Discovery of neutral hydrogen 21 centimeter absorption at redshift 0.25 toward PKS 1413+135

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Absorption Spectra, Bl Lacertae Objects, H Lines, Radio Sources (Astronomy), Red Shift, Spiral Galaxies, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Gravitational Lenses, Very Large Array (Vla)

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A strong H I 21-cm absorption line is identified toward PKS 1413+135 at the redshift of the host galaxy and argued to indicate that the IR-optical cutoff of the BL Lac object's spectrum is caused by extinction. The BL Lac object is shown to have strong neutral 21-cm absorption at the redshift range z = 0.24671 +/- 0.00001, and the implied H I column density is derived. The H I covering factor is assumed to be not more than 0.1, suggesting that a high degree of extinction exists in the galaxy. The host galaxy is theorized to be a spiral of type later than S0 based on the redshift of the H I absorption line and the host. The statistical and observational conclusions are found to support the theories of Stock et al. (1992) regarding the red spectrum of the object.

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