Published June 1, 1991 | Version v1
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A complete quasar sample at intermediate redshift

Creators

  • 1. European Southern Observatory, Garching (Germany, F.R.)
  • 2. Padua Univ. (Italy). Ist. di Astronomia
  • 3. Ist. di Radioastronomia, Bologna (Italy)
  • 4. Royal Observatory, Edinburgh (UK)
  • 5. Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Milan (Italy)

Description

A search for intermediate-redshift quasars has been carried out with slitless spectroscopy in the central 21.07 deg2 of the SA 94, where the existence of a large database of objects for which slit spectroscopy was already available provided a valuable opportunity of testing the properties of our selection technique. Fifty candidates have been observed with slit spectroscopy, confirming 34 quasars and two H II galaxies. The completeness of this survey as a function of magnitude and redshift has been analysed, and an effective area of 16.9 deg2 has been evaluated. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Journal Volume
250
Journal Issue
3
Series
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.
Journal Page Range
531-540
ISSN
0035-8711
CODEN
MNRAA

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
22074629
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INDEXES; LUMINOSITY; QUASARS; RED SHIFT; VISIBLE SPECTRA
Descriptors DEC
COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; DATA; DOCUMENT TYPES; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SPECTRA