High-redshift quasars found in sloan digital sky survey commissioning data. V. Hobby-Eberly telescope observations

Donald P. Schneider; Xiaohui Fan; Michael A. Strauss; James E. Gunn; Gordon T. Richards; Gary J. Hill; Phillip J. MacQueen; Lawrence W. Ramsey; Mark T. Adams; John A. Booth; Grant M. Hill; G. R. Knapp; Robert H. Lupton; David H. Saxe; Matthew Shetrone; Joseph R. Tufts; Daniel E. Vanden Berk; Marsha J. Wolf; Donald G. York; John E. Anderson; Scott F. Anderson; Neta A. Bahcall; J. Brinkmann; Robert Brunner; Istvan Csabai; Masataka Fukugita; G. S. Hennessy; Željko Ivezić; Donald Q. Lamb; Jeffrey A. Munn; Aniruddha R. Thakar

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High-redshift quasars found in sloan digital sky survey commissioning data. V. Hobby-Eberly telescope observations

Donald P. Schneider, Xiaohui Fan, Michael A. Strauss, James E. Gunn, Gordon T. Richards, Gary J. Hill, Phillip J. MacQueen, Lawrence W. Ramsey, Mark T. Adams, John A. Booth, Grant M. Hill, G. R. Knapp, Robert H. Lupton, David H. Saxe, Matthew Shetrone, Joseph R. Tufts, Daniel E. Vanden Berk, Marsha J. Wolf, Donald G. York, John E. AndersonScott F. Anderson, Neta A. Bahcall, J. Brinkmann, Robert Brunner, Istvan Csabai, Masataka Fukugita, G. S. Hennessy, Željko Ivezić, Donald Q. Lamb, Jeffrey A. Munn, Aniruddha R. Thakar

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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' i* 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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1232-1240
Number of pages	9
Journal	Astronomical Journal
Volume	121
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/319422
State	Published - Mar 2001

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Early universe
Quasars: general

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Schneider, D. P., Fan, X., Strauss, M. A., Gunn, J. E., Richards, G. T., Hill, G. J., MacQueen, P. J., Ramsey, L. W., Adams, M. T., Booth, J. A., Hill, G. M., Knapp, G. R., Lupton, R. H., Saxe, D. H., Shetrone, M., Tufts, J. R., Vanden Berk, D. E., Wolf, M. J., York, D. G., ... Thakar, A. R. (2001). High-redshift quasars found in sloan digital sky survey commissioning data. V. Hobby-Eberly telescope observations. Astronomical Journal, 121(3), 1232-1240. https://doi.org/10.1086/319422

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High-redshift quasars found in sloan digital sky survey commissioning data. V. Hobby-Eberly telescope observations

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