- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/694/222
- Title:
- Extragalactic point sources in WMAP 5-yr maps
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/694/222
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of an extragalactic point source search using the five-year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) 41, 61, and 94GHz (Q, V, and W bands) temperature maps. This work is an extension of our designing and applying a cosmic microwave background (CMB)-free technique to extract point sources in the WMAP maps. Specifically, we have formed an internal linear combination map of the three-band maps, with the weights chosen to remove the CMB anisotropy signal as well as to favor the selection of flat-spectrum sources. We have also constructed a filter to recover the true point source flux distribution on the sky. A total of 381 sources are found in our study at the >5{sigma} level outside the WMAP point source detection mask, among which 89 are "new" (i.e., not present in the WMAP catalogs). Source fluxes have been calculated and corrected for the Eddington bias. We have solidly identified 367 (96.3%) of our sources, the 1{sigma} positional uncertainty of which is 2'. The 14 unidentified sources could be either extended radio structure or obscured by Galactic emission. We have also applied the same detection approach to simulated maps, which yielded 364+/-21 detections on average. The recovered source distribution N(>S) agrees well with the simulation input, which proves the reliability of this method.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/681/747
- Title:
- Extragalactic point-source WMAP catalog
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/681/747
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the results of an extragalactic point-source search using the 61 and 94GHz (V- and W-band) temperature maps from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP). Applying a method that cancels the "noise" due to the CMB anisotropy signal, we find in the |b|>10{deg} region 31 sources in the first-year maps and 64 sources in the three-year co-added maps at a 5{sigma} level. The 1{sigma} position uncertainties are 1.6' and 1.4', respectively. The increased detections and improved positional accuracy are expected from the higher signal-to-noise ratio of the WMAP three-year data. All sources detected in the first-year maps are repeatedly detected in the three-year maps, which is a strong indication of the consistency of this method. Of all the sources, 97% are identified with either the WMAP three-year source catalog or plausible extrapolations of lower frequency data, which indicates that our method is also reliable. The two unidentified sources have been recently confirmed to be false detections, using the WMAP five-year data. We derive the source count distribution at the WMAP V band by combining our verified detections with sources from the WMAP three-year catalog. If we assume that the effect of source clustering is negligible, the contribution to the power spectrum from faint sources below 0.75Jy is estimated to be (2.4+/-0.8)x10^-3^uK^2^sr for the V band, which implies a source correction amplitude of A=0.012+/-0.004uK^2^sr.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/VII/54
- Title:
- Extragalactic Radio Source Identifications
- Short Name:
- VII/54
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The catalog is a compilation of all published optical identifications of extragalactic radio sources. This machine-readable version is an updated and greatly expanded edition of the original published one; this version contains 14585 identifications and citations to 917 papers. The data file contains most commonly used source name, number in the 4C catalog Gower et al. (1967), and Pilkington and Scott (1965) if applicable, right ascension and declination (equinox B1950.0), magnitude estimate for the identification type of optical object, identification reference, alternate name for identified object (if known), confirmation or invalidation code and associated reference, finding chart existence (or nonexistence), redshift, and reference for the spectrum. A reference file contains the references ordered by number cited in the catalog and alphabetically by author. Completeness has been attempted for all papers published through the end of 1982. The present version contains fewer references than the 1974 version (which had 935) because certain numbers were unused in the previous edition and because certain references are no longer used in the 1983 version and were removed. The authors have prepared this final version and have discontinued future updates.
