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.
Published in:
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 155,1 (2004) 27-31;
Keywords
galaxies : active;; radio continuum : galaxies;; surveys;; techniques : interferometric;; space-observatory program;; radio-sources;; agn survey;; vlbi;; correlator
Date of Version
January 2004
Recommended Citation
Lovell, J. E. J.; Moellenbrock, G. A.; Horiuchi, S.; Fomalont, E. B.; Scott, W. K.; Hirabayashi, H.; Dodson, R. G.; Dougherty, S. M.; Edwards, P. G.; Frey, S.; Gurvits, L. I.; Lister, M. L.; Murphy, D. W.; Paragi, Z.; Piner, B. G.; Shen, Z. Q.; Taylor, A. R.; Tingay, S. J.; Asaki, Y.; Moffett, D.; and Murata, Y., "The VSOP 5 GHz Active Galactic Nucleus Survey. II. Data calibration and imaging" (2004). Department of Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications. Paper 380.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/physics_articles/380