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Galactic Center P-Band (330 MHz) Survey

Published by High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Catalog Last Checked: June 23, 2026 at 09:47 PM | Dataset Last Updated: June 22, 2026
The Galactic Center P-Band (330 MHz) Survey (GCPS) is based on wide-field, subarcminute-resolution Very Large Array (VLA) imagery of the Galactic center region at 330 MHz. With a resolution of ~7"x12" and an rms noise of 1.6 mJy/beam, this image represented a significant increase in resolution and sensitivity over the previously published VLA image at this frequency. The improved sensitivity more than tripled the census of small-diameter sources in the region, resulted in the detection of two new nonthermal filaments (NTFs), 18 NTF candidates, and 30 pulsar candidates, revealed previously known extended sources in greater detail, and has resulted in the first detection of Sagittarius A* in this frequency range. Two sets of observations were obtained. The first was conducted at 330 MHz in the A configuration of the VLA in 1996 October. The second set of P-band observations were obtained in the A and B configurations of the VLA between 1998 March and 1999 May. This Browse table was created by the HEASARC in May 2005 based on the <a href="https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/ftp/cats/J/AJ/128/1646">CDS Catalog J/AJ/128/1646</a>, tables table2.dat and table3.dat. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .

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