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The Bolocam Galactic Plane SurveyThe Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey (BGPS) is a 1.1 millimeter continuum survey of the northern Galactic Plane made with Bolocam and the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. The coverage totals 170 square degrees, comprised of a contiguous range from -10.5 deg is less than or equal to 90.5 deg, 0.5 deg is less than or equal to b is less than or equal to 0.5 deg, with extended coverage in b in selected regions, and four targeted regions in the outer Galaxy, including: IC1396, toward the Perseus arm at l is approximately 111 deg, W3/4/5, and Gem OB1. Depths of the maps range from 30 to 60 mJy beam (sup 1). Approximately 8,400 sources were detected and the maps and source catalog have been made publicly available. Millimeter-wave thermal dust emission reveals dense regions within molecular clouds, thus the BGPS serves as a database for studies of the dense interstellar medium and star formation within the Milky Way.
Document ID
20150009131
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Glenn, Jason
(Colorado Univ. Boulder, CO, United States)
Aguirre, James
(Pennsylvania Univ. Philadelphia, PA, United States)
Bally, John
(Colorado Univ. Boulder, CO, United States)
Battersby, Cara
(Colorado Univ. Boulder, CO, United States)
Bradley, Eric Todd
(University of Central Florida Orlando, FL, United States)
Cyganowski, Claudia
(Wisconsin Univ. Madison, WI, United States)
Dowell, Darren
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Drosback, Meredith
(Virginia Univ. Charlottesville, VA, United States)
Dunham, Miranda K.
(Texas Univ. Austin, TX, United States)
Evans, Neal J., II
(Texas Univ. Board of Regents Austin, TX, United States)
Ginsburg, Adam
(Colorado Univ. Boulder, CO, United States)
Harvey, Paul
(Colorado Univ. Boulder, CO, United States)
Rosolowsky, Erik
(British Columbia Univ. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
Schlingman, Wayne
(Arizona Univ. Tucson, AZ, United States)
Shirley, Yancy L.
(Arizona Univ. Tucson, AZ, United States)
Stringfellow, Guy S.
(Colorado Univ. Boulder, CO, United States)
Walawender, Josh
(Hawaii Univ. Hilo, HI, United States)
Williams, Jonathan
(Hawaii Univ. Honolulu, HI, United States)
Date Acquired
June 1, 2015
Publication Date
February 23, 2009
Subject Category
Astronomy
Meeting Information
Meeting: Submillimeter Astrophysics and Technology
Location: Pasadena, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: February 23, 2009
End Date: February 24, 2009
Sponsors: Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
interstellar medium
star formation

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