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Establishing a celestial VLBI reference frame. 1: Searching for VLBI sources

Authors :
Preston, R. A
Morabito, D. D
Williams, J. G
Slade, M. A
Harris, A. W
Finley, S. G
Skjerve, L. J
Tanida, L
Spitzmesser, D. J
Johnson, B
Source :
The Deep Space Network.
Publication Year :
1978
Publisher :
United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1978.

Abstract

The Deep Space Network is currently engaged in establishing a new high-accuracy VLBI celestial reference frame. The present status of the task of finding suitable celestial radio sources for constructing this reference frame is discussed. To date, 564 VLBI sources were detected, with 166 of these lying within 10 deg of the ecliptic plane. The variation of the sky distribution of these sources with source strength is examined.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
NASA Technical Reports
Journal :
The Deep Space Network
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsnas.19780024202
Document Type :
Report