First Scientific VLBI Observations Using New Zealand 30 Metre Radio Telescope Wark30m

Date
2015-05-28
Authors
Petrov, L
Natusch, T
Weston, S
McCallum, J
Ellingsen, S
Gulyaev, S
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IOP Publishing
Abstract

We report the results of a successful 24 hour 6.7 GHz VLBI experiment using the 30 meter radio telescope WARK30M near Warkworth, New Zealand, recently converted from a radio telecommunications antenna, and two radio telescopes located in Australia: Hobart 26-m and Ceduna 30-m. The geocentric position of WARK30M is determined with a 100 mm uncertainty for the vertical component and 10 mm for the horizontal components. We report correlated flux densities at 6.7 GHz of 175 radio sources associated with Fermi gamma-ray sources. A parsec scale emission from the radio source 1031-837 is detected, and its association with the gamma-ray object 2FGL J1032.9-8401 is established with a high likelihood ratio. We conclude that the new Pacific area radio telescope WARK30M is ready to operate for scientific projects.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 127(952), 516.
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