Key to MRT Hour & Zone
terminology used for maps
HOUR (RA in hour) (J2000)
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A: 00-01 | B: 01-02 | C: 02-03 |
| D: 03-04 | E: 04-05 | F: 05-06 | |
| G: 06-07 | H: 07-08 | I: 08-09 | |
| J: 09-10 | K: 10-11 | L: 11-12 | |
| M: 12-13 | N: 13-14 | O: 14-15 | |
| P: 15-16 | Q: 16-17 | R: 17-18 | |
| S: 18-19 | T: 19-20 | U: 20-21 | |
| V: 21-22 | W: 22-23 | X: 23-00 |
ZONE (DEC in degrees)
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ZONE1: -40 to -05 | ZONE2: -50 to -15 |
| ZONE3: -65 to -30 | ZONE4: -80 to -40 |
A guard zone of ~1hr on either
side in RA and ~10deg on either
side in DEC is kept in each map.
M A P S
Maps produced by: V.N. Pandey & N. Udaya Shankar (2006).
Images corrected for systematics in positional errors by: A. Nayak, S. Daiboo & N. Udaya Shankar (2008).
The correction scheme is briefly described here.
| ZONE 1 |
ZONE 2 |
ZONE 3 |
ZONE 4 |
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HOUR S | HSZ1 |
HSZ2 | HSZ3 | HSZ4 | |
| HOUR T |
HTZ1 | HTZ2 | HTZ3 | HTZ4 | ||
| HOUR U |
HUZ1 | HUZ2 | HUZ3 | HUZ4 | ||
| HOUR V |
HVZ1 | HVZ2 | HVZ3 | HVZ4 | ||
| HOUR W |
HWZ1 | HWZ2 | HWZ3 | HWZ4 | ||
| HOUR X |
HXZ1 | HXZ2 | HXZ3 | HXZ4 |
New maps will be made available online as and when processed.
S O U R C E C A T A L O G U E
MRT CatA (J2000)
Produced by V.N. Pandey & N. Udaya Shankar.
MRT CatA: Hour S to Hour X. 2782 sources at 5-sigma.