RADIO - Master Radio Catalog

Overview

Two of the component database tables of RADIO, DIXON and KUEHR, are compilations of radio observations, and individual sources can have multiple entries, representing either observations at different frequencies or multiple observations at the same frequency. In the latter case, notice, the flux density quoted in the RADIO database is an average of the individual flux densities at that particular frequency in the originating database. To see all of the individual entries for a source in RADIO from either of these two component databases, the corresponding entries in the DIXON and KUEHR database tables should be examined.

References

  * AT20GBSS   - Australia Telescope 20-GHz Survey Bright Source Sample
                 (Massardi, M. et al. 2008)
  * ATNFPULSAR - ATNF Pulsar Catalog (R.N. Manchester et al., at
                 http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/pulsar/catalogue/)
  * BOOTESDF   - Bootes Deep Field WSRT 1.4 GHz Source Catalog
                 (De Vries, W.H. et al. 2002)
  * CGRABS     - Candidate Gamma-Ray Blazar Survey Source Catalog
                 (Healey, S.E. et al. 2008)
  * CRATES     - Combined Radio All-Sky Targeted Eight-GHz Survey
                 Flat-Spectrum Radio Source Catalog
                 (Healey, S.E. et al. 2007)
  * DIXON      - Dixon Master List of Radio Sources (Version 43, Dixon R.S.)

  * FIRST      - The FIRST Survey Catalog of 1.4-GHz Radio Sources
                 (White R.L. et al. 1997; July 5 2000 Version)
  * GB6        - The Green Bank 6-cm (GB6) Catalog of Radio Sources
                 (Gregory P.C., Scott W.K., Douglas K., Condon J.J. 1996)
  * GCPS       - Galactic Center P-Band (330 MHz) Survey (Nord M.E. et al. 2004)

  * GPA        - The First Galactic Plane Survey at 8.35 and 14.35 GHz
                 (Langston G. et al. 2000)
  * KUEHR      - Extragalactic Radio Sources at 5 GHz (Kuehr H. et al. 1981)

  * MAGPIS     - The Multi-Array Galactic Plane Imaging Survey (Helfand D.J.,
                 Becker R.H., White R.L., Fallon A., Tuttle S. 2006)
  * MITGB6CM   - The MIT-Green Bank 5 GHz Survey Catalog
                 (Griffith M., Langston G., Heflin M., Conner S., Burke B. 1991)
  * MGPS2      - Molonglo Galactic Plane Survey 2nd Epoch Compact Source Catalog
                 (Murphy et al. 2007)
  * MOSTSNRCAT - The Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope Supernova Remnant
                 Catalog (Whiteoak J.B.Z., Green A.J. 1996)
  * MRC        - Molonglo Reference Catalog of 408-MHz Radio Sources
                 (Large, M.I. et al. 1991)
  * NORTH6CM   - The 6-cm Northern Sky Survey Catalog (Becker, R.H. et al. 1991)

  * NORTH20CM  - The 20-cm Northern Sky Catalog
                 (White, R.L. and Becker, R.H. 1992)
  * NVSS       - The NRAO VLA Sky Survey (Condon, J.J. et al. at
                 http://www.cv.nrao.edu/nvss/)
  * PKSCAT90   - Parkes Catalog 1990: The Southern Radio Source Database
                 (Wright, A.E. and Otrupcek, R. 1990)
  * PMN        - Parkes-MIT-NRAO (PMN) Southern, Tropical, Equatorial and Zenith
                 Surveys (Wright, A.E. et al. 1996)
  * PMPULSAR   - The Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey
                 (Manchester R.N., Morris D.J., Kramer M. et al. 2001-2003)
  * ROXA       - ROXA (Radio-Optical-X-ray at ASDC) Blazars Catalog
                 (Turriziani S. et al. 2007)
  * SMCRADIO   - Small Magellanic Cloud ATCA Radio Continuum Sources Catalog
                 (Payne, J.A. et al. 2004)
  * SNRGREEN   - Catalog of Galactic Supernova Remnants
                 (Green, D.A. 2000; August 2000 Version)
  * SUMSS      - Sydney University Molonglo Sky Survey Source Catalog
                 (Mauch, T. et al. 2003)
  * TEXAS      - The Texas Survey of Radio Sources at 365 MHz
                 (Douglas J.N. et al. 1996)
  * VLACDFSCAT - VLA Survey of Chandra Deep Field South
                 (Kellermann K.I. et al. 2008)
  * VLACOSMOS  - VLA-COSMOS Large Project 1.4-GHz Source Catalog
                 (Schinnerer E. et al. 2007)
  * VLANEP     - VLA 1.5-GHz North Eciptic Pole Survey
                 (Kollgaard, R.I. et al. 1994)
  * VLSS       - VLA Low-Frequency Sky Survey Discrete Source Catalog
                 (Perley R.A. et al. 2006)
  * WBHGP20CM  - New Catalog of Compact 20cm Sources in the Galactic Plane
                 (White R.L., Becker R.H., Helfand D.J. 2005)
  * WBHGP6CM   - New Catalog of Compact 6cm Sources in the Galactic Plane
                 (White R.L., Becker R.H., Helfand D.J. 2005)
  * WENSS      - The Westerbork Northern Sky Survey at 325 MHz
                 (Rengelink, R.B. et al. 1997)
  * WMAPPTSRC  - WMAP 5-Year Point Source Catalog
                 (Wright, E.L. et al. 2009)

