J/ApJS/155/33 VSOP 5 GHz AGN Survey. III (Scott+, 2004)
The VSOP 5 GHz active galactic nucleus survey.
III. Imaging results for the first 102 sources.
Scott W.K., Fomalont E.B., Horiuchi S., Lovell J.E.J., Moellenbrock G.A.,
Dodson R.G., Edwards P.G., Coldwell G.V., Fodor S., Frey S., Gurvits L.I.,
Hirabayashi H., Lister M.L., Mosoni L., Murata Y., Paragi Z., Piner B.G.,
Shen Z.-Q., Taylor A.R., Tingay S.J.
<Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser., 155, 33-72 (2004)>
=2004ApJS..155...33S 2004ApJS..155...33S
ADC_Keywords: Active gal. nuclei ; Radio continuum ; Surveys
Keywords: galaxies: active - radio continuum: galaxies - surveys
Abstract:
The VLBI Space Observatory Programme (VSOP) mission is a Japanese-led
project to study radio sources with sub-milliarcsec resolution using
an orbiting 8m telescope, HALCA, along with global arrays of
Earth-based telescopes. Approximately 25% of the observing time is
devoted to a survey of compact active galactic nuclei (AGNs) that are
stronger than 1Jy at 5GHz - the VSOP AGN Survey. This paper, the third
in the series, presents the results from the analysis of the first 102
Survey sources.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table1.dat 77 102 Survey experiment details
table2.dat 48 209 Source component parameters
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See also:
http://www.vsop.isas.ac.jp/ : the VSOP Home Page
J/ApJS/131/95 : VSOP 5 GHz continuum survey (Fomalont+, 2000)
J/PASJ/52/997 : VSOP 5 GHz AGN Survey (Hirabayashi+, 2000)
J/ApJS/155/33 : VSOP 5 GHz AGN Survey. III (Scott+, 2004)
J/ApJ/616/110 : VSOP 5 GHz AGN Survey. IV (Horiuchi+, 2004)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 10 A10 --- VSOP The J2000 source name
12- 20 A9 --- BName The B1950 source name
22- 26 A5 --- OCode VSOP Observation code (1)
28- 37 A10 "DD/MM/YYYY" ObsDate Date of observation
39- 43 A5 --- GRT Ground radio telescopes with successful
fringes observed (2)
45- 47 A3 --- TS Tracking stations with successful
fringes observed (3)
49 I1 h Time.h Approximate hours on source with fringes
51- 52 I2 min Time.m Approximate minutes on source with fringes
54 I1 h HALCA.h Approximate HALCA hours on source with
fringes
56- 57 I2 min HALCA.m Approximate HALCA minutes on source with
fringes
59 A1 --- Corr Correlator (4)
61- 62 A2 --- Type Optical classification (5)
64- 68 F5.3 --- z ? Veron-Cetty & Veron (2001,
Cat. VII/224) redshift
69 A1 --- f_z [*] Indicates reference given in the
source notes
71- 76 A6 --- Refs References (6)
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Note (1): The VSOP observation code is detailed in
http://www.vsop.isas.ac.jp/survey/
Note (2): Ground radio telescopes with successful fringes observed
are defined as follows (lower case letters indicate VLBA GRTs;
upper Case letters indicate other GRTs):
b = Brewster;
f = Fort Davis;
h = Hancock;
k = Kitt Peak;
l = Los Alamos;
m = Mauna Kea;
n = North Liberty;
o = Owens Valley;
p = Pie Town;
s = St. Croix;
X = Arecibo;
A = ATCA;
C = Ceduna;
E = Effelsburg;
G = Green Bank 140';
H = Hartebeesthoek;
T = Hobart;
J = Jodrell Bank MKII;
R = Kalyazin;
K = Kashima;
N = Noto;
M = Mopra;
O = Onsala;
S = Sheshan;
P = Torun;
U = Usuda;
Y = VLA.
Note (3): Tracking stations with successful fringes observed are defined as
follows:
G = Goldstone;
N = Green Bank;
R = Robledo;
T = Tidbinbilla;
U = Usuda.
Note (4): Correlator has the following meaning:
M = Mitaka;
P = Penticton;
S = Socorro.
Note (5): Optical classification, defined as follows:
Q = quasar;
B = BL Lac object;
G = AGN other than B and Q (e.g. Seyfert galaxy);
E = empty field or unidentified optical counterpart; from
Veron-Cetty & Veron (2001, Cat. VII/224) unless appended by an
asterisk, whereby the reference is given in the individual source
notes.
Note (6): References as follows:
1 = VLBApls (Fomalont et al., Cat. J/ApJS/131/9),
http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/vlba/html/6CM/index.htm
2 = USNO (Fey, Clegg & Fomalont 1996ApJS..105..299F 1996ApJS..105..299F; Fey & Charlot
1997ApJS..111...95F 1997ApJS..111...95F, 2000 <Cat. J/ApJS/128/1),
http://rorf.usno.navy.mil/RRFID
3 = VLBA2cm1 (Kellermann et al. 1998AJ....115.1295K 1998AJ....115.1295K;
Zensus et al. 2002AJ....124..662Z 2002AJ....124..662Z),
http://www.cv.nrao.edu/2cmsurvey/maps/index.html
4 = VLBA2cm2 (L.I. Gurvits, K.I. Kellermann, E.B. Fomalont, & H. Y. Zhang,
in preparation).
5 = VSOPPR (Lister et al. 2001ApJ...554..948L 2001ApJ...554..948L).
6 = VSOPsouth (Tingay et al. 2002ApJS..141..311T 2002ApJS..141..311T).
7 = PR (Pearson & Readhead 1988ApJ...328..114P 1988ApJ...328..114P)
http://astro.caltech.edu/~tjp/cj
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 10 A10 --- VSOP Source name
12- 15 F4.2 Jy Flux Integrated 5GHz flux density
16 A1 --- f_Flux [*d] Flag on Flux (1)
18- 21 F4.1 mas Rad Radial distance from map center
23- 26 I4 deg Phi ? Position angle from center (2)
28- 30 F3.1 mas MajAxis ? The FWHM of major axis
32- 34 F3.1 mas MinAxis The FWHM of minor axis
36- 38 I3 deg PA [-175/179]? Position angle of the major axis (3)
40 A1 --- l_BTemp Limit flag on BTemp
42- 45 F4.2 10+12K BTemp ? Brightness temperature
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Note (1): The flag on Flux describes overlapping components and is
denoted by * or d. "Overlapping" means that a component's position
(in the case of a δ-function) or FWHM is located within or
overlaps the FWHM of another component (see text).
Note (2): Measured counterclockwise from an imaginary vertical line from
the map center towards the north.
Note (3): Measured from the north towards the east.
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History:
From electronic version of the journal
References:
Hirabayashi et al., Paper I 2000PASJ...52..997H 2000PASJ...52..997H, Cat. J/PASJ/52/997
Lovell et al., Paper II 2004ApJS..155...27L 2004ApJS..155...27L
Horiuchi et al., Paper IV 2004ApJ...616..110H 2004ApJ...616..110H, Cat. J/ApJ/616/110
(End) Greg Schwarz [AAS], Marianne Brouty [CDS] 06-May-2005