147 Ghz Vlbi Observations: Detection Of 3c273 And 3c279 On The 3100 Km Baseline Metsahovi-Pico Veleta

We report a successful VLBI observation at 147 GHz (2.1 mm) on the 3 100 km long baseline between the telescopes at Metsahovi (Finland) and Pico Veleta (Spain). The sources 3C 273B and 3C 279 were detected with a SNR of similar to 10. For these sources we estimate that 25-30% of the total flux is detectable as correlated flux on the 3 100 km baseline, which gives at 147 GHz a lower limit of the brightness temperature of the inner VLBI jet region of similar to1 x 10(10) K.