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This paper presents the Hubble diagram (K-z relation) for FIRST (Faint Images of the Radio Sky at 20 cm) radio sources identified in the Bootes and Cetus fields. The correlation between the K magnitude of the FIRST-NDWFS sample and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Khadija EL Bouchefry

Results of the application of pattern recognition techniques to the problem of identifying Giant Radio Sources (GRS) from the data in the NVSS catalog are presented and issues affecting the process are explored. Decision-tree pattern…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-06-08 D. D. Proctor

In this paper, the availability of multi-wavelength optical/infrared information of FIRST (Faint Images of the Radio Sky at 20 cm) radio sources counterparts over ~9.2 deg^{2} in Bootes field and ~2.4 deg^{2} in Cetus field is exploited to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Khadija EL Bouchefry

We present an optical spectroscopic and imaging study of the environments of a complete sample of moderate-redshift, bent-double radio sources. More than half of the forty radio galaxies in the sample are associated with Abell richness…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 E. L. Blanton , M. D. Gregg , D. J. Helfand , R. H. Becker , K. M. Leighly

We present new redshifts and positions for 635 galaxies in nine rich clusters containing Wide-Angle Tailed (WAT) radio galaxies. Combined with existing data, we now have a sample of 18 WAT-containing clusters with more than 10 redshifts.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Jason Pinkney , Jack O. Burns , Michael J. Ledlow , Percy L. Gomez , John M. Hill

Pattern recognition techniques have been used with increasing success for coping with the tremendous amounts of data being generated by automated surveys. Usually this process involves construction of training sets, the typical examples of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 D. D. Proctor

A comprehensive search for variable and transient radio sources has been conducted using ~55,000 snapshot images of the FIRST survey. We present an analysis leading to the discovery of 1,627 variable and transient objects down to mJy levels…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Nithyanandan Thyagarajan , David J. Helfand , Richard L. White , Robert H. Becker

The continuum emission from radio galaxies can be generally classified into different morphological classes such as FRI, FRII, Bent, or Compact. In this paper, we explore the task of radio galaxy classification based on morphology using…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-02 Ashwin Samudre , Lijo George , Mahak Bansal , Yogesh Wadadekar

We investigate the large-scale clustering of radio sources in the FIRST 1.4-GHz survey by analysing the distribution function (counts in cells). We select a reliable sample from the the FIRST catalogue, paying particular attention to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 M. Magliocchetti , S. J. Maddox , O. Lahav , J. V. Wall

Bent-tail radio galaxies (BTRGs) are characterized by bent radio lobes. This unique shape is mainly caused by the movement of the galaxy within a cluster, during which the radio jets are deflected by the intra-cluster medium. A combined…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-20 Baoqiang Lao , Heinz Andernach , Xiaolong Yang , Xiang Zhang , Rushuang Zhao , Zhen Zhao , Yun Yu , Xiaohui Sun , Sheng-Li Qin

We study the mutual alignment of radio sources within two surveys, FIRST and TGSS. This is done by producing two position angle catalogues containing the preferential directions of respectively $30\,059$ and $11\,674$ extended sources…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-12 O. Contigiani , F. de Gasperin , G. K. Miley , L. Rudnick , H. Andernach , J. K. Banfield , A. D. Kapińska , S. S. Shabala , O. I. Wong

We present here the results of a 325 MHz radio survey of M31, conducted with the A-configuration of the Very Large Array. The survey covered an area of 7.6 deg$^2$, and a total of 405 radio sources between $\la$6\arcsec and 170\arcsec in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Joseph D. Gelfand , T. Joseph W. Lazio , B. M. Gaensler

We present a catalog of 47 wide-angle tailed radio galaxies (WATs), the WATCAT; these galaxies were selected by combining observations from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory/Very Large Array Sky Survey (NVSS), the Faint Images of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-06-05 V. Missaglia , F. Massaro , A. Capetti , M. Paolillo , R. P. Kraft , R. D. Baldi , A. Paggi

Compiled radio spectra are presented for 208 extragalactic sources from the catalog created from the WMAP satellite all-sky survey data in a range of 23-94 GHz taken during the first year of its operation in orbit. 205 out of 208 WMAP…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sergei A. Trushkin

The FRI/FRII dichotomy is a much debated issue in the astrophysics of extragalactic radio sources. Study of the properties of HYbrid MOrphology Radio Sources (HYMORS) may bring crucial information and lead to a step forward in understanding…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Maciej Ceglowski , Marcin Gawronski , Magdalena Kunert-Bajraszewska

Hybrid morphology radio sources (HyMoRSs) are a rare subclass of radio galaxies that display a Fanaroff-Riley type I (FR I) morphology on one side of the central supermassive black hole (SMBH) and a type II (FR II) morphology on the other.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-04 Souvik Manik , Shobha Kumari , Netai Bhukta , Sabyasachi Pal , Sushanta K. Mondal

A new sample of very large angular size radio sources has been selected from the 1.4 GHz VLA surveys: FIRST and NVSS. This sample will be very useful for an observational constraint on the time evolution of double radio sources, especially…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 J. Machalski , M. Jamrozy , S. Zola

We present preliminary results from a statistical survey of compact structure in faint radio sources. Around 1000 sources from the VLA FIRST survey (flux densities larger than 1 mJy at 1.4 GHz) have been observed with the single-baseline…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. W. Porcas , W. Alef , T. Ghosh , C. J. Salter , S. T. Garrington

Hybrid morphology radio sources (HyMoRS) are a rare group of radio galaxies in which differing Fanaroff & Riley morphologies (FR I/II) are observed for each of the two lobes. While they potentially provide insights into the formation of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-11-11 Jeremy J. Harwood , Tessa Vernstrom , Andra Stroe

We present a catalog of 290 "winged" or X-shaped radio galaxies (XRGs) extracted from the latest (2014 December 17) data release of the "Very Large Array Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty centimeter." We have combined these radio…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-23 Xiaolong Yang , Ravi Joshi , Gopal-Krishna , Tao An , Luis C. Ho , Paul J. Wiita , Xiang Liu , Jun Yang , Ran Wang , Xuebing Wu , Xiaofeng Yang