Description
We present Data Release 2 of the Point Source Catalogue created from a series of previously constructed radio-continuum images of M31 at lambda=20cm (nu=1.4GHz) from archived VLA observations. In total, we identify a collection of 916 unique discrete radio sources across the field of M31. Comparing these detected sources to those listed by Gelfand et al. (<A HREF="http://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-ref?bibcode=2004ApJS..155...89G%202004ApJS..155...89G">2004ApJS..155...89G 2004ApJS..155...89G</A>, Cat. <A HREF="http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/Cat?J/ApJS/155/89">J/ApJS/155/89</A>) at lambda=92cm, the spectral index of 98 sources has been derived. The majority (73%) of these sources exhibit a spectral index of α←0.6, indicating that their emission is predominantly non-thermal in nature, which is typical for background objects and Supernova Remnants (SNRs).
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