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Fourth Cambridge Survey




  Name 4C
  Organization Radio Astronomy Group , University Of Cambridge
  Wavelength 178 MHz radio
  Source 4C Array , Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory
  Goals Deep survey of radio sources
  Products 4C Catalogue
  Website The Fourth Cambridge Survey


The Fourth Cambridge Survey ('''4C''') is an Astronomical Catalogue of celestial radio sources as measured at 178 MHz using the 4C Array . It was published in two parts, in 1965 (for Declination s +20 to +40) and 1967 (declinations -7 to + 20 and +40 to +80), by the Radio Astronomy Group of the University Of Cambridge . References to entries in this catalogue use the prefix '''4C''' followed by the declination in degrees, followed by a period, and then followed by the source number on that declination strip, e.g. 4C-06.23 .

The 4C Array, which used the technique of Aperture Synthesis , could reliably position sources of less than 2 Jy , to within about 0.35 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.5 arcmin in Declination .


REFERENCES

:Pilkington J D H & Scott P F (1965) Mem RAS vol 69, p183
:Gower J F R, Scott P F & Wills D (1967) Mem RAS vol 71, p49


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