The VSOP 5 GHz Active Galactic Nucleus Survey. II. Data Calibration and Imaging

Lovell, J.; Moellenbrock, G.; Horiuchi, S.; Fomalont, E.; Scott, W.; Hirabayashi, H.; Dodson, R.; Dougherty, S.; Edwards, P.; Frey, S.; Gurvits, L.; Lister, M.; Murphy, D.; Paragi, Z.; Piner, B.; Shen, Z.; Taylor, A.; Tingay, Steven; Asaki, Y.; Moffett, D.; Murata, Y.

doi:10.1086/424820

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Authors

Lovell, J.

Moellenbrock, G.

Horiuchi, S.

Fomalont, E.

Scott, W.

Hirabayashi, H.

Dodson, R.

Dougherty, S.

Edwards, P.

Frey, S.

Gurvits, L.

Lister, M.

Murphy, D.

Paragi, Z.

Piner, B.

Shen, Z.

Taylor, A.

Tingay, Steven

Asaki, Y.

Moffett, D.

Murata, Y.

Date

2004

Type

Journal Article

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Citation

Lovell, J and Moellenbrock, G and Horiuchi, S and Fomalont, E and Scott, W and Hirabayashi, H and Dodson, R et al. 2004. The VSOP 5 GHz Active Galactic Nucleus Survey. II. Data Calibration and Imaging. The Astrophysical Journal. 155 (1): pp. 27-31.

Source Title

The Astrophysical Journal

DOI

10.1086/424820

ISSN

0004637X

Faculty

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy

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URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10928

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

The VLBI Space Observatory Programme (VSOP) mission is a Japanese-led project to study radio sources with sub-milliarcsecond angular resolution using an orbiting 8 m telescope, HALCA, and global arrays of Earth-based telescopes. Approximately 25% of the observing time has been devoted to a survey of compact active galactic nuclei (AGNs) at 5 GHz that are stronger than 1 Jy-the VSOP AGN Survey. This paper, the second in a series, describes the data calibration, source detection, self-calibration, imaging, and modeling and gives examples illustrating the problems specific to space VLBI. The VSOP Survey Web site, which contains all results and calibrated data, is described.