A new version of the OCARS catalog of Optical Characteristics of Astrometric Radio Sources

Abstract

A new version of the Optical Characteristics of Astrometric Radio Sources (OCARS) catalog is presented. This compiled catalog includes radio sources observed in different VLBI programs and experiments that result in source position determination, their redshift, and photometry in the visible and near-infrared bands. A cross-identification table between the OCARS and other catalogs is also provided. The status of the catalog as of 2018 September 7 is described in this paper. The OCARS catalog currently contains 6432 sources, of which 3895 have redshift data and 5479 have photometric data. Compared with the previous version, the current version has been enriched with extended redshift and photometry information, and cross-identification with several catalogs in radio, optical, infrared, ultraviolet, X-ray, and gamma-ray bands. The OCARS catalog is updated every few weeks on average to incorporate new data that appear in the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED), SIMBAD database, and in the literature.

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