Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-01-04
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal, April 2005. 25 pages includes 11 figures. The data and higher resolution
Scientific paper
10.1086/428483
The Spitzer Space Telescope (formerly SIRTF) extragalactic First-Look Survey covered about 5 square degrees centered on J2000 17:18 +59:30 in order to characterize the infrared sky with high sensitivity. We used the 100-m Green Bank Telescope to image the 21cm Galactic HI emission over a 3x3 degree field covering this position with an effective angular resolution of 9.8 arcmin and a velocity resolution of 0.62 km/s. In the central square degree of the image the average column density is N(HI) = 2.5 x 10^{20} cm-2 with an rms fluctuation of 0.3 x 10^{20}. The Galactic HI in this region has a very interesting structure. There is a high-velocity cloud, several intermediate-velocity clouds (one of which is probably part of the Draco nebula), and narrow-line low velocity filaments. The HI emission shows a strong and detailed correlation with dust. Except for the high-velocity cloud, all features in the HI map have counterparts in an E(B-V) map derived from infrared data. Relatively high E(B-V)/N(HI) ratios in some directions suggest the presence of molecular gas. The best diagnostic of such regions is the peak HI line brightness temperature, not the total N(HI): directions where Tb > 12 K have E(B-V)/N(HI) significantly above the average value. The data corrected for stray radiation have been released via the Web.
Condon James J.
Lockman Felix J.
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