- ID:
- ivo://nasa.heasarc/kuehr
- Title:
- Extragalactic Radio Sources
- Short Name:
- Kuehr
- Date:
- 27 Sep 2024
- Publisher:
- NASA/GSFC HEASARC
- Description:
- This catalog is a compilation of 518 extragalactic radio sources with flux densities greater than 1 Jy at 5 GHz. It contains sources from the NRAO-MPI 5-GHz Strong Source Surveys and from re-observation at 5 GHz of sources found in the Parkes 2.7-GHz surveys. All sources were found in 9.811 sr covered by the two surveys. This is essentially the whole sky, excluding the galactic plane (latitudes less than 10 degrees) and the Magellanic Clouds. The catalog includes radio flux densities, radio positions, object classes, visual magnitudes, redshifts, and spectral indices. One duplicate entry was removed from the HEASARC implementation of this catalog in June 2019. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/385/1656
- Title:
- Extragalactic radio-sources at 95GHz
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/385/1656
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have used the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) at 95GHz to carry out continuum observations of 130 extragalactic radio sources selected from the Australia Telescope 20GHz (AT20G) survey. We use a triple-correlation method to measure simultaneous 20- and 95-GHz flux densities for these objects, and over 90 per cent of our target sources are detected at 95GHz. We demonstrate that the ATCA can robustly measure 95-GHz flux densities with an accuracy of ~10 per cent in a few minutes for sources stronger than about 50mJy. We measure the distribution of radio spectral indices in a flux-limited sample of extragalactic sources, and show that the median 20-95GHz spectral index does not vary significantly with flux density for S_20_>150mJy . This finding allows us to estimate the extragalactic radio source counts at 95GHz by combining our observed 20-95GHz spectral-index distribution with the accurate 20-GHz source counts measured in the AT20G survey.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/120/201
- Title:
- Extragalactic radio sources optical positions
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/120/201
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Based on 28 individual catalogues, in which the positions of optical counterparts of extragalactic radio sources are listed, we compiled a combined catalogue by means of a weighted least squares adjustment. The catalogue is in the system of FK5/J2000.0. It consists of about five hundred sources, among which there are 56 primary sources with position uncertainties as 0.09". Comparisons show that the orientation differences between optical and radio frames are A1=-0.013"+/-0.012", A2=0.077"+/-0.012", A3=0.005"+/-0.009". Local relative deformations are not obvious within the precision of ground-based optical observations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/135/571
- Title:
- Extragalactic radio sources polarization
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/135/571
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present linear polarization measurements of 154 extragalactic radio sources at {lambda}6.3cm, as part of a continuing effort to expand and improve our Faraday rotation determinations of radio galaxies and quasars. The excellent telescope optics of the Effelsberg 100 m telescope at this wavelength, combined with a matrix method we applied for calibrating out all components of the instrumental polarization enables us to achieve better than average accuracy in the determinations of linear polarization degree and position angle. In the absence of thermal noise errors, these are repeatable to better than 0.2% and 0.1{deg} respectively, for the prime calibrator, 3C 286.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/371/898
- Title:
- Extragalactic radio sources selected at 20GHz
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/371/898
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present some first results on the variability, polarization and general properties of radio sources selected at 20GHz, the highest frequency at which a sensitive radio survey has been carried out over a large area of sky. Sources with flux densities above 100mJy in the Australia Telescope Compact Array 20GHz pilot survey at declination 60{deg} to 70{deg} were observed at up to three epochs during 2002-04, including near-simultaneous measurements at 5, 8 and 18GHz in 2003. Of the 173 sources detected, 65 per cent are candidate QSOs or BL Lac objects, 20 per cent galaxies and 15 per cent faint (bJ>22mag) optical objects or blank fields.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/471/3806
- Title:
- Extragalactic radio sources with recurrent jet
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/471/3806
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a sample of 74 radio sources with recurrent jet activity. The sample consists of 67 galaxies, 2 quasars and 5 unidentified sources, selected from the published data or are newly recognized. The sample's redshift range is 0.002<z<0.7 and the size of inner and outer structures varies from 0.02 to 4248kpc. We analyse the optical and radio properties of the sample and compare them with the characteristics of ordinary one-off FRII radio sources. With the help of stellar population modelling, we derive black hole masses and stellar masses of host galaxies of 35 restarting radio sources, finding that the black hole masses in restarting radio sources are comparable to those of typical single-cycle FRII radio sources. The obtained median values of log M_BH_ are 8.58 and 8.62M_{sun}_. Unlike the black hole masses, the stellar masses in restarting radio sources tend to be smaller than in the FRII sources. Although the stellar populations of the hosts of recurrent activity sources are dominated by old stars, a significant fraction of young stars can be observed as well. Based on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey photometric observations, we also analyse the morphology of the host galaxies and obtained significantly smaller concentration indices for the restarting radio sources when compared to the classical FRII hosts. This effect can be interpreted as a result of frequent merger events in the history of host galaxies of restarting radio sources.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/I/273A
- Title:
- Extragalactic Reference Link Catalog (ERLcat)
- Short Name:
- I/273A
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This is an astrometric catalog, providing positions of 89,422 stars in 398 selected fields of extragalactic reference frame sources. The stars are mainly in the 11 to 14 magnitude range. The average positional accuracy is about 50 mas per coordinate at the epoch of observation, which is between 1976.2 and 1991.9. The observations are based on photographic plates, taken with 2 telescopes which are: - the Hamburg Zone astrograph (in the Northern Hemisphere) - the USNO Twin astrograph at Black Birch (New Zealand)