We report preliminary results of a visual inspection of ~4300 deg$^2$ covered by 4414 images of the 3-GHz VLA Sky Survey (VLASS, epoch 1.1) in search of extended radio structures. Over 7600 positions were registered, and for a subset of 270 of the most promising candidates their host objects were searched in optical and infrared surveys, as well as in other public databases. Among these 270, we found 9 new giant radio galaxies with a projected radio extent exceeding 1 Mpc, of which two are likely quasars at a redshift of z$\sim$2, and another one had hitherto been misidentified with a low-redshift host. Apart from various sources with unusual radio morphologies, we found numerous remnant-type double radio sources with very diffuse lobes in VLASS, both with and without radio cores. We confirm that the high angular resolution and observing frequency of VLASS is well suited for the optical identification of radio sources, and despite its limited sensitivity to extended emission, allows to reveal large radio galaxies based on morphological features unrecognizable in lower-resolution surveys.
UNIONS Optical Identifications for VLASS Radio Sources in the Euclid Sky (UNVEIL) I. A Catalog of ~146,000 Radio Galaxies up to z~5
Waseda University(早稻田大学);Ruhr University Bochum(波鸿鲁尔大学);National Research Council Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics(国家研究委员会赫茨伯格天文学和天体物理学研究所);National Astronomical Observatory of Japan(日本国立天文台);Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI)(综合研究大学院大学);Ehime University(爱媛大学);University of Hawaii(夏威夷大学);Kagoshima University(鹿儿岛大学);Ritsumeikan University(立命馆大学);Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics(中央研究院天文及天文物理研究所)
A Wide and Deep Exploration of Radio-detected Active Galactic Nuclei with Subaru HSC (WERGS). XII. Final Optical Identification of VLASS Radio Sources from the Subaru/HSC-SSP Wide Survey Over 1200 deg$^2$
Hosei University(法政大学);National Astronomical Observatory of Japan(日本国立天文台);Tohoku University(东北大学);The University of Tokyo(东京大学);Waseda University(早稻田大学);Ehime University(爱媛大学);Nagoya University(名古屋大学)
A Wide and Deep Exploration of Radio-detected Active Galactic Nuclei with Subaru HSC (WERGS). XIII. High-z Radio Quasar Selection from HSC--VLASS over $\sim1200$ deg$^2$
The University of Tokyo(东京大学);Tohoku University(东北大学);Hosei University(法政大学);National Astronomical Observatory of Japan(日本国立天文台);Waseda University(早稻田大学);ILANCE, CNRS – University of Tokyo International Research Laboratory(ILANCE,法国国家科学研究中心-东京大学国际研究实验室)
Radio Activity Across Accretion State Changes in Changing-look AGNs: Insights from FIRST and VLASS over Two Decades
School of Physics and Technology, Nanjing Normal University(南京师范大学物理科学与技术学院);Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院国家天文台光学天文重点实验室);European Southern Observatory(欧洲南方天文台);Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院上海天文台);School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University(南京大学天文与空间科学学院);Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nanjing University), Ministry of Education(教育部现代天文与天体物理学重点实验室(南京大学))
Rapid radio variability in the $z\sim7$ blazar VLASS J0410$-$0139: Indication of a hidden population of weak radio jets at Cosmic Dawn
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie(马克斯·普朗克天文学研究所);INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio(意大利国家天体物理研究所空间科学观测站);NSF NOIRLab, Gemini Observatory(美国国家光学红外天文研究实验室双子座天文台);ASTRON, The Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy(荷兰射电天文研究所);Leiden Observatory, Leiden University(莱顿大学莱顿天文台);National Radio Astronomy Observatory(国家射电天文台);Instituto de Estudios Astrofísicos, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Diego Portales(迭戈·波特莱斯大学工程与科学学院天体物理研究所);Department of Astronomy Astrophysics and Space Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore(印度印多尔理工学院天文、天体物理与空间工程系)
A radio counterpart of the local little-red-dot J092359+415736
University of Science and Technology of China(中国科学技术大学);University of Massachusetts Amherst(马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校);Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院云南天文台)
The Radiowave Hunt for Young Stellar Object Emission and Demographics (RADIOHEAD): A Radio Luminosity${-}$Spectral Type Dependence in Taurus${-}$Auriga YSOs
New Signs Pointing Toward a Correlation Between Astrophysical Neutrinos and Radio Flares
University of Wisconsin-Madison(威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校);University of Washington(华盛顿大学);University of Wisconsin-Whitewater(威斯康星大学惠特沃分校);University of California, Merced(加州大学默塞德分校)
Radio Properties of Narrow-Line and Broad-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies
HUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences(匈牙利研究科学院天文学与地球科学研究中心);Konkoly Observatory(孔科利天文台);HUN-REN--ELTE Extragalactic Astrophysics Research Group(匈牙利研究科学院-厄特沃什·洛兰大学河外天体物理学研究组);Nicolaus Copernicus University(尼古拉·哥白尼大学);HUN-REN--SZTE Stellar Astrophysics Research Group(匈牙利研究科学院-塞格德大学恒星天体物理学研究组)
Radio Follow-Up Observations of a Weak-Line Quasar Exhibiting Remarkable X-ray Variability
Indian Institute of Astrophysics(印度天体物理研究所);Pondicherry University(本地治里大学);University of California, Berkeley(加州大学伯克利分校);Berkeley Center for Multi-messenger Research on Astrophysical Transients and Outreach (Multi-RAPTOR), University of California, Berkeley(加州大学伯克利分校多信使天文瞬变源研究与外展中心(Multi-RAPTOR));National Centre for Radio Astrophysics-Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (NCRA-TIFR)(国家射电天文中心-塔塔基础研究所(NCRA-TIFR));The Pennsylvania State University(宾夕法尼亚州立大学);Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, The Pennsylvania State University(宾夕法尼亚州立大学引力与宇宙学研究所);St. Francis de Sales College (Autonomous)(圣方济各沙雷氏学院(自治));CHRIST (Deemed to be University)(克里斯特(视为大学))
A Parsec-Scale Transient High-Frequency-Peaked Radio Source in the Very Large Array Sky Survey Brightening and Fading over a Decadal Timescale
David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto(多伦多大学戴维·A·邓普天文学与天体物理学系);Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto(多伦多大学邓普天文学与天体物理学研究所);Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz(加州大学圣克鲁兹分校天文学与天体物理学系);National Radio Astronomy Observatory(美国国家射电天文台)