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RADIO - Master Radio Catalog

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Overview

The RADIO database table is a periodically revised master catalog that contains selected parameters from a number of the HEASARC database tables that have information on radio source flux densities. The contents of this RADIO master catalog are listed in alphabetical order in the References section of this document. Each entry in RADIO has a parameter called `database_table` which indicates the originating database table from which the entry was copied. Users should check out the original database table if they want to examine all of the parameters that are available in that particular database table for the particular source(s) in which they are interested.

Two of the component database tables of RADIO, DIXON and KUEHR, are compilations of radio observations, and individual sources can have multiple entries, representing either observations at different frequencies or multiple observations at the same frequency. In the latter case, notice, the flux density quoted in the RADIO database is an average of the individual flux densities at that particular frequency in the originating database. To see all of the individual entries for a source in RADIO from either of these two component databases, the corresponding entries in the DIXON and KUEHR database tables should be examined.

References

The catalogs comprising the RADIO Master Catalog are as follows: 
  * ACTEGSRCAT - Atacama Cosmology Telescope 2008 Survey 148-GHz Extragalactic
                 Source Catalog (Marriage et al. 2011)
  * AMI10C15GZ - 10C Survey at 15.7 GHz Radio Source Catalog
                 (AMI Consortium 2011)
  * AT20G      - Australia Telescope 20-GHz (AT20G) Survey Catalog
                 (Murphy T. et al. 2010)
  * AT20GBSS   - Australia Telescope 20-GHz Survey Bright Source Sample
                 (Massardi M. et al. 2008)
  * ATATS      - Allen Telescope Array Twenty-cm Survey (ATATS) Source Catalog
                 (Croft S. et al. 2010)
  * ATNFPULSAR - ATNF Pulsar Catalog (R.N. Manchester et al., at
                 http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/pulsar/catalogue/)
  * BOOF153MHZ - Bootes Field GMRT 153-MHz Source Catalog
                 (Intema H.T. et al. 2011)
  * BOOTESDF   - Bootes Deep Field WSRT 1.4 GHz Source Catalog
                 (De Vries W.H. et al. 2002)
  * CGRABS     - Candidate Gamma-Ray Blazar Survey Source Catalog
                 (Healey S.E. et al. 2008)
  * CRATES     - Combined Radio All-Sky Targeted Eight-GHz Survey
                 Flat-Spectrum Radio Source Catalog
                 (Healey S.E. et al. 2007)
  * CRATESOCRAP- OCRA-p Survey of a Subset of CRATES Sources
                 (Peal M.W. et al. 2011)
  * DIXON      - Dixon Master List of Radio Sources (Version 43, Dixon R.S.)

  * FIRST      - The FIRST Survey Catalog of 1.4-GHz Radio Sources
                 (White R.L. et al. 1997; July 5 2000 Version)
  * GB6        - The Green Bank 6-cm (GB6) Catalog of Radio Sources
                 (Gregory P.C., Scott W.K., Douglas K., Condon J.J. 1996)
  * GCPS       - Galactic Center P-Band (330 MHz) Survey (Nord M.E. et al. 2004)

  * GP7C151MHZ - 7C(G) 151-MHz Northern Galactic Plane Survey Catalog
                 (Vessey S.J., Green D.A. 1998)
  * GPA        - The First Galactic Plane Survey at 8.35 and 14.35 GHz
                 (Langston G. et al. 2000)
  * KUEHR      - Extragalactic Radio Sources at 5 GHz (Kuehr H. et al. 1981)

  * LD7C151MHZ - 7C 151-MHz Low-Declination Survey Catalog
                 (Waldram E.M. et al. 1996)
  * MAGPIS     - The Multi-Array Galactic Plane Imaging Survey (Helfand D.J.,
                 Becker R.H., White R.L., Fallon A., Tuttle S. 2006)
  * MITGB6CM   - The MIT-Green Bank 5 GHz Survey Catalog
                 (Griffith M., Langston G., Heflin M., Conner S., Burke B. 1991)
  * MGPS2      - Molonglo Galactic Plane Survey 2nd Epoch Compact Source Catalog
                 (Murphy et al. 2007)
  * MOSTSNRCAT - The Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope Supernova Remnant
                 Catalog (Whiteoak J.B.Z., Green A.J. 1996)
  * MRC        - Molonglo Reference Catalog of 408-MHz Radio Sources
                 (Large M.I. et al. 1991)
  * NORTH6CM   - The 6-cm Northern Sky Survey Catalog (Becker R.H. et al. 1991)

