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Title: Discovery of a new blue quasar: SDSS J022218.03-062511.1

Abstract

We report the discovery of a bright blue quasar: SDSS J022218.03–062511.1. This object was discovered spectroscopically while searching for hot white dwarfs that may be used as calibration sources for large sky surveys such as the Dark Energy Survey or the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope project. In addition, we present the calibrated spectrum, spectral line shifts and report a redshift of z = 0.521 ± 0.0015 and a rest-frame g-band luminosity of 8.71 × 1011 L.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [2]
  1. Austin Peay State Univ., Clarksville, TN (United States)
  2. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
OSTI Identifier:
1223226
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-15-287-AE-CD
Journal ID: ISSN 0004-6337; arXiv eprint number arXiv:1507.03180
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11359
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Astronomische Nachrichten
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 336; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 0004-6337
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; quasars: individual: (SDSS J022218.03−062511.1); techniques: spectroscopic

Citation Formats

Fix, Mees B., Smith, J. Allyn, Tucker, Douglas L., Wester, William, and Annis, James. Discovery of a new blue quasar: SDSS J022218.03-062511.1. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1002/asna.201512173.
Fix, Mees B., Smith, J. Allyn, Tucker, Douglas L., Wester, William, & Annis, James. Discovery of a new blue quasar: SDSS J022218.03-062511.1. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/asna.201512173
Fix, Mees B., Smith, J. Allyn, Tucker, Douglas L., Wester, William, and Annis, James. Wed . "Discovery of a new blue quasar: SDSS J022218.03-062511.1". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/asna.201512173. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1223226.
@article{osti_1223226,
title = {Discovery of a new blue quasar: SDSS J022218.03-062511.1},
author = {Fix, Mees B. and Smith, J. Allyn and Tucker, Douglas L. and Wester, William and Annis, James},
abstractNote = {We report the discovery of a bright blue quasar: SDSS J022218.03–062511.1. This object was discovered spectroscopically while searching for hot white dwarfs that may be used as calibration sources for large sky surveys such as the Dark Energy Survey or the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope project. In addition, we present the calibrated spectrum, spectral line shifts and report a redshift of z = 0.521 ± 0.0015 and a rest-frame g-band luminosity of 8.71 × 1011 L⊙.},
doi = {10.1002/asna.201512173},
journal = {Astronomische Nachrichten},
number = 6,
volume = 336,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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