Welcome to the LAB Survey server of the Argelander-Institut für Astronomie in Bonn!
This server was set up for the EU grant is 510308-LLP-1-2010-1-FR-COMENIUS-CMP. The complementary EU-HOU-Observer page is here: http://euhou.obspm.frAn explanation how spiral structure of the Milky Way can be derived from this web interface is given here: HI_Spirals_HowTo
If you like to determine spiral arms in the Milky Way you can download templates for plotting.
Plain millimeter paper is available here: Galactic grid
A diagram including the historical (1958) view of the Milky Way spiral pattern: grid with spirals (For reference see: Oort et al. (1958).
Further information is also available at the SALSA homepage
A paper published in Astronomie und Raumfahrt im Unterricht 2009 Heft 111/112 (German only)
Below you will find videos showing a sweep in velocity through the data cube of the LAB survey, in Galactic center and anticenter projection.
http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/hisurvey/euhou/LAB_Cent.mpg
http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/hisurvey/euhou/LAB_Acent.mpg
This video shows a sweep in latitude through a data cube that has been regridded to demonstrate differential Galactic rotation. Longitude is horizontally, velocities are displayed vertically.
http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/hisurvey/euhou/LAB_lv.mpg
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