QSO 2359-1241: A Bright, Highly Polarized, Radio-Moderate, Reddened, Low-Ionization Broad Absorption Line Quasar
Abstract
We report the discovery of a bright quasar (E=15.8, z=0.868) associated with the flat spectrum radio source NVSS J235953-124148. This quasar we designate QSO 2359-1241 possesses a rare combination of extreme properties that make it of special interest. These properties include: intrinsic high-velocity outflow seen in absorption for both high and low-ionization species, high optical polarization (about 5%), significant radio emission, and dust reddening. The dereddened absolute magnitude of QSO 2359-1241 places it among the three most optically luminous quasars known at z<1. High-resolution spectroscopy and a detailed analysis of the optical/ultraviolet absorption features will be given in a companion paper (Arav et al 2000).
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0008258,
title = {QSO 2359-1241: A Bright, Highly Polarized, Radio-Moderate, Reddened, Low-Ionization Broad Absorption Line Quasar},
author = {M. S. Brotherton and Nahum Arav and R. H. Becker and Hien D. Tran and Michael D. Gregg and R. L. White and S. A. Laurent-Muehleisen and Warren Hack},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0008258},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
To appear in ApJ. See also companion paper by Arav et al