An Extragalactic H1 Cloud with No Optical Counterpart?
Date
2000
Authors
Kilborn, Virginia A
Staveley-Smith, Lister
Marquarding, M
Webster, Rachel L
Malin, David
Banks, G D
Bhathal, R
de Blok, W J G
Boyce, Peter
Disney, Mike J
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University of Chicago Press
Abstract
We report the discovery, from the H I Parkes All-Sky Survey (HIPASS), of an isolated cloud of neutral hydrogen, which we believe to be extragalactic. The H I mass of the cloud (HIPASS J1712-64) is very low, 1.7 × 107 M⊙, using an estimated distance of
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Keywords: Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: irregular; Radio emission lines
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Astronomical Journal
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