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Mining the time axis with TRON - III. Discovery of a nulling pulsar towards the SMC with MeerKAT
T. Blecher, M. Geyer, O. M. Smirnov +21
We report on the discovery of a nulling pulsar, PSR J00527551, in archival MeerKAT L-band observations of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The discovery was made using the imag…
SMGPS: A study of Galactic HII regions with extended morphology
Athanaseus J. T. Ramaila, Mark A. Thompson, Oleg M. Smirnov +7
We present a study of ionised hydrogen () regions in the Galactic Plane using data from the SARAO MeerKAT Galactic Plane Survey (SMGPS). The SMPG…
The 10-15 GHz radio continuum survey of the Galactic Plane with SKAO
A. Traficante, C. Mininni, F. Cavallaro +63
Star formation emerges from the complex interplay between gravity, turbulence, magnetic fields, and stellar feedback, all of which vary across spatial scales and Galactic environme…
Mining the time axis with TRON. II. MeerKAT detects a stellar radio flare from a distant RS CVn candidate
Oleg M. Smirnov, Aaron Golden, Talon Myburgh +14
Medium-timescale (minutes to hours) radio transients are a relatively unexplored population. The wide field-of-view and high instantaneous sensitivity of instruments such as MeerKA…
Africanus IV. The Stimela2 framework: scalable and reproducible workflows, from local to cloud compute
Oleg M. Smirnov, Sphesihle Makhathini, Jonathan S. Kenyon +4
Stimela2 is a new-generation framework for developing data reduction workflows. It is designed for radio astronomy data but can be adapted for other data processing applications. S…
A Spectropolarimetric Study of Pictor A Radio Galaxy with MeerKAT
Lexy A. L. Andati, Lerato M. Baidoo, Athanaseus J. T. Ramaila +3
We present the results of a polarimetric study from our new high-sensitivity L-band (0.8--1.7 GHz) observation of Pictor A with the MeerKAT radio telescope. We confirm the presence…
The SARAO MeerKAT 1.3 GHz Galactic Plane Survey
S. Goedhart, W. D. Cotton, F. Camilo +127
We present the SARAO MeerKAT Galactic Plane Survey (SMGPS), a 1.3 GHz continuum survey of almost half of the Galactic Plane (251° 358°and 2° 61°at $|b| \le 1.…
The extended HI halo of NGC 4945 as seen by MeerKAT
Roger Ianjamasimanana, B. S. Koribalski, Gyula I. G. Józsa +20
Observations of the neutral atomic hydrogen (HI) in the nuclear starburst galaxy NGC 4945 with MeerKAT are presented. We find a large amount of halo gas, previously missed by HI ob…
The 1.28 GHz MeerKAT Galactic Center Mosaic
I. Heywood, I. Rammala, F. Camilo +108
The inner 200 pc region of the Galaxy contains a 4 million M supermassive black hole (SMBH), significant quantities of molecular gas, and star formation and cosmic…
The detection of a massive chain of dark HI clouds in the GAMA G23 Field
Gyula I. G. Jozsa, T. H. Jarrett, Michelle Cluver +18
We report on the detection of a large, extended HI cloud complex in the GAMA G23 field, located at a redshift of , observed as part of the MeerHOGS campaign (a pilot…
The MeerKAT Galaxy Cluster Legacy Survey I. Survey Overview and Highlights
K. Knowles, W. D. Cotton, L. Rudnick +148
MeerKAT's large number of antennas, spanning 8 km with a densely packed 1 km core, create a powerful instrument for wide-area surveys, with high sensitivity over a wide range of an…
Third-Generation Calibrations for MeerKAT observation
V. Parekh, R. Kincaid, B. Hugo +2
Superclusters and galaxy clusters offer a wide range of astrophysical science topics with regards to studying the evolution and distribution of galaxies, intra-cluster magnetizatio…
MeerKAT-64 discovers wide-spread tidal debris in the nearby NGC 7232 galaxy group
Brenda Namumba, Baerbel Silvia Koribalski, Gyula I. G. Józsa +24
We report the discovery of large amounts of previously undetected cold neutral atomic hydrogen (\HI) around the core triplet galaxies in the nearby NGC~7232 galaxy group with MeerK…
Anomalous gas in ESO 149-G003: A MeerKAT-16 View
Gyula I. G. Józsa, Kshitij Thorat, Peter Kamphuis +28
ESO 149-G003 is a close-by, isolated dwarf irregular galaxy. Previous observations with the ATCA indicated the presence of anomalous neutral hydrogen (HI) deviating from the kinema…
MeerKAT HI commissioning observations of MHONGOOSE galaxy ESO 302-G014
W. J. G. de Blok, E. Athanassoula, A. Bosma +43
We present the results of three commissioning HI observations obtained with the MeerKAT radio telescope. These observations make up part of the preparation for the forthcoming MHON…
MeerKAT's discovery of a radio relic in the bimodal merging cluster A2384
V. Parekh, K. Thorat, R. Kale +12
We present the discovery of a single radio relic located at the edge of the galaxy cluster A2384, using the MeerKAT radio telescope. A2384 is a nearby ( = 0.092), low mass, comp…
MeerKAT-16 HI observation of the dIrr galaxy WLM
Roger Ianjamasimanana, Brenda Namumba, Athanaseus J. T. Ramaila +19
We present observations and models of the kinematics and the distribution of the neutral hydrogen (HI) in the isolated dwarf irregular galaxy, Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte (WLM). We obser…
GASP XXVI. HI Gas in Jellyfish Galaxies: The case of JO201 and JO206
M. Ramatsoku, P. Serra, B. M. Poggianti +21
We present HI observations of the jellyfish galaxy, JO201. This massive galaxy (M M) is falling along the line-of-sight towards the centre of…
MeerKATHI -- an end-to-end data reduction pipeline for MeerKAT and other radio telescopes
Gyula I. G. Józsa, Sarah V. White, Kshitij Thorat +13
MeerKATHI is the current development name for a radio-interferometric data reduction pipeline, assembled by an international collaboration. We create a publicly available end-to-en…
Collimated synchrotron threads linking the radio lobes of ESO137-006
M. Ramatsoku, M. Murgia, V. Vacca +14
We present MeerKAT 1000 MHz and 1400 MHz observations of a bright radio galaxy in the southern hemisphere, ESO~137-006. The galaxy lies at the centre of the massive and merging Nor…
The 1.28 GHz MeerKAT DEEP2 Image
T. Mauch, W. D. Cotton, J. J. Condon +101
We present the confusion-limited 1.28 GHz MeerKAT DEEP2 image covering one FWHM primary beam area with FWHM resolution and Jy/beam rms nois…
The flickering nuclear activity of Fornax A
F. M. Maccagni, M. Murgia, P. Serra +13
We present new observations of Fornax A taken at 1 GHz with the MeerKAT telescope and at 6 GHz with the Sardinia Radio Telescope (SRT). The sensitive (noise ~16 micro-Jy beam$^{-1}…
Neutral hydrogen gas within and around NGC 1316
P. Serra, F. M. Maccagni, D. Kleiner +20
We present MeerKAT observations of neutral hydrogen gas (HI) in the nearby merger remnant NGC 1316 (Fornax A), the brightest member of a galaxy group which is falling into the Forn…
GASP XVII. HI imaging of the jellyfish galaxy JO206: gas stripping and enhanced star formation
M. Ramatsoku, P. Serra, B. M Poggianti +18
We present VLA HI observations of JO206, a prototypical ram-pressure stripped galaxy in the GASP sample. This massive galaxy (M 8.5 10 M) is lo…