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Automated Optical Identifications of Radio Sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

A.M. Unewisse
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006
R.W. Hunstead
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006
B. Piestrzynski
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006

Abstract

This paper evaluates the COSMOS database as a tool for large-scale automated optical identification programs. Firstly, we explore the limitations inherent in the database by a study of regions centred on clusters of galaxies. We then perform an automated search in the database for a sample of previously measured optical objects and compare the properties of corresponding objects. Finally, we describe a set of new plotting routines in AIPS (Astronomical Image Processing System) designed to plot COSMOS-derived ellipses and, optionally, magnitudes onto radio images.

Type
Instruments and Basic Astronomy
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1993

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