Bibcode
Garzon, F.; Hammersley, P. L.; Mahoney, T.; Calbet, X.; Selby, M. J.
Referencia bibliográfica
Astrophysics and Space Science (ISSN 0004-640X), vol. 217, no. 1-2, p. 177-180
Fecha de publicación:
7
1994
Número de citas
1
Número de citas referidas
1
Descripción
The Two Micron Galactic Survey (TMGS) is the most sensitive large scale
point source near infrared survey of the Galactic Plane yet attempted.
The Galactic plane has been drift-scanned in several regions over the
areas -5 deg less than l less than 30 deg, absolute value of b less than
or equal to 15 deg and 30 deg less than l less than 180 deg, absolute
value of b less than or equal to 5 deg. The survey is complete in the
areas covered to magnitude mk = +9.8. So far, a total area of
255 square degrees has been mapped and 500,000 objects have been
detected, the majority of these in the Galactic plane and with no
visible counterparts. In this contribution, we use data from the TMGS to
probe the star distribution within the Galactic disk.