  * NORTH20CM  - The 20-cm Northern Sky Catalog
                 (White R.L., Becker R.H. 1992)
  * NVSS       - The NRAO VLA Sky Survey (Condon J.J. et al. at
                 http://www.cv.nrao.edu/nvss/)
  * PIGSSBOOFD - Allen Telescope Array Pi GHz Sky Survey (PiGSS) Boo Field
                 Source Catalog (Bower, G.C. et al. 2010)
  * PKSCAT90   - Parkes Catalog 1990: The Southern Radio Source Database
                 (Wright A.E., Otrupcek R. 1990)
  * PLANCKE030 - Planck Early Release 30-GHz Compact Source Catalog
                 (Planck Collaboration 2011)
  * PLANCKE044 - Planck Early Release 44-GHz Compact Source Catalog
                 (Planck Collaboration 2011)
  * PLANCKE070 - Planck Early Release 70-GHz Compact Source Catalog
                 (Planck Collaboration 2011)
  * PLANCKE100 - Planck Early Release 100-GHz Compact Source Catalog
                 (Planck Collaboration 2011)
  * PLANCKE143 - Planck Early Release 143-GHz Compact Source Catalog
                 (Planck Collaboration 2011)
  * PLANCKE217 - Planck Early Release 217-GHz Compact Source Catalog
                 (Planck Collaboration 2011)
  * PLANCKE353 - Planck Early Release 353-GHz Compact Source Catalog
                 (Planck Collaboration 2011)
  * PLANCKE545 - Planck Early Release 545-GHz Compact Source Catalog
                 (Planck Collaboration 2011)
  * PLANCKE857 - Planck Early Release 857-GHz Compact Source Catalog
                 (Planck Collaboration 2011)
  * PMN        - Parkes-MIT-NRAO (PMN) Southern, Tropical, Equatorial and Zenith
                 Surveys (Wright A.E. et al. 1996)
  * PMPULSAR   - The Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey
                 (Manchester R.N., Morris D.J., Kramer M. et al. 2001-2003)
  * ROXA       - ROXA (Radio-Optical-X-ray at ASDC) Blazars Catalog
                 (Turriziani S. et al. 2007)
  * RRS8C38MHZ - 8C Revised Rees Survey 38-MHz Source Catalog
                 (Hales S.E.G. et al. 1995; Rees N. 1990)
  * RT9CC15GHZ - 9C Continued 15-GHz Ryle Telescope Survey of VSA Fields Source
                 Catalog (Waldram et al. 2010)
  * RTV9C15GHZ - 9C 15-GHz Ryle Telescope Survey of VSA Fields Source Catalog
                 (Waldram et al. 2003)
  * SMCRADIO   - Small Magellanic Cloud ATCA Radio Continuum Sources Catalog
                 (Payne J.A. et al. 2004)
  * SNRGREEN   - Catalog of Galactic Supernova Remnants
                 (Green D.A. 2000; August 2000 Version)
  * SUMSS      - Sydney University Molonglo Sky Survey Source Catalog
                 (Mauch T. et al. 2003)
  * TEXAS      - The Texas Survey of Radio Sources at 365 MHz
                 (Douglas J.N. et al. 1996)
  * UC7C151MHZ - 7C Catalog 151-MHz Survey Final Unified Source Catalog
                 (Hales S.E.G. et al. 2007)
  * VLA74MHZDP - VLA 74-MHz Deep High-Resolution Survey Source Catalog
                 (Cohen A.S. et al. 2004)
  * VLACDFSCAT - VLA Survey of Chandra Deep Field South
                 (Kellermann K.I. et al. 2008)
  * VLACOMACAT - VLA Coma Cluster of Galaxies 1.4-GHz Source Catalog
                 (Miller N.A. et al. 2009)
  * VLACOSMJSC - VLA-COSMOS Project 1.4-GHz Joint Source Catalog
                 (Schinnerer E. et al. 2010)
  * VLACOSMOS  - VLA-COSMOS Large Project 1.4-GHz Source Catalog
                 (Schinnerer E. et al. 2007)
  * VLANEP     - VLA 1.5-GHz North Eciptic Pole Survey
                 (Kollgaard R.I. et al. 1994)
  * VLASDF20CM - VLA SWIRE Deep Field 20-cm Source Catalog
                 (Owen F.N., Morrison G.E. 2008)
  * VLASDF90CM - VLA SWIRE Deep Field 90-cm Source Catalog
                 (Owen F.N. et al. 2009)
  * VLSS       - VLA Low-Frequency Sky Survey Discrete Source Catalog
                 (Perley R.A. et al. 2006)
  * WBHGP20CM  - New Catalog of Compact 20cm Sources in the Galactic Plane
                 (White R.L., Becker R.H., Helfand D.J. 2005)
  * WBHGP6CM   - New Catalog of Compact 6cm Sources in the Galactic Plane
                 (White R.L., Becker R.H., Helfand D.J. 2005)
  * WENSS      - The Westerbork Northern Sky Survey at 325 MHz
                 (Rengelink R.B. et al. 1997)
  * WISH       - The Westerbork in the Southern Hemisphere (WISH) Survey
                 (De Breuck C. et al. 2002)
  * WMAPCMBFPS - WMAP 7-Year CMB-Free QVW Point Source Catalog
                 (Gold B. et al. 2010)
  * WMAPPTSRC  - WMAP 7-Year 5-Band Point Source Catalog
                 (Gold B. et al. 2010)
  * WSRT20ANEP - AKARI NEP WSRT 20-cm Source Catalog
                 (White G.J. et al. 2010)

Provenance

This database table is periodically updated by the HEASARC whenever one of the component database tables is modified or a new component database table is added.

