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A sensitive search for water masers associated with star formation regions in the Local Group Galaxy NGC 6822
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Flanagan, CJP and Ellingsen, SP and Cole, AA, A sensitive search for water masers associated with star formation regions in the Local Group Galaxy NGC 6822, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 39 Article e022. ISSN 1323-3580 (2022) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
We report the results of a sensitive search for water maser emission in the Local Group Galaxy NGC 6822 with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array. The observations provide tentative single-epoch detections of four candidates, associated with two infrared-bright star formation regions (Hubble I/III and Hubble IV). The candidate maser detections are all offset from the velocity range where strong emission from Hi neutral gas is observed towards NGC 6822, with the closest offset by ∼40kms-1. Our observations include the location of NL1K, a previous tentative water maser detection in NGC 6822. We do not detect any emission from this location with a sensitivity limit approximately a factor of 5 better than the original Sardina Radio Telescope observations.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | masers; stars: formation; galaxies: individual (NGC 6822) |
| Research Division: | Physical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Astronomical sciences |
| Research Field: | Galactic astronomy |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the physical sciences |
| UTAS Author: | Flanagan, CJP (Mr Conor Flanagan) |
| UTAS Author: | Ellingsen, SP (Professor Simon Ellingsen) |
| UTAS Author: | Cole, AA (Professor Andrew Cole) |
| ID Code: | 150743 |
| Year Published: | 2022 |
| Deposited By: | Office of the School of Natural Sciences |
| Deposited On: | 2022-06-27 |
| Last Modified: | 2022-08-23 |
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