A&A Supplement Ser., Vol. 124, August 1997, 259-280
Received May 30; accepted October 25, 1996
R.B. Rengelink
- Y. Tang
- A.G. de Bruyn
- G.K. Miley
- M.N. Bremer
- H.J.A. Röttgering
- M.A.R. Bremer
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Leiden Observatory, Postbus 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy, Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Postbus 800, 9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cavendish Laboratory,
Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
Space Research Organization of the Netherlands, Sorbonnelaan 2,
3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands
The Westerbork Northern Sky Survey (WENSS) is a
low-frequency radio survey that will cover the whole sky north
of 
at a wavelength of 92 cm to a limiting flux density
of approximately 18 mJy (
). This survey has a resolution of
and a positional accuracy for strong
sources of 1.5''.
Here we present a source list comprising 11299 sources and maps of 120
extended sources for a 570 square degree region around the
north ecliptic pole, the so-called mini-survey. We discuss the
errors and reliability of the source parameters and the completeness of
the survey.
keywords: surveys -- radio continuum: general