3C 65: old galaxy or buried quasar?

Details 3C 65: old galaxy or buried quasar? 3C 65: old galaxy or buried quasar?

Apr 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995mnras.273..821l&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 273, Issue 3, pp. 821-826.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Galaxies: Active, Galaxies: Evolution, Galaxies: Formation, Galaxies: Individual: 3C 65, Galaxies: Stellar Content, Infrared: Galaxies

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3C 65 is one of the reddest known radio galaxies at z~=1. We have taken optical and near-infrared spectra, and a K-band image in an attempt to assess whether this red colour is produced by an underlying old stellar population. We find that the broad- and intermediate-band fluxes are consistent with a power-law spectrum in the optical/near-infrared, with no evidence for a 4000-A break, showing that the K-band light is dominated by a reddened quasar nucleus. By comparing the optical spectral index with the mean for optically selected quasars, we estimate an A_V~=2 towards the nucleus and an unreddened quasar magnitude of V~=19. Our spectra, however, do indicate the presence of a 4000-A break in the off-nuclear light, consistent with either a formation redshift z_f>4 for a stellar population with a standard IMF, or the presence of young supergiant stars, which we have previously argued are present in the off-nuclear knot of 3C 356.

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