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Radio identification of decameter-wave sources. II: The 30deg<delta<40deg declination interval

O. V. Verkhodanov·N. V. Verkhodanova·H. Andernach
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This paper is dedicated to the identification of decameter-wave sources of the UTR catalog within declination interval 30deg<delta<40deg. UTR sources are cross-identified with CATS database catalogs within 40'x40' error boxes. The sources are deblended using the data on the coordinates of the objects and the behavior of their continuum radio spectra. The spectra of 876 sources are derived and fitted by standard analytical functions. Of these sources, 221 objects have straight-line spectra with spectral indices alpha<-1.0. All objects are catalogued and stored in the CATS database.

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O. V. Verkhodanov, N. V. Verkhodanova, H. Andernach. 2009-02-02. Radio identification of decameter-wave sources. II: The 30deg<delta<40deg declination interval. https://doi.org/10.1134/s1990341309010052

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