Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 147, 169-173

Accurate optical positions for 2978 objects from the Second Byurakan Survey (SBS) with the Digitized Sky Survey

M.D. Bicay¹ - J.A. Stepanian² - V.H. Chavushyan³ - L.K. Erastova⁴ - V.T. Ayvazyan⁵ - J. Seal ⁶ - G. Kojoian⁷

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1 - Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, MS 126-304, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, U.S.A.
2 - Special Astrophysical Observatory RAS, Nizhnij Arkhyz, Karachai-Cherkessia 357147, Russia
3 - Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Optica Electrónica, Apartado Postal 51 y 216, CP. 72000, Puebla, Pue., Mexico
4 - Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, Armenia
5 - Department of Physics and Astronomy, Armenian State Pedagogical Institute, Yerevan, Khangian 5, 375010, Armenia
6 - Cambridge CR & D, 2205 CR 1100N, Sidney, IL 61877, U.S.A.
7 - Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004, U.S.A.
e-mail: mbicay@sirtfweb.jpl.nasa.gov, jstep@sao.ru, vahram@inaoep.mx, lke@bao.sci.am, ayvo@sao.ru

Received February 12, 1998; accepted March 13, 2000

Abstract:

Optical positions of 2978 objects listed in the Second Byurakan Survey (SBS) were obtained using the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS), and are given with an rms uncertainty $\sim1$ arcsec in each coordinate.

Key words: surveys -- catalogs: active -- galaxies -- quasars