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GLEAM SGP data release

The South Galactic Pole (SGP) data release from the GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky Murchison Widefield Array (GLEAM) survey combines both years of GLEAM observations at 72-231 MHz conducted with Phase I of the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). It covers an area of 5,113 deg2 centred on the SGP at 20h40m < RA < 05h04m and -48° < Dec < -2º. At 216 MHz, the typical rms noise is ~5 mJy/beam and the angular resolution ~2 arcmin. The source catalogue contains a total of 108,851 components above 5 sigma, of which 77 per cent have measured spectral indices between 72 and 231 MHz. Improvements to the data reduction in this release include the use of the GLEAM Extragalactic catalogue as a sky model to calibrate the data, a more efficient and automated algorithm to deconvolve the snapshot images, and a more accurate primary beam model to correct the flux scale. This data release enables more sensitive large-scale studies of extragalactic source populations as well as spectral variability studies on a one-year timescale.

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Thomas Franzen (2021). Dataset: GLEAM SGP data release. http://dx.doi.org/10.26185/60518196d2988

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Author Thomas Franzen
Maintainer Thomas Franzen
Last Updated March 17, 2021, 15:12 (Australia/Melbourne)
Publish Date March 5, 2021, 15:30 (Australia/Melbourne)
Paper Title GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky Murchison Widefield Array (GLEAM) survey III: South Galactic Pole data release