Common Name: PKS 2008-159 MOJAVE 15 GHz [Total intensity movie]   | [Polariz. movie] VLBA 1.4 GHz: University College Cork Program
B1950 Name: 2008-159 2 cm VLBA Image map
J2000 Name: J2011-1546
R.A. and Dec. (J2000): 20h11m15.711s
-15d46'40.254"
AGN Class: LSP Quasar
Redshift: 1.18 (Peterson et al. 1979, ApJ 232, 400)
Luminosity Distance: 8160 Mpc ; 8.32 pc/mas
Radio Spectrum: Flat
Gamma-ray Association LAT: Y, EGRET: N, TeV: N
Kpc-scale morphology: One-sided
Jet Speed: Maximum: 90 ± 10 μas/y ; 5.30 ± 0.59 c
Median: N/A ;
based on 1 moving feature
Lister et al. 2019, ApJ,874,43
Separation Versus Time Plot: PNG    PDF
Stacked 15 GHz Stokes I VLBA images:
Uniform weight:   PNG PDF
Natural weight:   PNG PDF
Circular Beam:   PNG PDF
Tapered Beam:   PNG PDF
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_11_10 |

Spectral Index 8-15 GHz Map: | 2006_11_10 |


Multifrequency MOJAVE VLBA Data:

Epoch
8.1 GHz
8.4 GHz
12.1 GHz
2006-11-10
uvf  FITS  PNG  PDF 
uvf  FITS  PNG  PDF 
uvf  FITS  PNG  PDF 

VLBA 23 GHz: RRIFD Database
Kpc-scale: Kharb, Lister, and Cooper 2010, ApJ 710, 764
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: Redefined as flat/convex (non-GPS) by Torniainen 2005; variable at high freqs.

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
(Y-M-D)
VLBA Code VLBA I
(mJy)
VLBA P
(mJy)
VLBA
P (%)
VLBA
EVPA (deg.)
I Image (Nat. Weight) Tapered I Image Tapered I Image (Widefield) Visibility
Data
Stokes I Radplot Pol.
Image
2011-04-11 BL149DF 2186 4.4 0.2 140 FITS   PNG   PDF FITS   PNG   PDF PNG   PDF uvf   PNG   PDF PNG   PDF
2009-08-19 BL149BR 2114 8.7 0.4 84 FITS   PNG   PDF FITS   PNG   PDF PNG   PDF uvf   PNG   PDF PNG   PDF
2008-08-25 BL149BB 2045 26 1.3 11 FITS   PNG   PDF FITS   PNG   PDF PNG   PDF uvf   PNG   PDF PNG   PDF
2006-11-10 BL137K 2383 11 0.4 8 FITS   PNG   PDF FITS   PNG   PDF PNG   PDF uvf   PNG   PDF PNG   PDF
2005-12-22 BL123Q 2239 5.0 0.2 102 FITS   PNG   PDF FITS   PNG   PDF PNG   PDF uvf   PNG   PDF PNG   PDF
2005-06-03 BL123H 2184 11 0.5 124 FITS   PNG   PDF FITS   PNG   PDF PNG   PDF uvf   PNG   PDF PNG   PDF
2005-03-05 BL123C 2070 17 0.8 101 FITS   PNG   PDF FITS   PNG   PDF PNG   PDF uvf   PNG   PDF PNG   PDF
2003-06-15 BL111I 2072 3.9 0.2 145 FITS   PNG   PDF FITS   PNG   PDF PNG   PDF uvf   PNG   PDF PNG   PDF
2001-05-12 BW055A 1759 no data FITS   PNG   PDF FITS   PNG   PDF PNG   PDF uvf   PNG   PDF
1998-06-05 BG077 1344 no data FITS   PNG   PDF FITS   PNG   PDF PNG   PDF uvf   PNG   PDF
1996-04-23 BE10A 900 no data FITS   PNG   PDF FITS   PNG   PDF PNG   PDF uvf   PNG   PDF
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