Published December 3, 1987
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Journal article
Quasars of redshift z = 4.43 and z = 4.07 in the South Galactic Pole field
- 1. Cambridge Univ. (UK). Inst. of Astronomy
- 2. Kitt Peak National Observatory, Tucson, AZ (USA)
Description
The discovery of two new quasars of very high redshift is reported: Q0051 - 279 of z = 4.43 and Q0101 - 304 of z = 4.07. These two quasars bring to five the total number of quasars known with z > 4. The redshift of Q0051 - 279 is the highest yet recorded and compares with the z = 4.11 of the previous most distant known quasar. Both new quasars were found by the same multicolour technique and in the same UK-Schmidt-Telescope field as Q0046 - 293, the first quasar found with a redshift z > 4. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nature (London)
- Journal Volume
- 330
- Journal Issue
- 6147
- Series
- Nature (London).
- Journal Page Range
- 453-455
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- CODEN
- NATUA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 19025334
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- DETECTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; IMAGES; MAPS; QUASARS; RED SHIFT; SPECTRA; VISIBLE SPECTRA
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; DATA; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA