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Phase calibrators for MERLIN

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

A.R. Patnaik ,
I.W.A. Browne ,
P.N. Wilkinson  and
J.M. Wrobel
A.R. Patnaik
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 9DL, UK
I.W.A. Browne
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 9DL, UK
P.N. Wilkinson
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 9DL, UK
J.M. Wrobel
Affiliation:
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, P.O. Box O, Socorro, New Mexico 87801, USA

Abstract

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The VLA was used to derive a catalogue of phase–reference sources for MERLIN. These sources can also be used for other interferometer arrays such as the VLBA. The positions of the sources in the catalogue are repeatable to about 5 milliarcsec rms.

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International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 131: Radio Interferometry: Theory, Techniques, and Applications , 1991 , pp. 257 - 259
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1991

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