Evidence for MG II 2798 A profile differences in the gravitationally lensed QSO 2237 + 0305A, B1

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Galactic Nuclei, Gravitational Lenses, Quasars, Red Shift, Spiral Galaxies, Charge Coupled Devices, Interstellar Extinction, Stellar Spectra

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The results of long-slit near-IR CCD spectroscopy of the gravitationally lensed QSO 2237 + 0305 are reported. The findings confirm that at least three of the four starlike images in the central region of the z = 0.0394 galaxy are QSOs with redshift 1.696 + or - 0.001. A relative velocity definitely smaller than 150 km/s and possibly less than about 50 km/s is found for the components A and B. Evidence is found for slight differences in the profiles of Mg II 2798 A in these components. The intrinsic variability timescale of typical QSOs is much longer than the maximum relative time delay between A and B. Hence, the most likely explanation is that the two images sample different portions of the QSO's broad-line region.

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