Welcome!

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This website is dedicated to the Water Emission Database (Dutkowska & Kristensen 2022, in press). Here you will find all of the crucial information on the content of the database, use of the data and projects associated.

About this project

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Over the past years, there have been many projects observing water emission towards Galactic and extragalactic regions. The goal of WED is to bring all of this data into one place. This way, we can provide a complete view of the water in the observable Universe, creating a broad-view framework for astrochemical studies.

Why water?

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Observations of the Milky Way (e.g., Water In Star-forming regions with Herschel (WISH); van Dishoeck et al. 2021) reveal that Galactic water emission is primarily associated with active star formation, as it is almost uniformly associated with molecular outflows from protostars. Accordingly, water is a direct signpost of active star formation in the Milky Way. Water is also among readily observed high-redshift molecules. By bringing all of these observations together, we can create a tool for statistically meaningful comparisons that can help us better understand the observable Universe.

Contact

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This project is maintained by Katarzyna M. Dutkowska, M.Sc. (she/her). In case of any questions or lack of files for the transitions of choice, feel free to send an email at the following address: dutkowska at nbi.ku.dk