J/A+AS/39/379 Linear Polarization of radio sources (Tabara+ 1980)
A catalogue of linear polarization of radio sources.
Tabara H., Inoue M.
<Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 39, 379 (1980)>
=1980A&AS...39..379T 1980A&AS...39..379T
ADC_Keywords: Radio sources ; Polarization
Keywords: linear polarization - radio source - rotation measure -
depolarization
Abstract:
This catalogue is a compilation of all the data of linear polarization
of radio sources published prior to December 1978. The catalogue
contained 7224 data for 1510 radio sources. Polarization parameters
derived from the data are also tabulated with other physical
parameters.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table1.dat 43 7224 Data of linear polarization
table2.dat 65 66 Variable Sources
table3.dat 147 1510 Source Characteristics for N=1510 sources
refs.dat 218 246 References
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See also:
II/178 : Linear polarization measurements for 5070 stars (Axon+ 1976)
J/A+AS/135/571 : Extragalactic radio sources polarization (Zukowski+, 1999)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 8 A8 --- Name Source Name based on coordinates
9 A1 --- m_Name [WENSC] Multiplicity index on Name
12- 15 F4.1 cm lambda Wavelength
18 A1 --- l_Pol Limit flag on Pol
19- 22 F4.1 % Pol Percentage polarisation
23- 26 F4.1 % e_Pol ? rms uncertainty on Pol
29- 33 F5.1 deg PA [-180/181]? Position angle of polarisation (1)
35- 39 F5.1 deg e_PA ? rms uncertainty on PA
41 A1 --- Note [*] Note on observations (2)
42- 43 I2 --- r_Pol ? References
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Note (1): 1559+021: unusual PA=181.0deg at 18.3cm
Note (2): * for observations of the linear polarisation that are monitors
of the time variation. In these cases, the data are given by averaging
over the whole period.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 8 A8 --- Name Source name
11- 18 A8 --- OName Other name
21- 24 F4.1 cm lambda1 Wavelength
26- 29 F4.1 cm lambda2 ? Wavelength
31- 34 F4.1 cm lambda3 ? Wavelength
36- 39 F4.1 cm lambda4 ? Wavelength
41- 44 F4.1 cm lambda5 ? Wavelength
46- 49 F4.1 cm lambda6 ? Wavelength
52- 65 A14 --- r_Name References
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 8 A8 --- Name Source name (1)
10- 17 A8 --- PKS PKS designation
19- 23 A5 --- 3C 3C designation
25- 30 A6 --- 4C 4C designation
32- 41 A10 --- OName Other name
42 A1 --- n_RAh [*] * when optical position
43- 44 I2 h RAh Radio right ascension (B1950)
45- 46 I2 min RAm Radio right ascension (B1950)
47- 52 F6.3 s RAs ? Radio right ascension (B1950)
53 A1 --- DE- Radio declination sign (B1950)
54- 55 I2 deg DEd Radio declination (B1950)
56- 57 I2 arcmin DEm ? Radio declination (B1950)
58- 62 F5.2 arcsec DEs ? Radio declination (B1950)
64- 68 F5.1 deg GLON Galactic longitude
70- 74 F5.1 deg GLAT Galactic latitude
76- 78 A3 --- Type Type of object (2)
80- 84 F5.2 mag mag ? Optical magnitude
85 A1 --- n_mag [*] * for source variable in magnitude
88- 93 F6.4 --- z ? Redshift
95-100 F6.2 Jy S6cm ? Flux density at 6cm
101 A1 --- n_S6cm [*] * for source variable in flux
103-108 F6.1 rad/m2 RM ? Rotation measure
110-113 F4.1 rad/m2 e_RM ? rms uncertainty on RM
115-117 I3 deg IPA ? Intrinsic polarisation angle
119-120 I2 deg e_IPA ? rms uncertainty on IPA
122 A1 --- G [AB] Grade of the RM and IPA values (A=best)
123-127 F5.1 % Pmax ? Maximum degree of polarisation
129 A1 --- l_DEP Limit flag on DEP
130-131 I2 cm DEP ? Depolarisation wavelength at which the
percentage polarisation drops to half of
its maximum value
133-147 A15 --- r_Name References
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Note (1): 0105+691=3C33.2 is 4C+69.04, not 4C+57.04;
Note (2): Type of objects as follows:
GAL = galaxy
QSO = Quasar
SNR = supernova remnant
HII = H II region
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: refs.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 3 I3 --- Ref Reference number
5- 23 A19 --- BibCode BibCode
25-218 A194 --- Aut Author's name and comments
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History:
From the CATS database, originally prepared by H. Andernach
(End) Francois Ochsenbein [CDS] 02-Dec-1999