A radio survey of the SMC at 843 MHz with the MOST: I. The survey

A radio survey at a frequency of 843 MHz of 36 square degrees containing th e Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) has been made with the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (MOST). The angular resolution is around 45 arcsec and the rms noise is about 1 mJy per beam. The radio image of the region is pre sented showing over a thousand sources with a variety of angular sizes from unresolved to 10 arcmin. Most of the sources are presumed to be background objects but about 70 of the more extended sources are H II regions or supe rnova remnants within the SMC.