QORG catalog of radio/X-ray sources (Flesch+, 2004)

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

Surveys, Qsos, Radio Sources, X-Ray Sources

Scientific paper

The QUASARS.ORG Catalogues align and overlay the year 2001/2 releases of the ROSAT HRI, RASS, PSPC and WGA X-ray catalogues, the NVSS (2002), FIRST (2003) and SUMSS (2003) radio catalogues, the Veron QSO catalogue (2003) and various galaxy/star reference catalogues onto the optical APM and USNO-A catalogues. These catalogues display calculated percentage probabilities for each optical radio/X-ray associated object of its likelihood of being a quasar, galaxy, star, or erroneous radio/X-ray association.
The main Master catalogue (master.dat) displays all 501,761 radio/X-ray associated optical objects and known quasars which are optically detected in APM/USNO-A. Up to six radio/X-ray catalog identifications are presented for each optical object, plus any double radio lobes (21,498 of these). These are superimposed (and laterally fitted) onto a 670,925,779-object optical background which combines APM and USNO-A data. The Free-Lunch catalogue is a concise easy-to-read variant of the Master catalogue showcasing just one X-ray and/or radio identification for each object. This catalogue is the original version which was publicized to show astronomers that there *is* a free lunch after all! There is also a subset catalogue of QSO candidates, and a subset catalogue of known QSOs/galaxies/stars.
Objects presented in this catalogue are those optical APM/USNO-A objects which are associated with X-ray/radio detections, or any optically-found catalogued QSO/AGN/Bl Lac objects, with confidence >40% of being a radio/X-ray emitting optical object. There are 501,761 objects included in all (including 48,285 catalogued quasars), representing the 99.4% coverage of the sky available from the APM and USNO-A.
Each object is shown as one line bearing the position in equatorial coordinates, red and blue optical magnitudes (recalibrated) and PSF class, calculated probabilities of the object being, separately, a quasar, galaxy, star, or erroneous radio/X-ray association, any radio identification from each of the NVSS, FIRST and SUMSS surveys, including candidate double-lobe detections, any X-ray identification from each of the ROSAT HRI, RASS, PSPC and WGA surveys, including fluxes and field shifts of those identifications, plus, if already catalogued, the object name and redshift where applicable.
The QORG catalogue and supporting data can be accessed from the catalogue home page at http://quasars.org/qorg-data.htm
Questions or comments may be directed to eric@flesch.org
(4 data files).

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

QORG catalog of radio/X-ray sources (Flesch+, 2004) does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with QORG catalog of radio/X-ray sources (Flesch+, 2004), we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and QORG catalog of radio/X-ray sources (Flesch+, 2004) will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-773724

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.