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Catalogue of J = 1−0 CO Emission towards Southern Dark Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2013

R. E. Otrupcek
Affiliation:
Mopra Radio Observatory, ATNF, CSIRO, PO Box 309, Coonabarabran, NSW 2357, Australia; rotrupce@atnf.csiro.au
M. Hartley
Affiliation:
UK Schmidt Telescope, Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW 2357, Australia
J.-S. Wang
Affiliation:
Purple Mountain Observatory, Academia Sinica, Nanjing, China
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Using the 22-m ‘Mopra’ antenna (near Coonabarabran, NSW) of the Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF), we have observed emission from the 115-GHz J = 1−0 transition of CO towards the centre of each of the 1101 clouds listed in the Catalogue of Southern Dark Clouds (SDC) of Hartley et al. (1986). The velocity range covered was −96 to +70 km s−1, with a velocity resolution of 0· 120 km s−1. CO was detected at 1049 of the positions, with 367 spectra showing emission at more than one radial velocity. Here we present the most comprehensive general survey of the SDC catalogue, with the intensity, velocity and half-width of the CO detection and a code describing the profile shape. The presence of blue- or red-shifted wings in many observations can provide a starting point in searches for star-forming regions.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 2000

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