J/other/PASAu/10.140 Southern radio sources catalog (White, 1992)
A catalogue of 'Southern' radio sources with accurate positions
White G.L.
<Proc. Astron. Soc. Australia, 10, 140 (1992)>
=1992PASAu..10..140W 1992PASAu..10..140W
ADC_Keywords: Radio sources ; Redshifts ; Magnitudes
Abstract:
A list of 900 radio sources with positional accuracies better than
0.5" has been prepared from seventeen lists of radio source positions
found in the literature. This compilation includes all such sources
south of declination +48° (the northern declination limit of the
Compact Array of the Australia Telescope National Facility). Where
available, optical identifications, optical magnitudes and redshifts
are given as well as total-power flux densities.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
catalog.dat 113 900 *Astrometric sources from declination +48°
to the south celestial pole. (Radio position
accuracies to better than 0.5 arcseconds)
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Note on catalog.dat: the original number of sources was quoted at 901,
see the "History" section below.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: catalog.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 8 A8 --- Source Source name based on the B1950.0 position
10 A1 --- ePos [ABCT] Accuracy of the positions (1)
12- 13 I2 h RAh Right ascension (B1950.0)
15- 16 I2 min RAm Right ascension (B1950.0)
18- 24 F7.4 s RAs Right ascension (B1950.0)
25 A1 --- DE- Declination sign (B1950.0)
26- 27 I2 deg DEd Declination (B1950.0)
29- 30 I2 arcmin DEm Declination (B1950.0)
32- 37 F6.3 arcsec DEs Declination (B1950.0)
39- 40 I2 h RA2h Right ascension (J2000.0)
42- 43 I2 min RA2m Right ascension (J2000.0)
45- 52 F8.5 s RA2s Right ascension (J2000.0)
53 A1 --- DE2- Declination sign (J2000.0)
54- 55 I2 deg DE2d Declination (J2000.0)
57- 58 I2 arcmin DE2m Declination (J2000.0)
60- 66 F7.4 arcsec DE2s Declination (J2000.0)
68- 69 A2 --- optID [QG EFBL?St] Optical identification (2)
71- 74 F4.1 mag mag ? Optical magnitude of optical identification
76 A1 --- l_z Limit flag on z
77- 82 F6.4 --- z ? Redshift of optical identification
84- 89 F6.2 Jy S408MHz ? Flux density at 408MHz
91- 96 F6.2 Jy S2700MHz ? Flux density at 2700MHz
98-102 F5.2 Jy S5000MHz ? Flux density at 5000MHz
104-113 A10 --- Ref Cross references (3)
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Note (1): The accuracy of the position is:
A: position more accurate than 0.02 arcseconds
B: position accuracy in the range 0.02 to 0.05 arcseconds
C: position accuracy in the range 0.05 to 0.15 arcseconds
T: position less accurate than 0.15 arcseconds
Note (2): the optical type is designated by the following symbols:
Q: quasar
G: galaxy
EF: empty or blank optical field
BL: BL Lacertae type object
?: no optical identification suggested in the literature
St: star
Note (3): References are:
A: Argue et al., 1984A&A...130..191A 1984A&A...130..191A
D: Morabito et al., 1986AJ.....92..546M 1986AJ.....92..546M
C: Condon, private communication
F: Fanselow et al., 1984AJ.....89..987F 1984AJ.....89..987F
H: Hervey et al., 1992AJ....103..229H 1992AJ....103..229H
I: International Earth Rotation Service (IERS) Tech. Note 2 (1989)
J: Jauncey et al., 1989AJ.....98...49J 1989AJ.....98...49J
L: Lestrade et al., 1988AJ.....96.1746L 1988AJ.....96.1746L
M: Ma et al., 1986AJ.....92.1020M 1986AJ.....92.1020M
N: Hunstead, 1989, private communication
P: Perley, 1982AJ.....87..859P 1982AJ.....87..859P
R: Robertson et al., 1986AJ.....91.1456R 1986AJ.....91.1456R
S: Sovers et al., 1988AJ.....95.1647S 1988AJ.....95.1647S
U: Ulvestad et al., 1981AJ.....86.1010U 1981AJ.....86.1010U
V: The VLA calibration list (private comm. Dr Perley of the VLA staff)
W: White et al., 1989AJ.....99..405W 1989AJ.....99..405W
Y: Jauncey et al., 1989AJ.....98...54J 1989AJ.....98...54J
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History:
* 09-Feb-1999: Prepared via OCR at CDS.
From printed version, the 1950 position of 1348-34 was modified
as RA=13 48 20.31 instead of RA=13 38 20.31
* 11-Mar-2000: A check by H. Andernach showed that 1348-347 does not
exist at all, and was in fact a confusion with 1438-347.
This source was deleted, bringing the number of sources to 900.
(End) James Marcout, Patricia Bauer [CDS] 09-Feb-1999