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.)
I Image (Nat. Weight) Visibility
Data
Stokes I Radplot Polarization
Image
Full
Montage
queued BL286BE
2023-11-14 * BL286BA 1101 16 1.5 0 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2023-07-01 * BL286AX 1240 21 1.7 18 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2023-02-04 * BL286AR 872 15 1.7 74 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2022-06-11 BL286AL 843 5.1 0.6 162 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2022-02-24 BL286AH 1090 19 1.7 109 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2021-08-07 BL286AA 1074 21 2.0 128 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2021-03-02 BL273J 1563 47 3.0 140 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2020-12-24 BL229BL 2021 60 3.0 149 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2020-08-01 BL229BH 2061 16 0.8 75 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2020-06-13 BL229BF 2153 36 1.7 76 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2020-05-08 BL273E1 2323 22 1.0 63 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2020-04-09 BL273E 2326 61 2.6 36 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2020-02-16 BL273D 2179 43 2.0 38 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2019-12-17 BL273C 2153 58 2.7 59 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2019-08-04 BL273A 1775 28 1.6 115 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2018-12-16 BL229AT 1021 23 2.3 20 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2018-05-31 BL229AO 982 28 2.9 35 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2018-04-22 BL229AN 894 43 4.8 34 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2017-11-10 BR224B 545 no data From NRAO Archive
2017-10-19 BR224A 562 no data From NRAO Archive
2017-06-17 BL229AI 585 13 2.1 11 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2016-11-18 BL193BM 530 10 1.9 13 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2016-06-16 BL193BG 435 6.6 1.5 38 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2016-01-22 BL193BB 306 4.5 1.5 10 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2015-09-06 BL193AW 381 7.9 2.1 153 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2015-01-18 BL193AQ 416 7.5 1.8 16 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2014-01-25 BL193AE 417 11 2.6 157 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2013-02-28 BL178BA 329 7.1 2.2 25 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2012-02-06 BL178AG 337 5.5 1.6 7 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2011-02-27 BL149DC 347 6.2 1.8 39 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2010-11-13 BL149CW 369 8.7 2.4 39 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2010-07-12 BL149CL 416 4.5 1.1 63 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2009-06-03 BL149BM 582 5.3 0.9 165 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2009-01-07 BL149BG 530 11 2.2 10 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
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