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MHONGOOSE ("MeerKAT HI Observations of Nearby Galactic Objects - Observing Southern Emitters") is a MeerKAT Large Survey Project to obtain extremely sensitive observations of the neutral hydrogen distributions in a sample of 30 nearby star-forming galaxies with HI masses from ∼10⁵ to ∼10¹¹ M⊙ and luminosities from MR ∼ −12 to ∼ −22.

Information on MHONGOOSE

Information about the survey, the sample, the science and the data are found below

The Team

A list of MHONGOOSE team members

Team

The Sample

An overview of the sample and some general properties

sample

The Science

A brief overview of the science behind MHONGOOSE

science

The Survey

About the MHONGOOSE survey and observations

survey

The Data

A link to MHONGOOSE data (team only)

data

More Info

MHONGOOSE probes the complete range of conditions found in local disk galaxies: from prominent star forming disks to the little-explored low-column density gas far out in the dark matter halo. It provides a comprehensive inventory of the processes driving the transformation and evolution of galaxies in the nearby universe over 5 orders of magnitude in HI mass and column density.
The project consists of 1650 hours of observing time on the MeerKAT radio interferometer in South Africa. Observing is underway, with the first MHONGOOSE survey observations taken in October 2020. Survey observations are expected to run over five years.
At the 2017 international peer review of the MeerKAT Large Survey Projects, MHONGOOSE was ranked highest of the MeerKAT imaging survey projects, and second-highest overall.

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