Definition and realization of the International Celestial Reference System by VLBI astrometry of extragalactic objects
C. Ma and M. Feissel (eds.)
(IERS Technical Note No. 23)
Bibliographic details:
Chopo Ma and Martine Feissel (eds.): Definition and realization of the International Celestial Reference System by VLBI astrometry of extragalactic objects. (IERS Technical Note ; 23) Paris: Central Bureau of IERS - Observatoire de Paris, 1997. vi, 282 p.
Table of Contents
NETWORK ADDRESSES FOR VIEWABLE AND MACHINE-READABLE FILES RELATED TO THIS TECHNICAL NOTE (PDF, 43KB)
IERS Technical Notes (PDF, 55KB)
PART I: VLBI GLOBAL ASTROMETRY (PDF, 2MB)
THE CONTRIBUTION OF VLBI TO THE REALIZATION OF A CELESTIAL REFERENCE SYSTEM (PDF, 1MB)
A.-M. Gontier, M. Feissel, C. Ma
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES OF VLBI CELESTIAL REFERENCE FRAME WORK (PDF, 486KB)
PART II: THE INTERNATIONAL CELESTIAL REFERENCE FRAME (PDF, 4MB)
THE INTERNATIONAL CELESTIAL REFERENCE FRAME REALIZED BY VLBI (PDF, 4MB)
C. Ma, E.F. Arias, T.M. Eubanks, A.L. Fey, A.-M. Gontier, C.S. Jacobs, O.J. Sovers, B.A. Archinal, P. Charlot
PART III: TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON THE ICRF (PDF, 26MB)
2. Physical characteristics of radio sources (PDF, 862KB)
B.A. Archinal, E.F. Arias, A.-M. Gontier, C. Mercuri-Moreau
3. Dual-frequency VLBA images and structure corrections for 193 sources (PDF, 19MB)
A.L. Fey, P. Charlot
4. Stability of ICRF source positions (PDF, 4MB)
T.M. Eubanks
5. Dictionary of aliases (PDF, 1MB)
B.A. Archinal, E.F. Arias, A.-M. Gontier, C. Mercuri-Moreau, O.J. Sovers
PART IV: IAU RESOLUTIONS AND DESCRIPTION OF ICRS (PDF, 946KB)
1. IAU Resolutions (PDF, 493KB)
2. The extragalactic reference system of the International Earth Rotation Service, ICRS (PDF, 466KB)
E.F. Arias, P. Charlot, M. Feissel, and J.-F. Lestrade
Astron. Astrophys. (1995) 303, 604-608 (reprint)
Back matter (PDF, 19KB)