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Long-term measurements of the radio flux density of the young supernova remnant Cassiopeia A relative to the radio galaxy Cygnus A have been carried out at 38 MHz (1987–2004) and 151.5 MHz (1980–2004). Using other data from the literature, we find a secular decrease of the radio flux density of Cassiopeia A at the rates d(38 MHz) = −0.79 ± 0.14% yr−1 (for 1956–2004) and d(151.5 MHz) = −0.83 ± 0.04% yr−1 (for 1966–2004). Based on measurements made in 1997 and 1998 and data from the literature, this secular decrease at 81.5 MHz is d(81.5 MHz) = −0.86 ± 0.14% yr−1 (for 1966–1998). Absolute flux densities of Cassiopeia A at 38 and 151.5 MHz for epoch 2005.5 are calculated based on the relative flux density of Cassiopeia A and the spectrum of Cyg A, which is approximated using an empirical formula at meter and decameter wavelengths.
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Original Russian Text © E.N. Vinyaĭkin, 2006, published in Astronomicheskiĭ Zhurnal, 2006, Vol. 83, No. 2, pp. 168–176.
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Vinyaĭkin, E.N. Secular decrease of the radio flux density of Cassiopeia A determined from long-term observations. Observations at 38, 81.5, and 151.5 MHz. Astron. Rep. 50, 143–151 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063772906020077
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