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Radio-Continuum Study of the Nearby Sculptor Group Galaxies. Part 2: NGC 55 at {\lambda}=20, 13, 6 and 3 cm
A series of new radio-continuum ({\lambda}=20, 13, 6 and 3 cm) mosaic images
focused on the NGC55 galactic system were produced using archived observational
data from the Australia Telescope Compact Array. These new images are both very
sensitive (down to rms=33 {\mu}Jy) and feature high angular resolution (down to
<4"). Using these newly created images, 66 previously unidentified discrete
sources are identified. Of these sources, 46 were classified as background
sources, 11 as HII regions and 6 as supernova remnant candidates. This
relatively low number of SNR candidates detected coupled with the low number of
large HII regions is consistent with the estimated low star formation rate of
the galaxy at 0.06 solar masses per year. Our spectral index map shows that the
core of galaxy appears to have a shallow spectral index between {\alpha} = -0.2
and -0.4. This indicates that the core of the galaxy is a region of high
thermal radiation output.Comment: 11 pages, 8 figures. Accepted for publication in Astrophysics and
Space Scienc