NEW GALACTIC PLANE SUPERNOVA-REMNANTS

A survey of the region 44-degrees < l < 90-degrees, \b\ < 1.5-degrees has been nearly completed using the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) at 327 MHz. The low frequency, high resolution, and high sensitivity of this survey make it ideal for detecting supernova remnants (SNR's) which previous, primarily single dish, surveys have missed. A total of 24 SNR's have been identified in the survey data, 11 of which are newly discovered. The survey thus nearly doubles the number of known SNR's in this region of the Galactic plane. Because of the characteristics of the survey, these new remnants have lower surface brightness and smaller angular size than previously detected SNR's. Some of the new remnants may be very distant, evolved SNR's. We also note a possible excess of filled-center SNR's in the survey region (compared to the general population).