\begin{table}%t2 \caption{\label{tab2}\label{tbl:CO_radio_parameters}Observational parameters for the Mopra $^{13}$CO observations.} \small%\centering \par \begin{tabular}{lcc} \hline \hline Parameter& \\ \hline Rest frequency (GHz) & \multicolumn{2}{c}{110.201} \\ Total bandwidth (MHz)& \multicolumn{2}{c}{64} \\ Number of channels & \multicolumn{2}{c}{1024} \\ Velocity resolution (km s$^{-1}$) & \multicolumn{2}{c}{0.17}\\ Beam size (\arcsec) & \multicolumn{2}{c}{34} \\ Date of observations & \multicolumn{2}{c}{7th July 2005}\\ Total integration time (hr) & \multicolumn{2}{c}{$\sim$1.5}\\ Obs. positions & RA(J2000) & Dec(J2000)\\ Map centre & 15$\rm ^h55^m49.3^s$ & --54$^\circ$39\arcmin13\arcsec \\ Offset position & 16$\rm ^h02^m17.6^s$ & --55$^\circ$19\arcmin12\arcsec \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{table}