Radio reference frame

DOI

A catalogue is presented based on the radio positions of 436 extragalactic sources distributed over the entire sky. The positional accuracy of the sources is better than 3 milliarcsec (mas) in both coordinates, with the majority of the sources having errors better than 1mas. This catalogue is based upon a general solution of all applicable dual frequency 2.3 and 8.4GHz Mark-III VLBI data available through the end of 1993 consisting of 1,015,292 pairs of group delay and phase delay rate observations. Details and positions are also given for an additional 124 objects that either need further observation or are currently unsuitable for the definition of a reference frame. The final orientation of the catalogue has been obtained by a rotation of the positions into the system of the International Earth Rotation Service and is consistent with the FK5 J2000.0 optical system, within the limits of the link accuracy.

Cone search capability for table J/AJ/110/880/table4 (Radio positions of sources used to define the reference frame)

Cone search capability for table J/AJ/110/880/table5 (Radio positions of candidate and other sources)

Cone search capability for table J/AJ/110/880/table6 (Sources observed unsuccessfully)

Identifier
DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.51100880
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/110/880
Related Identifier https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/AJ/110/880
Related Identifier http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/AJ/110/880
Metadata Access http://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/pmh/pubreg.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_b2find&identifier=ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/110/880
Provenance
Creator Johnston K.J.; Fey A.L.; Zacharias N.; Russell J.L.; Ma C.; de Vegt C.,Reynolds J.E.; Jauncey D.L.; Archinal B.A.; Carter M. S.; Corbin T.E.,Eubanks M.T.; Florkowski D.R.; Hall D.M.; McCarthy D.D.; McCulloch P.M.,King E.A.; Nicolson G.; Shaffer D.B.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2000
Rights https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.html
OpenAccess true
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Cosmology; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics