A NEW APPROACH TO THE COMPILATION OF COMBINED EXTRAGALACTIC RADIO SOURCE CATALOGUES

Li J.L., Jin W.J.

Shanghai Observatory, Shanghai 200030, China

An attempt of the compilation of combined extragalactic radio source catalogues based on individual ones is undertaken. In reference to the ideas of other authors, a new approach is used. It includes the Arc Length Difference method in the selection of primary sources and the Common Primary Source method in the maintenance of orientation of combined catalogues with the new approach is better than 0.1 mas.