Common Name: Mrk 501 MOJAVE 15 GHz [Total intensity movie]   | [Polariz. movie] VLBA 1.4 GHz: 2004ApJ...600..127G
B1950 Name: 1652+398 2 cm VLBA Image map
J2000 Name: J1653+3945
R.A. and Dec. (J2000): 16h53m52.217s
+39d45'36.609"
AGN Class: HSP BL Lac
Redshift: 0.0337 (1993A&AS...98..393S)
Luminosity Distance: 147 Mpc ; 0.66 pc/mas
Radio Spectrum: Flat
Gamma-ray Association LAT: Y, EGRET: Y, TeV: Y
Kpc-scale morphology: One-sided Halo
Jet Speed: Maximum: 397 ± 78 μas/y ; 0.89 ± 0.17 c
Median: 33 ± 8 μas/y ; 0.074 ± 0.018 c
based on 8 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: | 2006_02_12 |

Spectral Index 8-15 GHz Map: | 2006_02_12 |


Multifrequency MOJAVE VLBA Data:

Epoch
8.1 GHz
8.4 GHz
12.1 GHz
2006-02-12
uvf  FITS  PNG  PDF 
uvf  FITS  PNG  PDF 
uvf  FITS  PNG  PDF 

VLBA 23 GHz:
Kpc-scale: Cassaro, Stanghellini, Bondi 1999, AAS 139, 601
23 GHz Image
Kpc Image

Fermi LAT and 15 GHz VLBA Light Curves

Fermi LAT and 15 GHz VLBA Light Curves
VLBA 43 GHz: Lister and Smith 2000, ApJ 541,66
Multiepoch Radio Spectrum:
43 GHz Image
Radio Spectrum
Comments: LAT 1FM source; EGRET LAT20 TEV; VLA image in KWR92; Giovannini also has recent image;

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
2023-09-24 * BL286AZ 824 4.0 0.5 56 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2023-02-04 * BL286AR 605 3.0 0.5 92 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2022-03-18 BL286AI 899 6.2 0.7 24 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2021-05-01 BL273K 817 7.7 0.9 71 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2021-01-11 BL273I 726 6.7 0.9 65 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2019-12-22 BL229BC 784 3.2 0.4 41 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2019-10-11 BL273B 719 4.4 0.6 42 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2018-05-31 BL229AO 630 3.6 0.6 170 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2012-03-04 BL178AH 644 4.1 0.6 106 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2011-04-11 BL149DF 703 8.6 1.2 163 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2010-11-04 BL149CV 790 9.5 1.2 169 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2009-06-15 BL149BN 854 8.6 1.0 124 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2009-05-14 BK150J 937 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF
2009-01-07 BL149BG 797 4.4 0.6 129 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2008-06-25 BL149AJ 799 7.3 0.9 91 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2008-05-01 BL149AO 737 11 1.5 120 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2007-08-16 BL149AF 747 12 1.6 147 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2007-06-10 BL149AB 719 6.3 0.9 159 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2007-03-28 BL137P 840 17 2.1 150 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2007-01-06 BL137R 732 4.4 0.6 144 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2006-02-12 BL137A 856 11 1.3 174 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2004-05-29 BG131C 1119 11 1.0 17 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF
2003-09-26 BZ030 1006 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF
2003-08-23 BG131B 959 7.5 0.8 109 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF
2003-08-22 BG137B 971 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF
2002-12-13 BG131A 828 8.7 1.1 5 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF
2001-12-30 BR077H 640 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF
1999-07-19 BK068B 708 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF
1998-10-30 BK052D 807 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF
1998-05-15 BA032A 998 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF
1998-04-26 BC077C 928 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF
1998-03-28 BC077B 922 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF
1998-03-04 BC077A 933 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF
1997-08-15 BM082C 861 16 1.9 2 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF
1997-05-26 BM082B 831 19 2.3 6 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF
1997-03-13 BK048B 784 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF
1997-02-09 BG063 751 16 2.1 171 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF
1996-07-10 BK037C 693 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF
1996-05-16 BK037B 795 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF
1996-05-02 BE10B 690 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF
1996-04-23 BE10A 579 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF
1995-12-15 BK37A 778 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF
1995-04-07 BK016 691 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF
1995-01-20 BP14 588 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF
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