A Radio--Optical Reference Frame VIII. CCD observations from KPNO and CTIO: internal calibration and first results

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1995-08-21

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9508096v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

AAS v.4 LaTeX, 2 parts on 1 file (main text + deluxetable), accepted by AJ, Dec.95, fig. with reprints

Scientific paper

10.1086/117750

In this pilot investigation, precise optical positions in the FK5 system are presented for a set of 16 compact extragalactic radio sources, which will be part of the future radio--optical reference frame. The 0.9 m KPNO and CTIO telescopes equipped with 2K CCD's have been used for this project. The astrometric properties of these instruments are investigated in detail. New techniques of using wide field CCD observations for astrometry in general are developed. An internal precision of 5 to 31 mas in position per single exposure is found, depending on the brightness of the object. The tie to the primary optical reference system is established by photographic astrometry using dedicated astrographs on both hemispheres. An accuracy of $\approx 30$ mas per source is estimated for the multi--step reduction procedure when based on the future Hipparcos catalog, while the FK5--based positions suffer from system errors of 100 to 200 mas as compared to the radio positions. This work provides a contribution to the international effort to link the Hipparcos instrumental coordinate system to the quasi--inertial VLBI radio reference frame. Precise radio and optical astrometry of a large sample of compact extragalactic sources will also contribute to the astrophysics of these objects by comparing the respective centers of emission at the optical and radio wavelengths.

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