New results on the parsec-scale properties of the Bologna Complete Sample

Abstract

We present an update of the parsec scale properties of the Bologna Complete Sample consisting of 95 radio sources with z $<$ 0.1 from the B2 Catalog of Radio Sources and the Third Cambridge Revised Catalog (3CR). Thanks to new data obtained in phase reference mode, we have now parsec scale images for 76 sources of the sample. Most of them show a one-sided jet structure but we find a higher fraction of two-sided sources in comparison with previous flux-limited VLBI surveys. Results for two peculiar sources, 3C 293 and 3C 310, are presented and discussed in more detail.

To appear in Proceedings of Science: "The 9th European VLBI Symposium on the Role of VLBI in the Golden Age of Radioastronomy" Bologna (I) September 23-26 2008