Paris Observatory Geodetic VLBI Center

Radio source coordinate time series for 1743+173 (2026b, independent mode)

Data - BVID - NED - MOJAVE - SIMBAD - PanSTARRS-1

Right ascension: 266.3967006490830°
Declination: 17.3337287070705°
No. sessions: 131
No. delays: 5098
Defining: No
RMS(α cos δ) = 1.4467 mas
RMS(δ) = 0.9670 mas
Variability ellipse semimajor axis = 1.4530 mas
Variability ellipse semiminor axis = 0.9574 mas
Variability ellipse position angle = -82.8 deg
Equivalent α-δ correlation = -0.11

Quarterly time series for 1743+173 (2026b, 4 global solutions)

Data

Right ascension: 266.3967007584029°
Declination: 17.3337287092848°
No. sessions: 120
No. delays: 5065
Defining: No
RMS(α cos δ) = 0.2168 mas
RMS(δ) = 0.2828 mas
Variability ellipse semimajor axis = 0.2960 mas
Variability ellipse semiminor axis = 0.1983 mas
Variability ellipse position angle = -23.4 deg
Equivalent α-δ correlation = -0.29