Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Feb 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993apj...403l..55b&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 403, no. 2, p. L55-L58.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Absorption Spectroscopy, Carbon, Interstellar Matter, Magnesium, Quasars, Ultraviolet Absorption, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Line Spectra, Markarian Galaxies, Red Shift
Scientific paper
We have used the Goddard High-Resolution Spectrograph aboard HST to detect interstellar Mg II and C IV absorption lines toward Mrk 205, a QSO whose sightline passes within 3/h kpc of the foreground galaxy NGC 4319. Absorption is detected from both local Milky Way gas and from NGC 4319, making this the first observation of an isolated, low-redshift galaxy causing an 'optically thick' QSO absorption system. We also observed for the first time Mg II absorption from two local High Velocity Clouds along this same sightline. The data support the premise that metal absorption lines seen at higher redshift in QSO spectra originate in gas associated with intervening galaxies. However, neither the strong absorption by (half) of our own Galaxy, nor the weak absorption by NGC 4319, may be typical of absorbers in general.
Blades Chris J.
Bowen David V.
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