TARCHI, ANDREAANDREATARCHIHenkel, C.C.HenkelPeck, A. B.A. B.PeckMOSCADELLI, LucaLucaMOSCADELLIMenten, K. M.K. M.Menten2023-01-032023-01-032002http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/32825We report the first results of an ongoing survey at 22 GHz with the 100-m Effelsberg telescope to search for water maser emission in bright IRAS sources. We have detected water vapor emission in IC 342. The maser, associated with a star forming region ~10-15 arcsec west of the nucleus, consists of a single 0.5 km/s wide feature and reaches an isotropic luminosity of 0.01 L(sun) (D = 1.8 Mpc). Our detection raises the detection rate among northern galaxies with IRAS point source fluxes S(100micron) > 50 Jy to 16%.ELETTRONICOenConference paper2002astro.ph..6053TFIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICA