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Recently added Dataset Methanol MultiBeam Survey The Methanol MultiBeam Survey is a sensitive survey of massive young stars in the Milky Way Galaxy to detect methanol masers. The survey is carried out by scanning the telescope in galactic longitude. Spectra cover a 4-MHz band, corresponding to a velocity range of 180 km/s, with 2048 channels each separated by 0.09 km/s. Regions towards the galactic centre are scanned more than once with different velocity settings, so that all likely radial velocities are searched. A second frequency band centred on the 6035-MHz line of hydroxyl (OH) is observed in parallel with the methanol band. Astronomy News Astronomers spy a “stellar cocoon” outside the Milky Way for the first time Using ALMA data on a nearby galaxy, researchers find a treasure trove of information on star formation outside our own galaxy. Thu, 29 Sep 2016 10:00:00 GMT Black hole tidal disruption flares write their signature in cosmic dust The telltale signs of a voracious black hole may be hiding in plain sight. Wed, 28 Sep 2016 10:00:00 GMT Here comes the Black Moon <p>What's a Black Moon and what should you expect to see? Not much.</p> Wed, 28 Sep 2016 10:00:00 GMT News Cosmography of the Local Universe View a film by Hélène Courtois, Daniel Pomarède, R. Brent Tully, Yehuda Hoffman, and Denis Courtois. All rights reserved.

Milky Way 3D: Galactic Plane Coverage Tool An interactive Milky Way 3D coverage tool linked to surveys is at http://milkyway3d.org. Survey Coverage of the Milky Way A hyperlinked visual summary (pdf) of all ongoing relevant surveys, prepared in conjunction with the NSF proposal, The Hierarchical Structure of Star-Forming Regions in the Milky Way.