Galaxy Candidates in the Zone of Avoidance

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1997-07-31

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9707345v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages; Latex + 5 figures (gif format), Submitted to MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01686.x

Motivated by recent discoveries of nearby galaxies in the Zone of Avoidance, we conducted a pilot study of galaxy candidates at low Galactic latitude, near Galactic longitude $l \sim 135^0$, where the Supergalactic Plane is crossed by the Galactic Plane. We observed with the 1m Wise Observatory in the I-band 18 of the `promising' candidates identified by visual examination of Palomar red plates by Hau et al. (1995). A few candidates were also observed in R or B bands, or had spectroscopic observations performed at the Isaac Newton Telescope and at the Wise Observatory. Our study suggests that there are probably 10 galaxies in this sample. We also identify a probable Planetary Nebula. The final confirmation of the nature of these sources must await the availability of full spectroscopic information. The success rate of $\sim 50%$ in identifying galaxies at Galactic latitude $|b|<5^\circ$ indicates that the ZOA is a bountiful region to discover new galaxies.

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