J/AJ/130/586 Compact radio sources in the galactic plane (White+, 2005)
New catalogs of compact radio sources in the galactic plane.
White R.L., Becker R.H., Helfand D.J.
<Astron. J., 130, 586-596 (2005)>
=2005AJ....130..586W 2005AJ....130..586W
ADC_Keywords: Radio sources ; Galactic plane
Keywords: catalogs - Galaxy: general - H II regions - radio continuum: ISM -
supernova remnants - surveys
Abstract:
Archival data have been combined with recent observations of the
Galactic plane using the Very Large Array to create new catalogs of
compact centimetric radio sources. The 20cm source catalog covers a
longitude range of -20°<l<120° the latitude coverage varies
from ±0.8° to ±2.7°. The total survey area is about
331°2; coverage is 90% complete at a flux density threshold of
about 14mJy, and over 5000 sources are recorded. The 6cm catalog
covers 43°2 in the region -10°<l<42°, |b|<0.4° to
a 90% completeness threshold of 2.9mJy; over 2700 sources are found.
Both surveys have an angular resolution of about 6". These catalogs
provide a 30% (at 20cm) to 50% (at 6cm) increase in the number of
high-reliability compact sources in the Galactic plane, as well as
greatly improved astrometry, uniformity, and reliability; they should
prove useful for comparison with new mid- and far-infrared surveys of
the Milky Way.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table3.dat 105 5084 20cm sources with Sp>5.5σ
table4.dat 103 1835 20cm sources with Sp<5.5σ
table5.dat 138 2916 6cm sources with Sp>5.5σ
table6.dat 103 551 6cm sources with Sp<5.5σ
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See also:
J/ApJS/74/181 : Small-diameter radiosources catalogue (Zoonematkermani+, 1990)
J/ApJS/91/347 : A 5-GHz VLA Survey of the Galactic Plane (Becker+ 1994)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat table4.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 13 A13 --- [WBH2005] Source name (GLLL.lll+BB.bbb)
15- 16 I2 h RAh Hour of Right Ascension (J2000)
18- 19 I2 min RAm Minute of Right Ascension (J2000)
21- 26 F6.3 s RAs Second of Right Ascension (J2000)
28 A1 --- DE- Sign of the Declination (J2000)
29- 30 I2 deg DEd Degree of Declination (J2000)
32- 33 I2 arcmin DEm Arcminute of Declination (J2000)
35- 39 F5.2 arcsec DEs Arcsecond of Declination (J2000)
41- 45 F5.2 --- Ps20cm ? Probability that the source is a sidelobe of
nearby bright object (only in table 3)
47- 54 F8.2 mJy Sp20cm Peak flux density at 20cm
56- 64 F9.2 mJy Si20cm Integrated flux density at 20cm
66- 72 F7.3 mJy e_Si20cm RMS of the flux density
74- 79 F6.2 arcsec MajAxis Major axis (G1)
81- 86 F6.2 arcsec MinAxis Minor axis (G1)
88- 92 F5.1 deg PA Position Angle (G1)
94-100 A7 --- Field Field name containing the source
102-105 A4 --- Flag Source flag (G2)
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table5.dat table6.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 13 A13 --- [WBH2005] Source name (GLLL.lll+BB.bbb) (1)
15- 16 I2 h RAh Hour of Right Ascension (J2000)
18- 19 I2 min RAm Minute of Right Ascension (J2000)
21- 26 F6.3 s RAs Second of Right Ascension (J2000)
28 A1 --- DE- Sign of the Declination (J2000)
29- 30 I2 deg DEd Degree of Declination (J2000)
32- 33 I2 arcmin DEm Arcminute of Declination (J2000)
35- 39 F5.2 arcsec DEs Arcsecond of Declination (J2000)
41- 45 F5.2 --- Ps6 ? Probability that the 6cm source is a
sidelobe of nearby bright object
47- 54 F8.2 mJy Sp6cm ? Peak 6cm flux density
56- 64 F9.2 mJy Si6cm ? Integrated 6cm flux density
66- 72 F7.3 mJy e_Si6cm RMS of the 6cm flux density
74- 79 F6.2 arcsec MajAxis ? Major axis of 6cm source (G1)
81- 86 F6.2 arcsec MinAxis ? Minor axis of 6cm source (G1)
88- 92 F5.1 deg PA ? Position Angle of 6cm source (G1)
94-101 A8 --- Field Field name containing the source
103-106 A4 --- Flag Source flag (G2)
108-111 F4.2 --- Ps20 ? Probability that the 20cm source is a
sidelobe of nearby bright object
(only in table 5)
113-120 F8.2 mJy Sp20cm ? Peak 20cm flux density (only in table 5)
122-130 F9.2 mJy Si20cm ? Integrated 20cm flux density (only in
table 5)
132-138 F7.3 mJy e_Si20cm ? RMS of the 20cm flux density (only in
table 5)
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Note (1): Sources that match more than once are listed multiple times, e.g.,
a 6cm source that matches two 20cm sources is listed twice, once
with each 20cm counterpart.
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Global Notes:
Note (G1): Derived from elliptical Gaussian fits.
Note (G2): Source flag, defined as follows:
o = in our original catalog (Zoonematkermani et al. 1990, Cat.
J/ApJS/74/181; Helfand et al. 1992ApJS...80..211H 1992ApJS...80..211H);
OH = not continuum sources but instead are detected through their 1611MHz
OH maser emission (Becker, White & Proctor 1992AJ....103..544B 1992AJ....103..544B).
c = in the old 6cm catalog;
l = in the old 20cm catalog;
cl = in both catalogs;
blank = in neither catalog;
* = 20cm-only source very close to the 6cm survey edge.
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History:
From electronic version of the journal
(End) Greg Schwarz [AAS], Marianne Brouty [CDS] 19-Oct-2005