60 Milliarcsecond Near-Infrared Imaging of 3C 273 with Altair and Gemini

Details 60 Milliarcsecond Near-Infrared Imaging of 3C 273 with Altair and Gemini 60 Milliarcsecond Near-Infrared Imaging of 3C 273 with Altair and Gemini

Feb 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004pasp..116..154h&link_type=abstract

The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 116, Issue 816, pp. 154-160.

Physics

Optics

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Galaxies: Jets, Instrumentation: Adaptive Optics, Galaxies: Quasars: Individual: Alphanumeric: 3C 273

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We report data from the commissioning run of the Altair adaptive optics instrument on Gemini North. The bright QSO 3C 273 was observed at f/32 in the H and J bands, and at f/14 with J band, using the QSO itself as guide star. Resolution of approximately 60 mas full width at half-maximum (FWHM) was achieved in H band. The data and point-spread function are compared with those from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The Altair data allow a measurement of the spheroidal inner host galaxy to radii down to about 40 mas. A bright knot seen in visible wavelengths with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) instrument on HST is seen in the J but not the H band, and the dust lane seen with ACS is less visible, as expected. Other morphological features, and the jet, are discussed.
Based on observations obtained at the Gemini Observatory, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under a cooperative agreement with the NSF on behalf of the Gemini partnership: the National Science Foundation (US), the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (UK), the National Research Council (Canada), CONICYT (Chile), the Australian Research Council (Australia), CNPq (Brazil), and CONICET (Argentina).

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