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A MERLIN and VLBI Survey of Faint Compact Radio Sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

M. A. Garrett  and
S. T. Garrington
M. A. Garrett
Affiliation:
JIVE, Postbus 2, 7990 AA, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
S. T. Garrington
Affiliation:
U. of Manchester, NRAL, Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 9DL, U.K.

Abstract

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We have selected a field from the VLA FIRST Survey which is typical in all aspects except one: it contains a bright, but extremely compact VLBI calibrator - J1159+291. 127 unresolved FIRST sources with SFIRST ≥ 10 mJy lie within 2.5° of this calibrator. λ6 cm MERLIN observations with a resolution ~ 60 mas detect around half the sources. These detections form the basis of a sample of faint but compact radio sources which are ideally suited to follow-up VLBI observations.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 164: Radio Emission from Galactic and Extragalactic Compact Sources , 1998 , pp. 145 - 146
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1998

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