THE RADIO SOURCE 3C 17,

Abstract

The position of the radio source 3C 17 is derived from 9 occultation events recorded at three observatories. The positional accuracy is about 0.5 second, and a 19th magnitude galaxy is found within 1 second of the radio position. Occultation and interferometric measurements indicate that the source is probably of the corehalo type, with a maximum diameter of 20-30 seconds. The optical spectrum of the galaxy shows emission lines typical of other radio galaxies, thus confirming the identification; the redshift is 0.2201. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0642166

Entities

People

  • A. R. Thompson
  • A. T. Moffet
  • C. H. Slater
  • Marie Schmidt

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Astronomy
  • Contracts
  • Cooperation
  • Diameters
  • Emission
  • Identification
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Measurement
  • Observation
  • Observatories
  • Occultation
  • Radio Astronomy
  • Space Sciences
  • Spectra

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy/Astrophysics