The Parkes 408 MHz southern survey

In recent years two 408 MHz surveys of the northern sky have been made to study the large scale, low-surface brightness features of the galactic background such as the loops and spurs. The Parkes 408 MHz southern survey continues this work using the 64 m telescope to complete the coverage of the sky to the south pole. For the southern survey measurements were made of the linear polarization distribution, besides making an accurate average temperature map in a left-hand circular polarization (which is insensitive to variations of ionospheric Faraday effects). (author)