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Table 2

Differential orientation and declination bias between Gaia DR1 and VLBI catalogs.

Group A1 A2 A3 dz Atot
(μas) (μas) (μas) (μas) (μas)

ICRF2 Gaia DR1
All −98 ± 18 −32 ± 16 +8 ± 18 +120 ± 14 103 ± 18
North −189 ± 23 −107 ± 22 −76 ± 25 +119 ± 19 229 ± 23
South +59 ± 29 +82 ± 25 +113 ± 28 +152 ± 22 152 ± 27
Defining −41 ± 29 −54 ± 25 +35 ± 32 +78 ± 22 78 ± 28
Non-def −134 ± 24 −15 ± 21 −8 ± 23 +148 ± 18 135 ± 24

gsf2016a Gaia DR1
All −81 ± 16 +0 ± 14 +21 ± 17 +46 ± 12 84 ± 17
North −169 ± 22 −104 ± 20 −58 ± 23 +87 ± 17 207 ± 21
South +61 ± 26 +116 ± 22 +117 ± 26 +34 ± 19 176 ± 24
Defining −24 ± 27 −29 ± 23 +39 ± 30 +0 ± 21 54 ± 28
Non-def −113 ± 21 +17 ± 18 +8 ± 21 +73 ± 16 115 ± 21

Notes. Atot is obtained in the same way as in Table 1.

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