J/ApJ/430/467 Superluminal motions for extragalactic sources (Vermeulen+, 1994)
Superluminal motion statistics and cosmology.
Vermeulen R.C., Cohen M.H.
<Astrophys. J. 430, 467 (1994)>
=1994ApJ...430..467V 1994ApJ...430..467V
ADC_Keywords: Galaxies, radio ; Proper motions ; Redshifts
Keywords: cosmology: observations - galaxies: jets - quasars: general -
radio continuum: galaxies - relativity - techniques: interferometric
Description:
Table 1 lists the 66 extragalactic sources for which we have been able
to find multiepoch VLBI internal proper motion observations in the
literature, or for which we are currently preparing a paper.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table1.dat 103 115 Compilation of internal proper motions
notes.dat 80 85 Notes
refs.dat 215 59 References
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 8 A8 --- IAU Name (based on 1950 position)
10- 18 A9 --- Name Common name
19 A1 --- l_z Limit flag on z
20- 25 F6.4 --- z ? Redshift
27- 29 A3 --- Class Classification (1)
31- 33 A3 --- CompID Component identification
34 A1 --- n_CompID [*] *: Selected component (2)
36- 43 A8 --- WObs Observation wavelength (in cm,
separated by comma)
45- 46 I2 --- Nepoch Number of epochs at which the component
positions were measured
48 A1 --- l_pm Limit flag on pm
49- 54 F6.3 mas/yr pm Internal proper motion
56- 59 F4.3 mas/yr e_pm ? rms uncertainty on pm
62 I1 --- reliab [1/3] Reliability (3)
64 A1 --- l_beta0.05 Limit flag on beta0.05
65- 69 F5.2 --- beta0.05 ? Apparent transverse velocity (c/t)
for q0=0.05
71- 75 F5.2 --- e_beta0.05 ? rms uncertainty on beta0.05
78 A1 --- l_beta0.5 Limit flag on beta0.5
79- 83 F5.2 --- beta0.5 ? Apparent transverse velocity (c/t)
for q0=0.5
85- 89 F5.2 --- e_beta0.5 ? rms uncertainty on beta0.5
91- 95 A5 --- Refs References (separated by comma)
97-103 A7 --- Notes Notes (separated by comma)
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Note (1): Classification:
B: BL Lac object
G: Galaxy
Q: Quasar
Qc: core-selected quasar
Qcl: core- and lobe-selected quasar
Ql:lobe-selected quasar
Qp: compact-symmetric
Note (2): In sources with multiple velocities, the "brightest" component
selected for our statistical studies is indicated by an asterisk.
Note (3): Reliability:
1: low
2: medium
3: high
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: notes.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 2 A2 --- Note Note designation
4- 80 A77 --- Text Text of the note
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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- 2 I2 --- Ref Reference number
4- 22 A19 --- BibCode BibCode
23- 53 A31 --- Aut Author's name
55-215 A161 --- Com Comments
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Acknowledgements:
From Heinz A. Andernach (R297 in his list)
(End) Patricia Bauer [CDS] 27-Nov-2003