Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992aj....104..941s&link_type=abstract
Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 104, no. 3, Sept. 1992, p. 941-949.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Astronomical Photography, Heavy Elements, Imaging Techniques, Lyman Spectra, Quasars, Red Shift, Absorption Spectra, Lyman Alpha Radiation, Sky Surveys (Astronomy)
Scientific paper
Results are presented for the first field completed in a new survey involving very deep imaging of the fields of high redshift QSOs which exhibit thick Lyman limit absorption systems that completely remove the QSO from the observed broadband UV bandpass. The broadband colors of galaxies near the QSO sightline are examined with knowledge of the redshifts of heavy element absorption systems already discovered in the QSO spectrum. It is suggested that the colors and magnitudes are more consistent with a moderately underluminous galaxy at z = 0.438. A galaxy is identified which is 2.3 mag fainter and is only 2.8 arcsec from the QSO sightline, which is undetected in the present UV bandpass, and could plausibly be associated with the object responsible for the 3.390-z damped Ly-alpha absorption system in the spectrum of Q0000-263.
Hamilton Donald
Steidel Charles C.
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