A Catalogue of Radio Sources Between Declinations ?50° and ?80°

Abstract

A catalogue has been prepared of the radio sources observed between declinations -50° and -80°, using the Sydney cross-type radio telescope at a wavelength of 3·5 m; a total of 219 sources is listed. This supplements the earlier catalogues for the declination ranges +10° to -20° and -20° to -50°. In addition to the positions and intensities of the sources, angular sizes of 42 of the strongest sources are given. As before, identifications with bright optical objects have been sought, and a number of possible identifications with emission nebulae and bright galaxies are listed. Because of the small area of sky covered by the present catalogue, the numbers of sources are small (compared with those in our earlier catalogues) so that the statistical analysis of their distribution has comparatively low weight.