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Astrometric global solution rfc_2020d used all available VLBI observations
at 8.6GHz and 2.2 GHz, as well at 5 and 22GHz from 1980.04.11 through
2020.12.07, in total 7618 observing sessions, including
866 observing sessions of 44 dedicated
absolute astrometry programs.
In total, 19,711,573 estimates of group delays were used in
LSQ solutions.
Positions of 18,456 sources were adjusted in 5 least square solutions
for X/S and X/C, X-band, S-band, C-band, and K-band solutions. This
is the most complete catalogue of positions of compact radio sources.
Technical description of the solution is available
here.
The contents of this web page and following links contain unpublished
material. The material is provided as a courtesy for the preview. Using this
material in publications, copying, and posting on Internet is not allowed
without written prior permission.
The use of Long Baseline Array
(LBA) data
is acknowledged. The LBA is a part of the Australia Telescope National Facility
which is funded by the Commonwealth of Australia for operation as a National
Facility managed by CSIRO.
The use of European VLBI Network
(EVN) data is acknowledged.
The European VLBI Network is a joint facility of independent European, African,
Asian, and North American radio astronomy institutes.
The use of Korean and VLBI Exploration for Astrometry VLBI Networks
(KVN and KaVa) data
The KVN and VERA are operated by the the Korea Astronomy and Space Science
Institute and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.
Astrometric Results
Astrophysics Information
Geophysics Results
Station positions and velocities
Positions of 201 stations and their velocities were estimated as global
parameters. Station positions are given on epoch 2000.01.01.
Boundary conditions were selected in such a way that source positions,
station positions and velocities are compatible with USNO series of the
Earth orientation parameters
finals.all and
finals.daily.
Antenna axis offsets
Antenna axis offsets from LSQ estimation
rfc_2020d.axof
Earth orientation parameters
Pole coordinates X, Y, UT1 angle, and their rate, daily correction to the
nutation in longitude and nutation in obliquity were estimated for each
session separately.
Statistics
Miscellaneous
Control file for batch Solve solution.
Description of Solve batch control language.
Usage policy: you can download files for research purposes, you can put links
to this Web page, but you cannot post any part of content of this Web
page on ftp or http servers without prior written permission from authors.
Acknowledgments
The use of Very Long Baseline Array
(VLBA) data is acknowledged. VLBA is operated by the National Radio Astronomy
Observatory, which is a facility of the National Science Foundation, and operated
under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc. The use of the VLBA under
the US Naval Observatory's time allocation is acknowledged. This work supports USNO's
ongoing research into the celestial reference frame and geodesy. These data were
retrieved from the VLBA public archive.
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