Description
The fields chosen for the first observations of the cosmic microwave background with the Very Small Array have been surveyed with the Ryle Telescope at 15GHz. We have covered three regions around RA=00h20m DE=+30{deg}, RA=09h40m DE=+32{deg} and RA=15h40m DE=+43{deg} (J2000.0), an area of 520{deg}^2^. There are 242 sources above the estimated completeness limit of ~25mJy, although a total of ~760 sources have been detected, some as faint as 10mJy.
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