The FIRST Survey: Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-cm

Robert H. Becker

Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616; and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94450

Richard L. White

Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218

David J. Helfand

Department of Astronomy and Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, 538 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027

Published in The Astrophysical Journal, 450, 559 (1995)
© 1995 The American Astronomical Society

• Abstract
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Motivation
• 3. Scientific Priorities for the Survey
• 4. Technical Design of the Survey
• 5. The Observations
• 6. The Data Reduction and Analysis Pipeline
• 7. Map Characterization
• 8. The Source Catalog
• 9. Scientific Impact of the Survey
• 10. Public access to the FIRST Survey
• Acknowledgements
• References
• Table 1: Angular Size Distribution and Source Detectability
• Table 2: Declination Strips
• Table 3: Pointing Positions (J2000)
• Table 4: Tests for CLEAN Bias and Resolution Effects Using Artificial Sources
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