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The Search for Variable Sources at 408 MHz

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

W. B. McAdam
W. B. McAdam*
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Sydney
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It has been known for about 5 years that the flux densities at 408 MHz of some sources change over time scales of a few months, but discovery of these variable sources has been largely accidental during the intensity calibration of various observing programs at Molonglo. This paper describes some results from systematic observation of 254 sources over a 12 month period, through which we hope to better understand the telescope performance, find more identifications in the southern sky, and recognise variable sources. An improved calibration will be applied to digital data from Molonglo observations since 1967 (both surveys and individual source observations), now stored on magnetic tape.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , September 1976 , pp. 86 - 87
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1976

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