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

Journal Article · · Astronomische Nachrichten
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  1. Austin Peay State Univ., Clarksville, TN (United States)
  2. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
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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⊙.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1223226
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-15-287-AE-CD; arXiv eprint number arXiv:1507.03180
Journal Information:
Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol. 336, Issue 6; ISSN 0004-6337
Publisher:
WileyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 2 works
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Related Subjects

79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
quasars: individual: (SDSS J022218.03−062511.1)
techniques: spectroscopic