title: Water vapor: observations of galactic sources.
abstract: We measured the emission of water vapor at a wavelength of 1.35 centimeters from nine sources with the 120-foot (36.5-meter) Haystack antenna. Eight sources lie within 30 seconds of arc of the hydroxyl sources of 18 centimeters but not all hydroxyl sources produced detectable emission of water vapor. All sources are smaller than 30 seconds of arc in angular diameter, but we resolved at least three separate sources in the Orion Nebula. We do not find that the known hyperfine components are present with the equilibrium intensity distribution.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Meeks
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Barrett
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Waters
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Brown