Sixth Cambridge Survey of Radio Sources

The 6C Survey of Radio Sources (6C) is an astronomical catalogue of celestial radio sources as measured at 151-MHz.[1][2] It was published between 1985 and 1993 by the Radio Astronomy Group of the University of Cambridge.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Sixth Cambridge Survey of radio sources

Alternative names	6C
Survey type	astronomical survey
Organization	Cavendish Astrophysics Group
Observations	Cambridge Low Frequency Synthesis Telescope
Frequency	151 megahertz

The research that led to the catalogue's production also led to improvements in radio telescope design and, in due course, to the 7C survey of radio sources.[1]

A similar survey of the Southern Hemisphere was made by the Mauritius Radio Telescope.[10][11]

References

1. Longair, Malcolm (2016). Maxwell's Enduring Legacy: A Scientific History of the Cavendish Laboratory. Cambridge University Press. pp. 516–517. ISBN 978-1-316-03341-8.
2. Green, D.A. (26 May 2016). "Cambridge Low Frequency Surveys". Symposium - International Astronomical Union. 199: 21–24. doi:10.1017/S0074180900168482.
3. "Nomenclature of Celestial Objects - Details on Acronym: 6C". cds.u-strasbg.fr. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
10. Golap, K.; Udaya Shankar, N.; Sachdev, S. (29 March 2018). "A low frequency radio telescope at Mauritius for a Southern sky survey". Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy. 19 (1–2): 35–53. arXiv:astro-ph/9808062. doi:10.1007/BF02714890. S2CID 17471378.