Structures, spectral indexes, and optical identifications of radio sources selected from the B3 catalogue

Journal Article · Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989 · Astronomical Journal; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/115153· OSTI ID:5428658

Vigotti, M; Grueff, G; Perley, R; Clark, B G; Bridle, A H ^[1]

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1. CNR, Istituto di Radioastronomia, Bologna (Italy)

A homogeneous sample of 1103 radio sources which were selected from the Third Bologna Catalogue (Ficarra et al., 1985) at 408 MHz and which cover the flux-density range from 2.0-1.0 Jy has been mapped at 1465 MHz using the VLA at 15 arcsec resolution. Identifications are proposed for 354 of the sources. The results suggest that sizable intrinsic radio-optical displacements are possible for steep-spectrum unresolved sources, that the 408-1465 MHz spectra become steeper with decreasing flux density (to about 50 mJy), and that metric size and redshift are negatively correlated for radio galaxies. 85 refs.

• OSTI ID: 5428658
• Journal Information: Astronomical Journal; (USA), Vol. 98; ISSN 0004-6256
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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