PENETRATING THE ZONE OF AVOIDANCE .3. A SURVEY FOR OBSCURED GALAXIES IN THE REGION N-OR-EQUAL-TO-L-LESS-THAN-OR-EQUAL-TO-130-DEGREES, AN-OR-EQUAL-TO-B-LESS-THAN-OR-EQUAL-TO-DEGREES(10)

As the third part in a series of papers on galaxies in the ''zone of a voidance'' (ZOA) of the Milky Way we present a compilation of 1161 gal axies discovered during a systematic search on Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS) red-sensitive prints. The region searched comprises 200 square degrees, at 120 degrees less than or equal to l less than or e qual to 130 degrees, -10 degrees less than or equal to b less than or equal to +10 degrees. In addition to galactic, equatorial and rectangu lar coordinates, we list maximum and minimum optical diameters derived from both the red- and blue-sensitive prints, could assign a morpholo gical type to some of the objects and made cross-checks with the IRAS PSC and several radio catalogues. A test for completeness suggests, th at our catalogue should be complete down to a limiting galaxy-diameter of 0.'35. An asymmetric distribution of the galaxies with respect to the galactic equator was found and is discussed by comparing it with t he locations of optically visible dust clouds and/or the distribution of IR-emitting dust material. A comparison between the distribution of the galaxies and the 100 mu IRAS intensity maps led to the identifica tion of four possible clusterings. As a byproduct of our galaxy search , two new planetary nebulae, nebulous stars at the position of a stron g cold IRAS point source, and a nearby dwarf irregular galaxy could be detected.