Yu. K. Zverev

The Use of the Ratan-600 Radio Telescope in Astrometry

The RATAN-600 radio telescope (Kaidanovsky & al. 1972) was designed for solving various problems of astrophysics and radiophysics (Pariisky & al. 1972, Gelfreikh & al. 1972). Because of its high resolving power and large collecting area, this instrument can be used to measure accurate positions of radio sources.

Deep RATAN-600 Surveys at the Declination of SS433 Carried Out in 1987-2000 at 7.6 and 2.7 cm

We discuss the results of deep surveys of a ±10′ strip of the sky, centered on the declination of SS 433, carried out on the Northern sector of the RATAN-600 telescope at 2.7 and 7.6 cm in 1987–2000. The survey objects are cross-identified with sources in the NVSS catalog and the corresponding two-frequency spectral indices determined. We find a decrease in the mean spectral index in the transition from objects with flux densities S21 ≥ 30 mJy to those with 15 < S21 < 30 mJy. The constructed log N — logS relation at 2.7 cm has a slope of 3/2 at flux densities ≥300 mJy and flattens at weaker flux densities. The 1.4 GHz (NVSS), 3.94 GHz (RATAN-600), and 11.11 GHz (RATAN-600) data are used to estimate the number of objects per square degree at a wavelength of 1 cm.