| Issue |
Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.
Volume 132, Number 3, November I 1998
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| Page(s) | 401 - 411 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/aas:1998449 | |
| Published online | 15 November 1998 | |
A 1.4 GHz radio continuum and polarization survey at medium Galactic latitudes
I. Observation and reduction technique
Max–Planck–Institut für Radioastronomie, Postfach 2024, 53010 Bonn, Germany
Send offprint request to: W. Reich
Received:
4
December
1997
Accepted:
27
April
1998
A radio continuum survey at medium Galactic latitudes with the Effelsberg
100-m telescope is being carried out at a centre frequency of 1.4 GHz in
total power and linear polarization. Areas up to 
of Galactic
latitude are now being observed at a sensitivity of 15 mK 
in
total intensity and 8 mK in linear polarization with an
angular resolution of 
. This paper describes the observing
and reduction technique applied which results in absolutely calibrated
maps. The methods are illustrated by examples of images from the survey.
Key words: polarization / methods: data analysis / techniques: polarimetric / surveys / galaxy: structure / radio continuum: ISM
© European Southern Observatory (ESO), 1998