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.)
I Image (Nat. Weight) Visibility
Data
Stokes I Radplot Polarization
Image
Full
Montage
2011-10-03 BL178AA 1524 0.8 0.05 165 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2010-03-10 BL149CI 1578 1.6 0.1 142 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2008-11-19 BL149BE 1462 1.1 0.08 30 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2007-08-09 BL149AE 1404 0.8 0.06 149 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2006-06-15 BL137F 1386 2.0 0.1 54 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2006-05-12 BB182B 1359 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
2005-11-07 BL123P 1326 1.3 0.1 43 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2005-09-05 BL123K 1422 13 0.9 44 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2005-05-07 BB182A 1384 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
2004-04-10 BL111L 1429 2.9 0.2 122 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2003-04-09 BB153A 1537 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
2003-03-31 BB138C 1402 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
2003-01-16 BB153B 1507 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
2002-11-23 BL111D 1282 1.3 0.1 50 FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF p:PNG  p:PDF   f:PNG  f:PDF PNG
2002-07-07 BB138B 1515 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
2002-01-10 BB138A 1442 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
2001-12-22 BR077G 1412 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
2001-03-04 BK068E 1450 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
1999-05-21 BK068A 1543 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
1998-05-03 BB086 1523 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
1998-03-19 BK052C 1536 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
1997-08-28 BK052A 1561 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
1996-09-24 BK35 1573 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
1996-05-16 BK037B 1514 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
1995-12-15 BK37A 1672 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
1995-04-07 BK016 1607 no data FITS   PNG   PDF UVF PNG   PDF PNG
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