HI Galactic Halo Cloud G27.0+6.3 (collage)
Description
Since 2002 hundreds of HI (neutral hydrogen) clouds have been discovered with the help of the new unique NRAO instrument -- 100 m Green Bank Telescope (GBT). These clouds are a completely new class of objects presenting a previously unknown phenomenon of the interstellar matter physics. Several brightest of them have been observed with another NRAO instrument, Very Large Array (VLA) which provides better angular resolution. This collage shows one of such clouds (G27.0+6.3) as seen at its peak by the GBT in the larger Galactic halo context and its VLA HI column density map with two VLA sample spectra taken at the cloud's core and envelope. The GBT image shows that the cloud is a part of a larger cloud-filament structure, while the VLA image reveals that the cloud has a "dense core - diffuse envelope" structure. The assymetry of the envelope might also suggest a downward motion. It can be estimated that this cloud is about 7.5 kpc away from us and 850 pc above the Galactic plane. Its size is approximately 20 pc with core size of about 7 pc. This cloud contains 500 solar masses of hydrogen and the density of its core exceeds 20 atoms per cubic cm. The images are false-color with blue corresponding to the least and red -- to the most hydrogen density.
The resolutions: GBT image -- 9 arcmin, VLA (taken in D-array) -- 1 arcmin. GBT exposure 5 sec per 3 by 3 arcmin pixel, VLA -- a few hours. The GBT image is taken from a single channel while the VLA's is imtegrated over all the cloud's linewidth. Cloud's peak column density is 3.5x10^+20 cm^-2 and the line's FWHM is 4.8 km/s, as measured from the VLA data. Distance estimated assuming the cloud resides at the tangent point.
Creator
Legacy Astronomical Images
Rights
NRAO/AUI/NSF does not hold full copyright for this image. Contact the archivist for details.
Type
Legacy Astronomical Image
Object Name
HI cloud G27.0+6.3
Photo Credit
Yurii Pidopryhora, NRAO & Ohio University
Investigators
H. Liszt, J. Lockman, M. Rupen, Y. Pidopryhora
Telescope
Very Large Array (VLA)
Green Bank Telescope (GBT)
Observation Date
2004-07-10
Type of Observation
spectral line
Center of Image
RA 18:18:0.000, Dec: -2:15:0.000 (J2000)
Field of View
3.000000 x 4.000000 degrees
Notes
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Series
Galactic Sources Series
Unit
Galactic Halo Unit
Citation
Legacy Astronomical Images, “HI Galactic Halo Cloud G27.0+6.3 (collage),” NRAO/AUI Archives, accessed August 17, 2024, https://www.nrao.edu/archives/items/show/33447.