Deep VLA survey of a galactic field - a search for stellar radio emission

Journal Article · Tue Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985 · Astron. J.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/113911· OSTI ID:5525467

Taylor, A R; Seaquist, E R

A deep survey at 20 cm of an area of 50 arcmin x 50 arcmin in the galactic plane has been carried out.A total of 110 radio sources were detected above a minimum map flux density of 150 micro-Jy. Comparison of the source count in the field to those at high latitude indicates that the discrete source population in the plane at flux densities greater than a few tenths of a mJy is primarily extragalactic. Twenty-two of the field sources have optical counterparts to within position errors on either the O or E Palomar Sky Survey plates. Ten of these, having B less than 18 mag, cannot be satisfactorily accounted for as either extragalactic objects or change coincidences. A good fraction are thus likely to be stellar sources. 20 references.

• Research Organization: Toronto Univ., Canada
• OSTI ID: 5525467
• Journal Information: Astron. J.; (United States), Journal Name: Astron. J.; (United States) Vol. 90; ISSN ANJOA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BINARY STARS
COSMIC RADIO SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS
FLUX DENSITY
RADIATION SOURCES
STARS
SYMBIOTIC STARS
T TAURI STARS
VARIABLE STARS
X-RAY EQUIPMENT
X-RAY SOURCES