EZOA -- A catalogue of EBHIS HI detected galaxies in the northern Zone
  of Avoidance
  We present a catalogue of galaxies in the northern Zone of Avoidance (ZoA),
extracted from the shallow version of the blind HI survey with the Effelsberg
100 m radio telescope, EBHIS, that has a sensitivity of 23 mJy/beam at 10.24
km/s velocity resolution. The catalogue comprises 170 detections in the region
Dec >= -5 degrees and |b| < 6 degrees. About a third of the detections (N=67)
have not been previously recorded in HI. While 29 detections have no
discernible counterpart at any wavelength other than HI, 48 detections (28%)
have a counterpart visible on optical or NIR images but are not recorded as
such in the literature. New HI detections were found as close as 7.5 Mpc (EZOA
J2120+45), and at the edge of the Local Volume, at 10.1 Mpc, we have found two
previously unknown dwarf galaxies (EZOA J0506+31 and EZOA J0301+56). Existing
large-scale structures crossing the northern ZoA have been established more
firmly by the new detections, with the possibility of new filaments. We
conclude that the high rate of 39% new HI\detections in the northern ZoA, which
has been extensively surveyed with targeted observations in the past, proves
the power of blind HI surveys. The full EBHIS survey, which will cover the full
northern sky with a sensitivity comparable to the HIPASS survey of the southern
sky, is expected to add many new detections and uncover new structures in the
northern ZoA.
