Report by International Astronomical Union Commission 24 working group on radio/optical astrometric sources for the establishment of an inertial reference frame

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Astrometry, Esa Satellites, Inertial Reference Systems, Radio Astronomy, Criteria, Data Bases, Hubble Space Telescope, Interferometry, Reference Stars, Spaceborne Astronomy

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The use of radio interferometry, Hipparcos satellite, and Space Telescope data to construct an intertial reference frame for astrophysics and geophysics is discussed. Sources chosen have a starlike image with no structure, no companion within 2 arcsec, and no nebulosity to degrade optical measurement accuracy. No large scale structure exceeding 1 arcsec in the radio range above 1 GHz is accepted. An optically identified counterpart brighter than 18 mag is required to meet Space Telescope capabilities. The data base is overpopulated by a factor of 10. Extra data can be used to compare two catalogs, for example, even though the stars do not qualify as benchmarks.

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