Radio AGN Surveys

Survey
Selection
Freq. (GHz)
Flux Density
 Limit (mJy)
Spectral Flatness
Sky Region
Galactic Plane
# of Sources
Telescope
Parent Survey
Reference
Notes
3CR
0.178
10000
None
dec > 10
|b| > 10
328
Ryle
N/A
Laing, R. 1983, MNRAS, 204, 151   

9C
15







Waldram et al. 2003

ATCA-18
18







Ricci et al. 2004

B2










B3
0.408
100








CLASS
4.85
30
> -0.5 (NVSS-GB6)
0 < dec < +75 |b| > 10
11685
GB 91m, VLA-A
GB6
Myers, S. et al. 2003, MNRAS, 341, 1
All sources within 70" of a NVSS source
CGRABS
8.4
65 (at 4.85 GHz; 250 for dec > 75) > -0.5 (NVSS-GB6) -87 < dec < +90 |b| > 10 1625
Many
GB6, PMN, S5 Healey, S. et al. 2007, ApJS
Based on EGRET FoM from Sowards Emmerd
CJ1
4.85
700
None
dec > 35
|b| > 10
200
VLBI
GB6, S5

CJ-F
4.85
350
> -0.5
dec > 35
|b| > 10
293
VLBI
GB6, S5
Taylor et al. 1996, ApJS, 107, 37

CRATES
4.85
65 (at 4.85 GHz; 250 for dec > 75)
> -0.5 (NVSS-GB6) -87 < dec < +90 |b| > 10 11000
Many
GB6, PMN, S5
Healey, S. et al.  2007, ApJS, 171, 61

DXRBS
1.4, 4.85
50 mJy at 5GHz, 100 mJy at 1.4 GHz
> -0.7
dec < +75
|b| > 10

Many

GB6, PMN, NVSS
Perlman, E. et al. 1998, AJ, 115, 1253

FIRST
1.4
1
None
10000 sq deg around N galactic cap
N/A
811117
VLA-B
N/A
White, R. L. et al. 1997, ApJ, 475, 479

GB6
4.85
18
None
0 < dec < +75
N/A
75162
GB 91m
N/A
Gregory, P. C., et al. 1996, ApJS, 103, 427
Source diameters < 10.5'
Kuhr 1 Jy
4.85
1000
None
All sky - galactic plane and Magellanic clouds
|b| > 10
518

Parkes 2.7, NRAO-MPI
Kuhr, H. 1981, A&ASup, 45, 367

MOJAVE
15
1500 (2000 for dec < 0)
N/A
dec > -20
N/A
135
VLBA
Many
Lister, M. & Homan, D. 2005, AJ, 130, 1389

NVSS
1.4
2.5
None
dec > -40
None
1.8e6
VLA-D
N/A
Condon, J.J. et al. 1998, AJ, 115, 1693

Pearson-Readhead
4.85
1300
None
dec > 35
|b| > 10
65
VLBI
NRAO-MPI, S5
Pearson, T. & Readhead, A. 1988, ApJ, 328, 114

PMN
4.85
20 to 50
None
-87  < dec < +10
None
37000
Parkes
N/A
Wright, A. E. et al.  1994, ApJS, 91,111

REX








Caccianiga et al. 1999

RGB








Laurent-Muehleisen et al. 1999

S4








Stickel & Kuhr, H. 1994

S5
4.85


70 < dec < 90


EB
N/A
Kuhr, H. et al. 1981, AJ, 86, 854

SUMSS
0.843







Bock, D. C.-J. et al. 1999, AJ, 117, 1578

VCS










VIPS
8.5
85
> -0.5 (NVSS-GB6) 15 < dec < 65; SDSS NGP footprint
None
1127
VLBA
CLASS
Helmboldt, J.F. et al. 2007, ApJ, 658, 203

VLSS
0.074


dec > -30


VLA BnA-B

Cohen et al., 2007, AJ, 134, 1245

VSA
33







Cleary, K. et al. 2005, MNRAS, 360, 340

WENSS
0.325
18

dec > -30






WISH
0.352
18

-25 < dec < -15






WMAP
23-94
~1100
None
all sky
|b| > 10
323
WMAP
N/A
Hinshaw, G. et al. 2007, ApJS, 170, 288

WMAP-NEWPS5
23-94
~1100
None
all sky
|b| > 5
381
WMAP
N/A
Lopez-Caniego, M. 2007, ApJS, 170, 108
Cross correlation of WMAP with 5 GHz catalogs

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