Discovery of a new blue quasar: SDSS J022218.03-062511.1

We report the discovery of a bright blue quasar: SDSS J022218.03–062511.1. This object was discovered spectroscopically while searching for hot white dwarfs that may be used as calibration sources for large sky surveys such as the Dark Energy Survey or the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope project. We...

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Published in:	Astronomische Nachrichten Vol. 336; no. 6; pp. 614 - 618
Main Authors:	Fix, M. B., Smith, J. A., Tucker, D. L., Wester, W., Annis, J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin WILEY-VCH Verlag 01-07-2015 WILEY‐VCH Verlag Wiley Subscription Services, Inc Wiley
Subjects:	ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS Astrophysics Calibration Dark energy Luminosity Quasars quasars: individual: (SDSS J022218.03−062511.1) Red shift Sky surveys (astronomy) techniques: spectroscopic Telescopes White dwarf stars
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Summary:	We report the discovery of a bright blue quasar: SDSS J022218.03–062511.1. This object was discovered spectroscopically while searching for hot white dwarfs that may be used as calibration sources for large sky surveys such as the Dark Energy Survey or the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope project. We present the calibrated spectrum, spectral line shifts and report a redshift of z = 0.521±0.0015 and a rest‐frame g‐band luminosity of 8.71×1011 L⊙. (© 2015 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
Bibliography:	ArticleID:ASNA201512173 NASA by Caltech under NASA contract NAS5-98034 istex:CBD6BA1823FE11C81F01AA6AAA460DFD62D05C22 joint project of the University of Massachusetts and the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center/California Institute of Technology, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation joint project of the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ark:/67375/WNG-ML7DL6DT-J ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 AC02-07CH11359 USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) FERMILAB-PUB-15-287-AE-CD
ISSN:	0004-6337 1521-3994
DOI:	10.1002/asna.201512173