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    • Molonglo Reference Catalog of Radio Sources

    Metadata Updated: September 19, 2025

    This catalog is a version of the 1990 issue of the "Molonglo Reference Catalog of Radio Sources" (MRC). The MRC is one of the largest homogeneous catalogs of radio sources, containing 12,141 discrete sources with flux densities greater than 0.7 Jy in the declination range +18.5 degrees to -85 degrees (1950 coordinates) and excluding regions within 3 degrees of the Galactic equator. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2025
    Publisher High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center
    Maintainer
    Identifier ivo://nasa.heasarc/mrc
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-10
    Category Astrophysics
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 51b4c62e-070f-4242-a506-fe44436d7501
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/all/mrc.html
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash d41194cb6f10bed16159a9de7e41177931458089051a51e506a71c7218af5581
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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