cent are new discoveries. The maser population in this longitude range is the densest anywhere in the Galaxy, with many sources delineating a large portion of the Norma spiral arm close to its tangent point, and a cluster defining the southern tangent point of the 3-kpc ring. Two sources lie outside the solar circle, on the far side of the Galaxy, more than 15kpc away.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1964-1995
Number of pages32
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume417
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2011

Keywords

  • galaxy: structure
  • ISM: molecules
  • masers
  • stars: formation
  • surveys

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