High-Redshift Quasars Found in Sloan Digital Sky Survey Commissioning Data V. Hobby-Eberly Telescope Observations
Astrophysics
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
We report the discovery of 27 quasars with redshifts between 3.58 and 4.49. The objects were identified as high-redshift candidates based on their colors in Sloan Digital Sky Survey commissioning data. The redshifts were confirmed with low resolution spectra obtained at the Hobby-Eberly Telescope. The quasars' magnitudes range from 18.55 to 20.97. Nearly 60% of the quasar candidates observed are confirmed spectroscopically as quasars. Two of the objects are Broad Absorption Line quasars, and several other quasars appear to have narrow associated absorption features.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0012083,
title = {High-Redshift Quasars Found in Sloan Digital Sky Survey Commissioning Data V. Hobby-Eberly Telescope Observations},
author = {Donald P. Schneider and Xiaohui Fan and Michael A. Strauss and James E. Gunn and Gordon T. Richards and Gary J. Hill and Phillip J. MacQueen and Lawrence W. Ramsey},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0012083},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
20 pages, 4 figures, AJ accepted