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Jul 1991
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HST Proposal ID #4051
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Hst Proposal Id #4051
Scientific paper
OI 287 is a unique extragalactic source. It appears to take one property from each class of object. It is either some kind of missing link, or a new type of activity. Because of the high optical polarization, OI 287 has been classified with the blazars. However, every other blazar is variable in optical flux, polarization, and polarization angle., while OI 287 is constant at V=17, P=8%, and theta=145 degrees. Also, every other blazar has a radio source dominated by an intense flat-spectrum core, while OI 287 has an upper limit of 2% of the total 20cm flux in the core. The only group of quasars which ever shows even moderate (2-5%) constant optical polarization is the broad absorption line (BAL) objects, e.g. PHL 5200 and H1413+113. Among the BAL quasars, PHL 5200 and H1413+113 have exceptionally smooth deep, attached absorption lines, and also the highest polarization. We want to know whether OI 287 is a BAL quasar. It would be the first definite radio loud example. If it is a BAL quasar then the high polarization is really related to (and perhaps the key to) the BAL phenomenon, and we can use the techniques of spectropolarimetry to help unlock the BAL geometry. The UV spectral shape would also provide help determining the cause of polarization.
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