Provenance

Parameters

Name
The source designation in the originating database.

Database_Table
The originating database table.

RA
The Right Ascension of the radio source.

Dec
The Declination of the radio source.

LII
The Galactic Longitude of the radio source.

BII
The Galactic Latitude of the radio source.

Flux_20_cm
The radio flux density at 20 cm (defined as lying in the frequency range from 1390 to 1670 MHz) in mJy, or, in a few cases, mJy/beam. For single-dish surveys such as NORTH20CM and PKSCAT90, the quoted values are essentially in mJy. For most surveys carried out with interferometric telescopes such as the VLA, e.g., FIRST, WBHGP20CM, WBHGP6CM, NVSS and VLANEP, we have selected the integrated flux density of the source (in mJy) rather than the peak flux density (in mJy/beam). The data entries and documentation for the original database tables should be examined for more detailed information.

Flux_20_cm_Error
The estimated error in the radio flux density at 20 cm, in mJy, or, in a few cases, mJy/beam. For entries from the FIRST Catalog, this is the local rms noise estimate at the source position, and does not include any additional error for spatially extended sources.

Flux_6_cm
The radio flux density at 6 cm (defined as lying in the frequency range from 4500 to 5050 MHz) in mJy, or, in a few cases, mJy/beam. For single-dish surveys such as NORTH6CM, NORTH20CM and PKSCAT90, the quoted value is essentially in mJy. For entries from the WBHGP6CM and PMN Catalogs, we have selected the integrated flux density of the source (in mJy) rather than the peak flux density (in mJy/beam). The data entries and documentation for the original database tables should be examined for more detailed information.

Flux_6_cm_Error
The estimated error in the radio flux density at 6 cm, in mJy.

Flux_Other
The radio flux density at a wavelength other than 6 or 20 cm, in mJy, or mJy/beam. For entries from the WENSS and SUMSS Catalogs, we have selected the integrated flux density of the source (in mJy) rather than the peak brightness or flux density (in mJy/beam), notice. The original databases should be examined for the latter information. The particular wavelength to which the quoted flux density corresponds is a function of which particular component database the entry comes from:

      Database    Selected Frequency  Corresponding Wavelength
                        in MHz                in cm

      AT20GBSS          20000                   1.5
      ATNFPULSAR          400                  75.
      CGRABS             8440                  ~3.6
      CRATES             8440                  ~3.6
      DIXON          2600 - 2800           10.7 - 11.5
      GCPS                330                  91.
      GPA                8350                   3.6
      KUEHR          2600 - 2800           10.7 - 11.5
      MGPS2               843                  35.6
      MOSTSNRCAT          843                  35.6
      MRC                 408                  73.5
      NORTH20CM           365                  82.
      PKSCAT90           2700                  11.1
      SMCRADIO           2370                  12.6
      SNRGREEN           1000                  30.0
      SUMSS               843                  36.
      TEXAS               365                  82.
      VLSS                 74                 405.
      WENSS               325                  92.
      WMAPPTSRC         22500                   1.3
  

Flux_Other_Error
The estimated error in the radio flux density at the particular wavelength to which the flux_other parameter corresponds, in mJy, or, in a few cases, mJy/beam. For entries from the WENSS catalog, this is the local rms noise estimate at the source position, and does not include any additional error for spatially extended sources.

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