Stability of VLBI reference frame Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Gontier A.-M.
  2. Le Bail K.
  3. Feissel M.
  4. Eubanks T.M.
  5. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

The file table 2 gives the results of various tests and noise measurements performed on time serie of extragalactic radio source coordinates. Systematic and random behaviours in time serie of individual determinations of cooordinates for 283 sources over 1987-1999 are investigated. The random variability of the source coordinates is characterized by the {chi}^2^ test (Bevington, 1969, p.187) and the "goodness of fit (gof)" (Bevington, 1969, p.188). The Allan variance method (Allan, 1966, Proc. IEEE, vol. 54, 221) is used to investigate spectral characteristics of the time series. The source structure index (Fey & Charlot, 1997ApJS..111...95F, 2000, Cat. <J/ApJS/128/17>) qualifies the level of position disturbance expected at the date of the map (1 for the less disturbed, 4 for the most disturbed). The estimation of "linear rates" in the coordinates is a qualifier of the systematic parts of the source instability. This table contains the 283 best observed sources and is divided in three parts, with the left hand side giving general information and counts, the middle part giving statistics in the source local frame, and the right hand side giving statistics in the equatorial frame.

Keywords
  1. quasars
  2. very-long-baseline-interferometry
  3. astrometry
  4. astronomical-reference-materials
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2001A&A...375..661G
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/375/661
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/375/661
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.33750661

Access

Web browser access HTML
http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/375/661
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/375/661
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/375/661
IVOA Table Access TAP
http://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tap
Run SQL-like queries with TAP-enabled clients (e.g., TOPCAT).
IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/375/661/table2?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/375/661/table2?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/375/661/table2?

History

2001-09-16T13:02:59Z
Resource record created
2001-09-16T13:02:59Z
Created
2018-01-10T11:47:45Z
Updated

Contact

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