Host galaxies of quasars

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Galactic Structure, Quasars, Astronomical Photometry, Galactic Clusters

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By analogy with other active extragalactic phenomena, a quasar is defined to consist of at least two components: a central point source and an extended underlying nebulosity, referred to as the host galaxy of a quasar. Here, some integrated properties of the host galaxies are derived from CCD surface photometry obtained for 17 low-redshift quasars at the Cassegrain focus of a 2.2-m telescope. The luminosities, diameters, and intensity profiles derived from the CCD observations are consistent with the assumption that radio quasars reside in host galaxies at cosmological distances comparable with first-ranked elliptical cluster galaxies. A less luminous type of galaxy may be associated with radio-quiet quasars.

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