Extragalactic Radio Sources pp 517-518 | Cite as
The MRC 1-JY Sample of Radio Galaxies
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Abstract
Most known galaxies at high redshifts have been found by concentrating on ultra steep spectrum (α≳ 1) sources in low frequency radio surveys (eg.Rottgering et al., 1994; McCarthy et al., 1990). We have been carrying out a systematic study of a large and complete sample from the 408 MHz Molonglo Reference Catalogue which is not biased by any spectral index criterion. Containing 558 sources, defined by S 408 ≥ 0.95 Jy; −30° < δ < −20° and the RA ranges of 20 h 20 m to 06 h 00 m and 09 h 20 m to 14 h 00 m , our sample is about 3 times larger in size and 5 times deeper in flux density than the well studied 3CRR sample.
Keywords
Spectral Index Radio Source Complete Sample Radio Galaxy High Redshift
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