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This paper presents the third extension to the Very Large Baseline Array (VLBA) Calibrator Survey, containing 360 new sources not previously observed with very long baseline interferometry (VLBI). The survey, based on three 24 hour VLBA…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-18 L. Petrov , Y. Y. Kovalev , E. Fomalont , D. Gordon

This paper presents the fifth part of the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) Calibrator Survey (VCS), containing 569 sources not observed previously with very long baseline interferometry in geodetic or absolute astrometry programs. This…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Y. Y. Kovalev , L. Petrov , E. B. Fomalont , D. Gordon

This paper presents the fourth extension to the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) Calibrator Survey, containing 258 new sources not previously observed with very long baseline interferometry (VLBI). This survey, based on three 24 hour VLBA…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 L. Petrov , Y. Y. Kovalev , E. Fomalont , D. Gordon

We present the results of a survey of radio continuum sources near the Galactic plane using the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA). Our observations are designed to identify compact extragalactic sources of milliarcsecond size that can be used…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 K. Immer , A. Brunthaler , M. J. Reid , A. Bartkiewicz , Y. K. Choi , K. M. Menten , L. Moscadelli , A. Sanna , Y. W. Wu , Y. Xu , B. Zhang , X. W. Zheng

A catalog containing milliarcsecond--accurate positions of 1332 extragalactic radio sources distributed over the northern sky is presented - the Very Long Baseline Array Calibrator Survey (VCS1). The positions have been derived from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-06 A. J. Beasley , D. Gordon , A. B. Peck , L. Petrov , D. S. MacMillan , E. B. Fomalont , C. Ma

This paper presents accurate absolute positions from a 24 GHz Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) search for compact extragalactic sources in an area where the density of known calibrators with precise coordinates is low. The goals were to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 L. Petrov , Y. Y. Kovalev , E. B. Fomalont , D. Gordon

The paper presents the results of the largest to date VLBI absolute astrometry campaign of observations of 13,645 radio sources with the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA). Of them, 7220 have been detected, including 6755 target sources that…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-16 Leonid Petrov

We present in this paper accurate positions of 857 sources derived from the astrometric analysis of 16 eleven-hour experiments from the Very Long Baseline Array imaging and polarimetry survey at 5 GHz (VIPS). Among observed sources,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-22 Leonid Petrov , Gregory Taylor

We present a catalogue of positions and correlated flux densities of 410 flat-spectrum, compact extragalactic radio sources, previously detected in the AT20G survey. The catalogue spans the declination range -90deg, -40deg and was…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-24 Leonid Petrov , Chris Phillips , Alessandra Bertarini , Tara Murphy , Elaine M. Sadler

Positions and maps of 1608 new compact sources were obtained in twelve sessions observed during 1994--2002 at the VLBA network at 8.4/2.3 GHz. These sources are recommended for use as calibrators for phase reference imaging and as geodetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Leonid Petrov , David Grodon , Anthony Beasley , Ed Fomalont

The NRAO Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) was used at 1.4 GHz to image 20 compact sources in the inner 1-degree radius of the Spitzer VLA First-Look Survey. Twelve sources were detected with the VLBA, with peak flux densities above 2 mJy at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. M. Wrobel , M. A. Garrett , J. J. Condon , R. Morganti

We present the second catalogue of accurate positions and correlated flux densities for 1100 compact extragalactic radio sources that were not observed before 2008 at high angular resolution. The catalogue spans the declination range -90…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-15 Leonid Petrov , Alet de Witt , Elaine M. Sadler , Chris Phillips , Shinji Horiuchi

We present preliminary results from a VLBI survey at $\lambda=6 $cm of a sample of 35 sources with flux densities of 2 - 100 mJy. These sources were selected from the VLA FIRST survey at $\lambda = 20 $cm, in a 3 degree field around the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 S. T. Garrington , M. A. Garrett , A. Polatidis

Aims. We have analysed VLBA 92cm archive data of 44 extragalactic sources in order to identify early targets and potential calibrator sources for the LOFAR radio telescope and the RadioAstron space VLBI mission. Some of these sources will…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 H. Rampadarath , M. A. Garrett , A. Polatidis

We report on the first wide-field, very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) survey at 90 cm. The survey area consists of two overlapping 28 deg^2 fields centred on the quasar J0226+3421 and the gravitational lens B0218+357. A total of 618…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Emil Lenc , Mike A. Garrett , Olaf Wucknitz , James M. Anderson , Steven J. Tingay

This paper presents the catalog of correlated flux densities in three ranges of baseline projection lengths of 637 sources from a 43 GHz (Q-band) survey observed with the Korean VLBI Network. Of them, 623 sources have not been observed…

Wide-field surveys are a commonly-used method for studying thousands of objects simultaneously, to investigate, e.g., the joint evolution of star-forming galaxies and active galactic nuclei. VLBI observations can yield valuable input to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Enno Middelberg , Adam Deller , John Morgan , Helge Rottmann , Walter Alef , Steven Tingay , Ray Norris , Uwe Bach , Walter Brisken , Emil Lenc

Context. Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) data are extremely sensitive to the phase stability of the VLBI array. This is especially important when we reach {\mu}Jy r.m.s. sensitivities. Calibration using standard phase referencing…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-24 Jack F. Radcliffe , Michael A. Garrett , Rob J. Beswick , Tom W. B. Muxlow , Peter Barthel , Adam T. Deller , Enno Middelberg

We present the first results of the VLBA Imaging and Polarimetry Survey (VIPS), a 5 GHz VLBI survey of 1,127 sources with flat radio spectra. Through automated data reduction and imaging routines, we have produced publicly available I, Q,…

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