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Optical Counterparts of Extragalactic Radio Sources in the Southern Sky: Positions Obtained from Schmidt Plates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

H. G. Walter
H. G. Walter*
Affiliation:
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Heidelberg, Fed. Rep. of Germany

Abstract

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The usefulness of Schmidt plates for measuring astrometric positions of extragalactic radio sources with an average uncertainty of less than 0.3 arcseconds is emphasized in the discussion of the results on 50 optical counterparts and by the comparison with corresponding positions obtained through radio interferometry.

Type
III. Photographic Astrometry
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 109: Astrometric Techniques , 1986 , pp. 223 - 228
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1986 

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