Common Name: TXS 0506+056 MOJAVE 15 GHz [Total intensity movie]   | [Polariz. movie] VLBA 1.4 GHz: NRAO Archive
B1950 Name: 0506+056 2 cm VLBA Image map
J2000 Name: J0509+0541
R.A. and Dec. (J2000): 5h9m25.964s
+5d41'35.334"
AGN Class: ISP BL Lac
Redshift: 0.3365 (2018ApJ...854L..32P)
Luminosity Distance: 1762 Mpc ; 4.78 pc/mas
Radio Spectrum: Flat
Gamma-ray Association LAT: Y, EGRET: Y, TeV: Y
Kpc-scale morphology: Core
Jet Speed: Maximum: 51 ± 6 μas/y ; 1.07 ± 0.14 c
Median: N/A ;
based on 5 moving features
Lister et al. 2021, ApJ,923,30
Separation Versus Time Plot: PNG    PDF
Stacked 15 GHz Stokes I VLBA images:
Natural weight:   PNG PDF FITS
Circular Beam:   PNG PDF FITS
Tapered Beam:   PNG PDF FITS
Stacking for 1994-2015:   FITS

Stacked 15 GHz Polarization VLBA images:
Method I:   Cumulative GIF, pol PNG, I FITS, P FITS, m FITS, EVPA FITS
Method II:   std EVPA PNG, FITS

Rotation Measure 8-15 GHz Map: | Not available |

Spectral Index 8-15 GHz Map: | Not available |


VLBA 23 GHz: RRIFD Database
Kpc-scale: Healey et al. 2007, ApJS 171, 61
23 GHz Image
Kpc Image

Fermi LAT and 15 GHz VLBA Light Curves

Fermi LAT and 15 GHz VLBA Light Curves
VLBA 43 GHz:
Multiepoch Radio Spectrum:
43 GHz Image
Radio Spectrum
Comments: LAT 1FM; Neutrino candidate ATEL 11419; >1.5 Jy post 2019.0

If you use these data in a publication, we ask that you please contact us so we can add a link to the list of external MOJAVE publications, and ask that you cite Lister et al., 2018, ApJS, 234, 12 and include the following acknowledgment: "This research has made use of data from the MOJAVE database that is maintained by the MOJAVE team (Lister et al. 2018)"

Important Note: The MOJAVE team, working with the OVRO 40m AGN monitoring team checks and adjusts the flux density scaling of the MOJAVE VLBA data for possible systematics based on near-simultaneous OVRO 40m measurements at 15 GHz. Asterisked entries below denote epochs that have not yet been checked and corrected.
Epoch
(YYYY-MM-DD)
VLBA Code VLBA I
(mJy)
VLBA P
(mJy)
VLBA
P (%)
VLBA
EVPA (deg.)
Stokes I Image
(Nat. weight)
Visibility
Data
Stokes I Radplot Polarization Image
(Nat. weight)
Full
Montage
queued BK255AN
2025-06-01 * BK255AH 1144 19 1.7 22 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2025-03-16 * BK255AG 1073 17 1.6 98 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2025-02-21 * BK255AF 1112 3.1 0.3 76 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2025-01-26 * BK255AE 1019 15 1.5 147 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2024-12-22 * BK255AC 1046 7.1 0.7 168 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2024-08-18 * BL286BI 1482 44 3.0 147 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2024-05-10 * BL286BE 1455 31 2.1 144 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2023-11-14 * BL286BA 1210 16 1.3 175 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2023-07-01 * BL286AX 1355 24 1.7 13 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2023-02-04 * BL286AR 875 12 1.4 74 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2022-06-11 BL286AL 848 4.4 0.5 163 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2022-02-24 BL286AH 1102 18 1.6 106 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2021-08-07 BL286AA 1084 22 2.0 127 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2021-03-02 BL273J 1574 44 2.8 140 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2020-12-24 BL229BL 2028 57 2.8 149 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2020-08-01 BL229BH 2079 22 1.1 80 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2020-06-13 BL229BF 2153 38 1.8 84 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2020-05-08 BL273E1 2308 24 1.0 66 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2020-04-09 BL273E 2329 62 2.6 38 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2020-02-16 BL273D 2192 38 1.7 36 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2019-12-17 BL273C 2132 54 2.5 60 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2019-08-04 BL273A 1784 26 1.4 116 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2018-12-16 BL229AT 1014 21 2.1 17 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2018-05-31 BL229AO 978 31 3.1 32 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2018-04-22 BL229AN 896 43 4.7 34 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2017-11-10 BR224B 619 13 2.1 6 From NRAO Archive
2017-10-19 BR224A 633 6.4 1.0 3 From NRAO Archive
2017-06-17 BL229AI 588 12 2.0 13 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2016-11-18 BL193BM 533 9.2 1.7 13 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2016-06-16 BL193BG 438 6.4 1.5 39 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2016-01-22 BL193BB 307 3.9 1.3 13 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2015-09-06 BL193AW 382 7.2 1.9 156 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2015-01-18 BL193AQ 419 7.1 1.7 15 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2014-01-25 BL193AE 421 9.9 2.3 159 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2013-02-28 BL178BA 334 7.5 2.2 29 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2012-02-06 BL178AG 341 3.6 1.0 29 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2011-02-27 BL149DC 352 9.2 2.6 41 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2010-11-13 BL149CW 372 11 3.1 38 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2010-07-12 BL149CL 423 4.6 1.1 73 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2009-06-03 BL149BM 588 2.7 0.5 158 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2009-01-07 BL149BG 537 11 2.0 13 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
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