Issue |
Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.
Volume 119, Number 2, October II 1996
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Page(s) | 265 - 269 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/aas:1996243 | |
Published online | 15 October 1996 |
A large sample of objective prism quasar candidates
1
Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Via Brera, 28 I–20121 Milano, Italy e-mail: iovino@brera.mi.astro.it
2
Centre for Astrophysics, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, UK e-mail: r.g.clowes@uclan.ac.uk
3
ESO, Karl–Schwarzschild–Strasse 2, D–85748 Garching bei Munchen, Germany e-mail: pshaver@eso.org
Send offprint request to: A. Iovino
Received:
2
January
1996
Accepted:
7
March
1996
The Automated Quasar Detection (AQD) technique has
been applied to six connected fields near the South Galactic
Pole. A comparison with the Véron & Véron catalogue (1993)
and the Cristiani et al. compilation (1995) shows that AQD
re–discovered % of the known quasars with
non–overlapping objective–prism spectra present in these
fields (
% if only the high probability candidates are
considered). A list of the 1592 high probability candidates is
given, including the results of cross–correlation with X–ray
and radio catalogues.
Key words: quasars: general / surveys
© European Southern Observatory (ESO), 1996