Photometric Observations of Selected, Optically Bright Quasars for Space Interferometry Mission and Other Future Celestial Reference Frames

Photometric observations of 235 extragalactic objects that are potential targets for the Space Interferometry Mission (SIM) are presented. Mean B, V, R, I magnitudes at the 5% level are obtained at 1-4 epochs between 2005 and 2007 using the 1 m telescopes at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory a...

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Published in:The Astronomical journal 2009-09, Vol.138 (3), p.845-857
Main Authors: Ojha, Roopesh, Zacharias, Norbert, Hennessy, Gregory S, Gaume, Ralph A, Johnston, Kenneth J
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Language:English
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Summary:Photometric observations of 235 extragalactic objects that are potential targets for the Space Interferometry Mission (SIM) are presented. Mean B, V, R, I magnitudes at the 5% level are obtained at 1-4 epochs between 2005 and 2007 using the 1 m telescopes at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory and the Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station. Of the 134 sources that have V magnitudes in the Veron & Veron-Cetty catalog, a difference of over 1.0 mag is found for the observed-catalog magnitudes for about 36% of the common sources, and 10 sources show over 3 mag difference. Our first set of observations presented here form the basis of a long-term photometric variability study of the selected reference frame sources to assist in mission target selection and to support QSO multicolor photometric variability studies in general.
ISSN:1538-3881
0004-6256
1538-3881
DOI:10.1088/0004-6256/138/3/845