Table 1: List of point sources, areas around which were excluded from the analysis.

l	b	Source
-9.812	-0.861	XTE J1723-376
-8.527	-0.548	EXO 1722-363
-7.943	2.746	4U 1711-339
-7.831	-0.272	AX J172642-3540
-6.596	-3.386	XTE J1743-363
-6.469	-5.005	4U 1746-371
-6.398	-0.827	1RXS J173251.1-344728
-5.698	-0.150	4U 1728-34
-5.604	1.257	1RXS J172635.1-325842
-5.159	-0.158	MXB 1730-33
-4.978	3.346	1RXS J172006.1-311702
-4.611	-8.151	SAX J1808.4-3658
-3.681	2.298	TERZAN2
-3.633	6.931	XTE J1710-281
-3.378	0.219	AX J173628-3141
-3.184	-2.976	SL 1746-331
-2.875	-1.607	H1741-322
-2.530	7.911	XTE J1709-267
-2.442	0.989	XB 1732-304
-1.892	0.520	XTE J1739-302
-1.154	1.393	GRS 1734-292
-0.880	-0.101	1E1740.7-2942
-0.860	-2.908	XTE J1755-312
-0.744	-0.911	SLX 1744-300/299
-0.441	-0.389	2S 1742-294
-0.155	-3.126	XTE J1757-306
-0.135	8.741	1RXP J171236-2414.7
0.535	9.278	2RXP J171220.5-232345
0.667	-0.036	SGR B2
0.676	-0.222	XTE J1748-288
0.785	2.398	SLX 1735-269
1.074	3.655	KS 1731-260
1.119	-1.028	X1749-285
1.530	-11.371	R1832-330
1.937	4.795	GX 1+4
2.294	0.794	GX 3+1
2.788	-7.914	4U 1820-30
2.862	-0.680	1RXS J175454.2-264941
3.840	1.463	HA 1745-248
4.508	-1.362	GRS 1758-258
4.765	0.608	2E 1751.1-2431
4.790	3.316	XTE J1744-230
5.077	-1.019	GX 5-1
6.141	-1.904	2S 1803-245
6.381	-0.120	E1757.5-2330
6.756	-4.798	SAX J1819.3-2525
7.554	0.853	XTE J1759-220
7.729	3.802	NGC 6440
8.151	-0.712	SAX J1806.5-2215
9.077	1.154	GX 9+1
9.275	-6.081	GS 1826-238
9.996	-0.141	AX J180816-2021
11.068	-0.627	1RXP J181217-1939.4