# The Local Volume HI Survey (LVHIS)

## TL;DR

The LVHIS provides detailed high-resolution HI maps and multi-wavelength data for 82 nearby gas-rich galaxies, enabling comprehensive analysis of their gas morphology, kinematics, and environment.

## Contribution

This survey offers the first complete, high-resolution HI atlas for a volume-limited sample of nearby gas-rich galaxies, with homogeneous measurements and publicly available data.

## Key findings

- Wide range of HI morphologies and sizes observed.
- HI masses span from 10^7 to 10^10 solar masses.
- High-resolution maps reveal detailed gas kinematics.

## Abstract

The `Local Volume HI Survey' (LVHIS) comprises deep HI spectral line and 20-cm radio continuum observations of 82 nearby, gas-rich galaxies, supplemented by multi-wavelength images. Our sample consists of all galaxies with Local Group velocities v_LG < 550 km/s or distances D < 10 Mpc that are detected in the HI Parkes All Sky Survey (HIPASS). Using full synthesis observations in at least three configurations of the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), we obtain detailed HI maps for a complete sample of gas-rich galaxies with Dec < -30 deg. Here we present a comprehensive LVHIS Galaxy Atlas, including the overall gas distribution, mean velocity field, velocity dispersion, and position-velocity diagrams, together with a homogeneous set of measured and derived galaxy properties. Our primary goal is to investigate the HI morphologies, kinematics, and environment at high resolution and sensitivity. LVHIS galaxies represent a wide range of morphologies and sizes; our measured HI masses range from ~10^7 to 10^10 Msun, based on independent distance estimates. The LVHIS Galaxy Atlas (including FITS files) is available on-line.