The Most Distant AGN: A Radio Galaxy at Z = 5.19

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Sep 1999

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American Astronomical Society Meeting 194, #110.07

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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We report the discovery of the most distant known AGN since the discovery of quasars, the radio galaxy TN J0924-2201 at z = 5.19. The radio source was selected from a new sample of ultra-steep spectrum (USS) sources, has an extreme radio spectral index alpha(365 MHz,1.4 GHz) = -1.63, and is identified at near-IR wavelengths with a very faint, K = 21.3 object. Optical spectroscopic observations show a single emission line at 7530 A, which we identify as Lyman alpha. The K-band image, sampling rest-frame U-band, shows a multi-component, radio-aligned morphology, typical of lower-redshift radio galaxies. TN J0924-2201 extends the near-IR Hubble, or K-z, relation for powerful radio galaxies to z > 5, and is consistent with models of massive galaxies forming at even higher redshifts. The work at IGPP/LLNL was performed under the auspices of the US Department of Energy under contract W-7405-ENG-48. W.v.B. also acknowledges support from NASA grant GO 5940, and D.S. from IGPP/LLNL grant 98-AP017. The observations were obtained at the W.M. Keck Observatory, which is operated as a scientific partnership among the University of California, the California Institute of Technology, and NASA. The Observatory was made possible by the generous financial support of the W.M. Keck Foundation.

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