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Table 1

Characteristics of the catalogs.

No. sources

Total ICRF2 Defining Mean declination

ICRF2 3414 3414 295 9.5°
aus2013a 2949 2912 291 11.3°
bkg2013a 3294 3097 287 11.9°
gsf2012a 3708 3413 295 8.4°
iaa2012a 2943 2796 292 8.7°
opa2013a 3580 3375 295 9.3°

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