The Tidbinbilla-U.K. Schmidt radio quasar identification programA program is under way at Tidbinbilla to measure accurate (up to 2 arcsec r.m.s) radio positions for compact sources in the Parkes 2.7 GHz survey south of declination -30 deg. Optical identifications are being made on the basis of radio-optical position coincidence alone, without regard to colour or morphology, using the U.K. Schmidt IIIa-J sky survey to a limiting magnitude of 22.5. This program is aimed at producing an evaluation of the radio quasar redshift distribution with particular emphasis on those objects with redshifts greater than 3.0.
Document ID
19850031156
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Jauncey, D. L. (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Sydney, Australia)
Batty, M. J. (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Div. of Radiophysics, Sydney, Australia)
Savage, A. (Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, U.K. Schmidt Telescope Unit, Coonabarabran New South Wales, Australia)
Gulkis, S. (California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA, United States)