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The ATCA has been used to measure positions with arcsecond accuracy for 379 masers at the 22-GHz transition of water. The principal observation targets were 202 OH masers of the variety associated with star formation regions (SFR)s in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 Shari Breen , James Caswell , Simon Ellingsen , Chris Phillips

The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) participated in a number of survey programs to search for and image common class I methanol masers (at 36 and 44 GHz) with high angular resolution. In this paper, we discuss spatial and velocity…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-22 M. A. Voronkov , S. L. Breen , S. P. Ellingsen , C. H. Jordan

We detail interferometric observations of 44GHz class I methanol masers detected by MALT-45 (a 7mm unbiased auto-correlated spectral-line Galactic-plane survey) using the Australia Telescope Compact Array. We detect 238 maser spots across…

We have used the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) to search for a number of centimetre wavelength methanol transitions which are predicted to show weak maser emission towards star formation regions. Sensitive, high spatial and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-11-15 Antony Chipman , Simon Ellingsen , Andrej Sobolev , Dinah Cragg

The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) has been used to make the first extensive search for the class I methanol masers at 9.9 GHz. In total, 48 regions of high-mass star formation were observed. In addition to masers in W33-Met…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 M. A. Voronkov , J. L. Caswell , S. P. Ellingsen , A. M. Sobolev

The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) and the Mopra facility have been used to search for new southern class I methanol masers at 9.9, 25 (J=5) and 104 GHz, which are thought to trace more energetic conditions in the interface…

The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) has been used to map class I methanol masers at 36 and 44 GHz in G309.38-0.13. Maser spots are found at nine locations in an area of 50''x30'', with both transitions reliably detected at only two…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 M. A. Voronkov , J. L. Caswell , T. R. Britton , J. A. Green , A. M. Sobolev , S. P. Ellingsen

The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) has been used for high angular resolution imaging of 71 southern class I methanol maser sources quasi-simultaneously at 36 and 44 GHz. The data reveal a high level of morphological and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 M. A. Voronkov , J. L. Caswell , S. P. Ellingsen , J. A. Green , S. L. Breen

We have used the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) to undertake the first high angular resolution observations of 37.7-GHz ($7_{-2} - 8_{-1}E$) methanol masers towards a sample of eleven high-mass star formation regions which host…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-15 Simon Ellingsen , Maxim Voronkov , Shari Breen , Jim Caswell , Andrej Sobolev

We report the detection with the ATCA of 6.7 GHz methanol emission towards OMC-1. The source has a size between 40'' and 90'', is located to the south-east of Ori-KL and may coincide in position with the 25 GHz masers. The source may be an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. A. Voronkov , A. M. Sobolev , S. P. Ellingsen , A. B. Ostrovskii , A. V. Alakoz

We have used the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) to search for 6.7-GHz methanol maser emission towards 87 galaxies. We chose the target sources using several criteria, including far-IR luminosities and the presence of known OH…

Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-25 C. J. Phillips , R. P. Norris , S. P. Ellingsen , D. P. Rayner

We present high spatial resolution observations of ground-state OH masers achieved with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). These observations targeted 253 pointing centres containing OH maser candidates at all four ground-state…

The ATCA, MERLIN and VLA interferometers were used to measure the absolute positions of 35 6.7 GHz methanol masers to subarcsecond or higher accuracy. Our measurements represent essential preparatory data for Very Long Baseline…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 Y. Xu , M. A. Voronkov , J. D. Pandian , J. J. Li , A. M. Sobolev , A. Brunthaler , B. Ritter , K. M. Menten

We performed a systematic 6.7 GHz Class \uppercase\expandafter{\romannumeral2} methanol maser survey using the Shanghai Tianma Radio Telescope toward targets selected from the all-sky \emph{Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)} point…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-04-30 Kai Yang , Xi Chen , Zhi-Qiang Shen , Xiao-Qiong Li , Jun-Zhi Wang , Dong-Rong Jiang , Juan Li , Jian Dong , Ya-Jun Wu , Hai-Hua Qiao , Zhiyuan Ren

We studied class I methanol masers in the transition 7_0-6_1 A+ at the frequency 44 GHz with the VLA. The observations on the VLA were made with the angular resolution 0''.1, which was the highest at the moment. It was shown that the masers…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. I. Slysh , I. E. Val'tts , S. V. Kalenskii

We present accurate absolute astrometry of 6.7 GHz methanol masers detected in the Arecibo Methanol Maser Galactic Plane Survey using MERLIN and the Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA). We estimate the absolute astrometry to be accurate to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 J. D. Pandian , E. Momjian , Y. Xu , K. M. Menten , P. F. Goldsmith

Methanol masers are often detected in regions of intense star formation. Several studies in the last decade indicate that they may even be the earliest signpost of a high-mass star-forming region. Their powerful emission make them very good…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Pestalozzi , V. Minier , R. Booth

We have used the Australia Telescope Compact Array to undertake the first high-resolution observations of the 19.9-GHz methanol maser transition. The emission is coincident with the location of the targeted 6.7-GHz methanol masers to within…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 Vasaant Krishnan , Simon Ellingsen , Maxim Voronkov , Shari Breen

We present high spatial resolution observations of ground-state OH masers, achieved using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). These observations were conducted towards 171 pointing centres, where OH maser candidates were…

The 6.7~GHz methanol maser transition is exclusively associated with young, high-mass stars and represents a potential target for astrometric studies, including accurate determination of their distance through trigonometric parallax…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-21 Lucas J. Hyland , Simon P. Ellingsen , Mark J. Reid
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