In the previous parts of our series (Weinberger et al.
1995: Paper I (literature search for all optical galaxies within
); Seeberger et al. 1996: Paper II
(
, 
);
and Lercher et al. 1996: Paper III
(
, 
)) we
explained the considerable significance of studies
of the extragalactic sky in the "zone of avoidance" (ZOA) of the
Galaxy. Furthermore, we described our search methods, the
material where our surveys for optically visible galaxies have been
carried out, and presented extensive compilations including
dicussions of our findings in selected regions. In other papers, we also
demonstrated the usefulness of our data for investigations at 21 cm
that led, e.g., to better insights in the
radial velocity distribution of galaxies in the area
, (Seeberger et al. 1994) or to the discovery
of two close (
3 Mpc) galaxies in the ZOA (Huchtmeier et al.
1995), the more massive of which was also discovered by
Kraan-Korteweg et al. 1994).
In this installment we present 1067 galaxy candidates discovered
during our search of 500 square degrees in the region
, on POSSI E (red-sensitive) prints. This
material, although slightly inferior compared to the new POSSII
as to limiting magnitude, but distinctly inferior as to resolution
(fine-grain emulsion of the latter) has still to be used for
search purposes, since the POSSII is not fully available yet.
Our future installments will comprise the results of our optical searches
of i) the areas 
, and will also include 
,
, ii) the area around the Circinus
Galaxy 
, , iii) the areas 
,
and iv) 
.