The GEM Project: an International Collaboration to Survey Galactic Radiation Emission

Abstract

The GEM (Galactic Emission Mapping) project is an international collaboration established with the aim of surveying the full sky at long wavelengths with a multi-frequency radio telescope. A total of 745 hours of observation at 408 MHz were completed from an Equatorial site in Colombia. The observations cover the celestial band $0^h < α< 24^h$, and $-24^{\circ} \ 22^{\prime} < δ< +35^{\circ} \ 37^{\prime}$. Preliminary results of this partial survey will be discussed. A review of the instrumental setup and a $\sim 10^{\circ}$ resolution sky map at 408 MHz is presented.

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