J/ApJS/230/13ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/230/13doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.22300013CDSShu F.Petrov L.Jiang W.Xia B.Jiang T.Cui Y.Takefuji K.,McCallum J.Lovell J.Yi S.-O.Hao L.Yang W.Zhang H.Chen Z.Li J.2021-07-09T08:51:12Z2017-08-16T13:27:30ZCDS support team

CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France

cds-question@unistra.frinterferometryradio-sourcessurveysvery-long-baseline-interferometryastrometryWe present here the results of the first part of the VLBI Ecliptic Plane Survey (VEPS) program. The goal of the program is to find all compact sources within 7.5{deg} of the ecliptic plane that are suitable as calibrators for anticipated phase referencing observations of spacecraft, and determine their positions with accuracy at the 1.5 nrad level. We run the program in two modes: search and refine. In the search mode, a complete sample of all sources brighter than 50mJy at 5GHz listed in the Parkes-MIT-NRAO and Green Bank 6cm (GB6) catalogs, except those previously detected with VLBI, is observed. In the refining mode, the positions of all ecliptic plane sources, including those found in the search mode, are improved. By 2016 October, thirteen 24hr sessions that targeted all sources brighter than 100mJy have been observed and analyzed. Among 3320 observed target sources, 555 objects have been detected. We also conducted a number of follow-up VLBI experiments in the refining mode and improved the positions of 249 ecliptic plane sources.2017ApJS..230...13Shttps://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJS/230/13CatalogResearchIsServedByTAP VizieR generic serviceIsServedByConesearch servicerelated-toVIII/38 : The Parkes-MIT-NRAO 4.85GHz (PMN) Surveys (Griffith+ 1993-1996)VIII/40 : GB6 catalog of radio sources (Gregory+ 1996)VIII/65 : 1.4GHz NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) (Condon+ 1998)J/other/BSAO/46.28 : Complete sample of PMN survey spectra (Mingaliev+, 1998)J/ApJS/141/13 : VLBA calibrator survey: VCS1 catalog (Beasley+, 2002)J/AJ/126/2562 : Second VLBA calibrator survey: VCS2 (Fomalont+, 2003)J/AJ/129/1163 : Third VLBA calibrator survey: VCS3 (Petrov+, 2005)J/AJ/131/1872 : Fourth VLBA calibrator survey: VCS4 (Petrov+, 2006)J/AJ/133/1236 : Fifth VLBA calibrator survey: VCS5 (Kovalev+, 2007)J/AJ/136/580 : Sixth VLBA calibrator survey: VCS6 (Petrov+, 2008)J/ApJS/194/25 : The VLBA calibrator search for the BeSSeL survey (Immer+, 2011)J/AJ/142/105 : Optically Bright Extragalactic Radio Sources (Petrov+, 2011)J/AJ/142/35 : The VLBA Galactic Plane Survey (VGaPS) (Petrov+, 2011)J/MNRAS/414/2528 : LBA Calibrator Survey (LCS1) (Petrov+, 2011)J/AJ/142/89 : Precise astrometry with VLBA (VIPS) (Petrov+, 2011)J/MNRAS/419/1097 : The EVN Galactic Plane Survey - EGaPS (Petrov, 2012)J/MNRAS/422/1527 : Australia Telescope PMN follow-up survey (McConnell+, 2012)J/AJ/144/150 : QCAL-1 43 GHz Calibrator Survey (Petrov+, 2012)J/AJ/146/5 : Optically Bright extragalactic Radio Sources II (Petrov, 2013)J/ApJS/217/4 : 2FGL sources observed between 5-9GHz (Schinzel+, 2015)J/AJ/151/154 : Second epoch VLBA Calibrator Survey (VCS-II) (Gordon+, 2016)J/AJ/151/79 : Radio fluxes of ICRF2-Gaia transfer sources (Le Bail+, 2016)https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.htmlhttps://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/230/13https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/230/13http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/230/13https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJS/230/13https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJS/230/13http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJS/230/13GETtext/xml+votablehttps://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tapCone search capability for table J/ApJS/230/13/table2 (The 555 target sources detected in the search mode of the survey)https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/230/13/table2?https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/230/13/table2?http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/230/13/table2?GETtext/xml+votable180.050000true0.35661207917-6.940258933330.005555555555555556Cone search capability for table J/ApJS/230/13/table3 (The 249 sources observed in the refining mode of the survey)https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/230/13/table3?https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/230/13/table3?http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/230/13/table3?GETtext/xml+votable180.050000true0.325103775-7.774145150.0055555555555555566/121 139 190 195 245 254 268 300 317 325 326 335 339 340 347 351 364 370 414 438 445 447 470 480 482 483 499 504 513 523 549 572 577 579 580 590 607 608 610 615 625 630 632 634 637 649 664 704 774 787 792 1028 1035 1039 1051 1065 1069 1070 1087 1091 1092 1093 1094 1100 1102 1103 1105 1108 1112 1114 1121 