A&A Supplement Series, Vol. 126, December I 1997, 247-250
Received January 2; accepted January 23, 1997
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5W. Saurer, R. Seeberger, - R. Weinberger
Send offprint request: Walter.Saurer@uibk.ac.at
Institut für Astronomie der Leopold-Franzens-Universität
Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
As the fourth part in a series of papers on galaxies
in the
"zone of avoidance" (ZOA) of the Milky Way we present a compilation
of 1067 galaxies discovered during a systematic search on Palomar
Observatory Sky Survey I (POSSI) red-sensitive prints. The region
searched comprises
500 square degrees, at 
, 
. In addition to
galactic and equatorial coordinates, we list maximum and minimum optical
diameters derived from both the red- and blue-sensitive prints and made
cross checks with the IRAS
PSC catalogue. An asymmetric distribution of the
galaxies with respect to the galactic equator is found and
is compared to the locations of optically visible dust clouds
and/or the distribution of IR-emitting dust material. There is a
pronounced bridge of galaxies across the galactic plane at 
which will be discussed according to recent results on
the extension of the Pisces-Perseus supercluster.
keywords: catalogs -- (ISM): dust, extinction -- Galaxy: structure -- galaxies: clusters: Psc-Per supercluster -- galaxies: general