Parameters

Name
The source designation in the originating database.

Database_Table
The originating database table.

RA
The Right Ascension of the radio source.

Dec
The Declination of the radio source.

LII
The Galactic Longitude of the radio source.

BII
The Galactic Latitude of the radio source.

Flux_20_cm
The radio flux density at 20 cm (defined as lying in the frequency range from 1390 to 1670 MHz) in mJy, or, in a few cases, mJy/beam. For single-dish surveys such as NORTH20CM and PKSCAT90, the quoted values are essentially in mJy. For most surveys carried out with interferometric telescopes such as the VLA, e.g., FIRST, WBHGP20CM, WBHGP6CM, NVSS, VLACOMCAT, VLANEP, and WSRT20ANEP, we have selected the integrated flux density of the source (in mJy) rather than the peak flux density (in mJy/beam). The data entries and documentation for the original database tables should be examined for more detailed information.

Flux_20_cm_Error
The estimated error in the radio flux density at 20 cm, in mJy, or, in a few cases, mJy/beam. For entries from the FIRST Catalog, this is the local rms noise estimate at the source position, and does not include any additional error for spatially extended sources.

Flux_6_cm
The radio flux density at 6 cm (defined as lying in the frequency range from 4500 to 5050 MHz) in mJy, or, in a few cases, mJy/beam. For single-dish surveys such as NORTH6CM, NORTH20CM and PKSCAT90, the quoted value is essentially in mJy. For entries from the WBHGP6CM and PMN Catalogs, we have selected the integrated flux density of the source (in mJy) rather than the peak flux density (in mJy/beam). The data entries and documentation for the original database tables should be examined for more detailed information.

Flux_6_cm_Error
The estimated error in the radio flux density at 6 cm, in mJy.

Flux_Other
The radio flux density at a wavelength other than 6 or 20 cm, in mJy, or mJy/beam. For some catalogs (e.g., WENSS, SUMSS, AMI10C15GZ), we have selected the integrated flux density of the source (in mJy) rather than the peak brightness or flux density (in mJy/beam). The original databases should be examined for the latter information. The particular wavelength to which the quoted flux density corresponds varies according to which particular component database the entry comes from: 

      Database    Selected Frequency  Corresponding Wavelength
                        in MHz                in cm

      ACTEGSRCAT       148000                   0.203
      AMI10C15GZ       157000                   1.91
      AT20G             20000                   1.5
      AT20GBSS          20000                   1.5
      ATNFPULSAR          400                  75.
      BOOF153MHZ          153                 196.
      CGRABS             8440                  ~3.6
      CRATES             8440                  ~3.6
      CRATESOCRAP       30000                   1.0
      DIXON          2600 - 2800           10.7 - 11.5
      GCPS                330                  91.
      GP7C151MHZ          151                 199.
      GPA                8350                   3.6
      KUEHR          2600 - 2800           10.7 - 11.5
      LD7C151MHZ          151                 199.
      MGPS2               843                  35.6
      MOSTSNRCAT          843                  35.6
      MRC                 408                  73.5
      NORTH20CM           365                  82.
      PIGSSBOOFD         3100                   9.7
      PKSCAT90           2700                  11.1
      PLANCKE030        30000                   1.0
      PLANCKE044        44000                   0.68
      PLANCKE070        70000                   0.43
      PLANCKE100       100000                   0.300
      PLANCKE143       143000                   0.210
      PLANCKE217       217000                   0.138
      PLANCKE353       353000                   0.0850
      PLANCKE545       545000                   0.0550
      PLANCKE857       857000                   0.0350
      RRS8C38MHZ           38                ~790.
      RT9CC15GHZ        15000                   2.
      RTV9C15GHZ        15000                   2.
      SMCRADIO           2370                  12.6
      SNRGREEN           1000                  30.0
      SUMSS               843                  36.
      TEXAS               365                  82.
      UC7C151MHZ          151                 199.
      VLA74MHZDP           74                 405.
      VLSS                 74                 405.
      WENSS               325                  92.
      WISH                352                  85.
      WMAPCMBFPS        40700                   0.7
      WMAPPTSRC         22500                   1.3
Note that, in a few cases in MOSTSNRCAT, some quoted values are lower limits to the actual integrated flux density. Refer to the original catalog for more information.

Flux_Other_Error
The estimated error in the radio flux density at the particular wavelength to which the flux_other parameter corresponds, in mJy, or, in a few cases, mJy/beam. For entries from the WENSS catalog, this is the local rms noise estimate at the source position, and does not include any additional error for spatially extended sources.

Contact Person

Questions regarding the RADIO database table can be addressed to the HEASARC User Hotline.

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Last Modified: 26-Jan-2012