Bibcode
Heintz, K. E.; Fynbo, J. P. U.; Krogager, J.-K.; Vestergaard, M.; Møller, P.; Arabsalmani, M.; Geier, S.; Noterdaeme, P.; Ledoux, C.; Saturni, F. G.; Venemans, B.
Referencia bibliográfica
The Astronomical Journal, Volume 152, Issue 1, article id. 13, pp. (2016).
Fecha de publicación:
7
2016
Número de citas
2
Número de citas referidas
2
Descripción
We present the serendipitous discovery of a projected pair of
quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) with an angular separation of
Δθ = 4.50 arcsec. The redshifts of the two QSOs are widely
different: one, our program target, is a QSO with a spectrum consistent
with being a narrow line Seyfert 1 active galactic nucleus at z = 2.05.
For this target we detect Lyα, C iv, and C iii]. The other QSO,
which by chance was included on the spectroscopic slit, is a Type 1 QSO
at a redshift of z = 1.68, for which we detect C iv, C iii], and Mg ii.
We compare this system to previously detected projected QSO pairs and
find that only about a dozen previously known pairs have smaller angular
separation.
Based on observations made with the Nordic Optical Telescope, on the
island of La Palma jointly operated by Denmark, Finland, Iceland,
Norway, and Sweden, in the Spanish Observatorio del Roque de los
Muchachos of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias.