Sixth Cambridge Survey of Radio Sources

The 6C Survey of radio sources (6C) is an astronomical catalogue of celestial radio sources as measured at 151-MHz. It was published between 1985 and 1993 by the Radio Astronomy Group of the University of Cambridge.

A similar survey of the Southern Hemisphere was made by the Mauritius Radio Telescope.

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