1157 1158 1162 1163 1168 1170 4199 4245 4328 4410 4452 4511 4521 4523 4526 4531 4533 4693 4698 4711 4735 4746 4768 4773 4777 4779 4796 4800 4830 4848 4888 4904 6183 6192 6195 6196 6198 6200 6201 6202 6204 6217 6282 6284 6289 6304 17131 17148 17306 17308 17317 17341 17346 17347 17350 17352 17353 17355 17356 17357 17366 17368 17392 17393 17399 17911 17918 17964 17967 17971 17976 17977 17979 17999 18009 18017 18026 18035 18036 18039 18043 18050 18062 18064 18066 18084 18090 18095 18114 18132 18138 18141 18158 18166 18173 18184 18192 18242 18248 18255 18257 18261 18274 18281 18291 18306 18313 18326 18336 18343 18365 18366 18367 18385 18393 18394 18402 18404 18443 18474 18478 18479 18484 18485 18514 18517 18521 18525 18530 18571 18575 18578 18579 18584 18587 18631 18659 18681 18684 18693 18697 18698 18718 18724 18729 18733 18743 18764 18767 18786 18787 18792 18808 18812 18819 18851 18853 18893 19476 19486 19498 19531 19534 19537 19538 19543 19553 19731 22397 22490 22491 23529 23532 23542 23547 23548 23550 23883 23898 23905 23910 23929 23960 23975 23984 23990 24018 24022 24027 24033 24052 24055 24062 24114 24133 24134 24140 24142 24154 24181 24189 24199 24202 24215 24218 24219 24222 24227 24230 24242 24252 24269 24275 24278 24287 24302 24303 24307 24314 24315 24344 24345 24354 24364 24376 24377 24378 24387 24388 24389 24396 24402 24405 24424 24426 24427 24448 24452 24455 24458 24464 24465 24466 24472 24476 24481 24488 25047 25052 25076 25077 25435 25453 25458 25460 25535 25563 25577 25581 25582 25596 25604 25606 25609 25611 25616 25632 25635 25638 25640 25647 25681 25682 25690 25717 25724 25726 25734 25741 25757 25760 25762 25764 25786 25794 25800 25808 25822 25824 25834 25841 25861 25862 25863 25865 26121 26141 26148 26149 26186 26208 26212 26216 26220 26224 26248 26273 26283 26344 26902 26903 26934 26948 26971 26993 27002 27007 27059 27104 27105 27113 27117 27134 27405 27413 27417 27425 27432 27448 27454 27455 27476 27487 27504 27564 27567 27580 27581 27611 27626 27654 27657 27665 27669 27700 27714 27783 27792 27794 27818 27832 28165 28171 28793 28836 28843 28858 28870 28880 28885 28887 28920 28926 28946 28953 28972 28991 29008 29011 29018 29024 29045 29048 29051 29079 29086 29110 29125 29132 29137 29152 29195 29211 29222 29228 29261 29263 29270 29271 29293 29308 29309 29341 29361 29370 29376 29383 29385 29442 29700 29707 30745 42863 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refining modemeta.ref.urlintnullablerecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintFf[BIV ] Follow-up flag (G1)meta.code;obscharRAJ2000Hour of Right Ascension (J2000)pos.eq.ra;meta.mainDEJ2000Degree of Declination (J2000)pos.eq.dec;meta.maine_RAJ2000[0.6/39] Uncertainty in RAs; without cos(delta) factormasstat.error;pos.eq.rafloate_DEJ2000[0.3/130] Uncertainty in DEsmasstat.error;pos.eq.decfloatCorrCorrelation between RA and DEC estimatesstat.correlationfloatNobs[2/20] Number of observations used in the solutionmeta.numberintFlux[0.01/0.4] Median flux density at 8.5GHzJyphot.flux.density;em.radio.6-12GHzfloatPMNDisplay data from the Parkes-MIT-NRAO 4.85GHz (PMN) (Griffith+, 1993-1996, VIII/38) within 40"meta.ref.urlintnullableGB6Display data from the GB6 (Gregory+, 1996, VIII/40) within 40"meta.ref.urlintnullableSimbadSimbad column added by the CDSmeta.ref.urlcharJ/ApJS/230/13/table3The 249 sources observed in the refining mode of the surveyrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintFf[BIV] Follow-up flag (G1)meta.code;obscharBNameB1950 source namemeta.idcharJNameJ2000 source namemeta.id;meta.maincharS1: source also observed in the search modemeta.ref.urlintnullableRAJ2000Hour of Right Ascension (J2000)pos.eq.ra;meta.mainDEJ2000Degree of Declination (J2000)pos.eq.dec;meta.maine_RAJ2000[0.1/15] Uncertainty in RAs; without cos(delta) factormasstat.error;pos.eq.rafloate_DEJ2000[0.1/48] Uncertainty in DEsmasstat.error;pos.eq.decfloatCorrCorrelation between RA and DEC estimatesstat.correlationfloatNobs[3/1166] Number of observations used in the solutionmeta.numberintTFlX[0.01/2.7] Total flux density at 8GHz (1)Jyphot.flux.density;em.radio.6-12GHzfloatUFlX[0.009/1.3] Unresolved flux density at 8GHz (2)Jyphot.flux.density;em.radio.6-12GHzfloatTFlS[0.02/2.8]? Total flux density at 4.4GHz (1)Jyphot.flux.density;em.radio.3-6GHzfloatnullableUFlS[0.01/1.1]? Unresolved flux density at 4.4GHz (2)Jyphot.flux.density;em.radio.3-6GHzfloatnullableTFlC[0.02/2.1]? Total flux density at 2.3GHz (1)Jyphot.flux.density;em.radio.1500-3000MHzfloatnullablel_UFlCLimit flag on UFlCmeta.code.errorcharUFlC[0.02/1.3]? Unresolved flux density at 2.3GHz (2)Jyphot.flux.density;em.radio.1500-3000MHzfloatnullablePMNDisplay data from the Parkes-MIT-NRAO 4.85GHz (PMN) (Griffith+, 1993-1996, VIII/38) within 40"meta.ref.urlintnullableGB6Display data from the GB6 (Gregory+, 1996, VIII/40) within 40"meta.ref.urlintnullableSimbadSimbad column added by the CDSmeta.ref.urlchar