Common Name: Cygnus A MOJAVE 15 GHz [Total intensity movie]   | [Polariz. movie] VLBA 1.4 GHz: BG246
B1950 Name: 1957+405 2 cm VLBA Image map
J2000 Name: J1959+4044
R.A. and Dec. (J2000): 19h59m28.357s
+40d44'2.097"
AGN Class: LSP G
Redshift: 0.0561 (1997ApJ...488L..15O)
Luminosity Distance: 247 Mpc ; 1.07 pc/mas
Radio Spectrum: Steep
Gamma-ray Association LAT: N, EGRET: N, TeV: N
Kpc-scale morphology: Two-sided
Jet Speed: Maximum: 70 ± 8 μas/y ; 0.257 ± 0.028 c
Median: N/A ;
based on 11 moving feature
Lister et al. 2019, ApJ,874,43
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

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: | 2006_06_15 |


Multifrequency MOJAVE VLBA Data:

Epoch
8.1 GHz
8.4 GHz
12.1 GHz
2006-06-15
uvf  FITS  PNG  PDF 
uvf  FITS  PNG  PDF 
uvf  FITS  PNG  PDF 

VLBA 23 GHz:
Kpc-scale: Perley et al. 1984, ApJ 285, 35
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: MOJAVE 1.5 Jy source

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
2011-10-03 BL178AA 1531 < 0.5 < 0.4 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2010-03-10 BL149CI 1594 < 0.6 < 0.4 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2008-11-19 BL149BE 1474 < 0.5 < 0.3 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2007-08-09 BL149AE 1419 < 0.8 < 0.6 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2006-06-15 BL137F 1429 < 1.5 < 1.0 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2006-05-12 BB182B 1368 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
2005-11-07 BL123P 1340 < 0.8 < 0.6 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2005-09-05 BL123K 1449 < 0.9 < 0.6 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2005-05-07 BB182A 1387 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
2004-04-10 BL111L 1421 < 1.1 < 0.7 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2003-04-09 BB153A 1553 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
2003-03-31 BB138C 1376 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
2003-01-16 BB153B 1494 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
2002-11-23 BL111D 1286 < 0.8 < 0.6 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2002-07-07 BB138B 1506 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
2002-01-10 BB138A 1448 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
2001-12-22 BR077G 1422 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
2001-03-04 BK068E 1445 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
1999-05-21 BK068A 1553 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
1998-05-03 BB086 1544 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
1998-03-19 BK052C 1530 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
1997-08-28 BK052A 1562 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
1996-09-24 BK35 1578 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
1996-05-16 BK037B 1544 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
1995-12-15 BK37A 1690 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
1995-04-07 BK016 1608 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
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