Catalogue of quasar candidates

DOI

This paper gives a list of all quasar candidates obtained from an automated computer search performed on 11 grens plates. The description of the main characteristics of the survey is given along with the latest improvements in the selection techniques. Particular attention has been paid to understanding and quantifying selection effects. This allows the construction of homogeneous samples having well-understood characteristics. The noteworthy aspect of our homogenization process is the correction that we apply to our probability classes in order to take into account the signal-to-noise differences; at a given magnitude, among plates of different limiting magnitudes. Since such homogeneous material is rare, this catalogue is of general interest. Each grens plate covers about 1 square degree with typical limiting magnitude of B~21. Data are given with all relevant quantities needed to understand the characteristics of the survey. We expect that over 100 of the 125 higher probability class candidates are quasars. A third of the ~400 lower probability objects should also be quasars. This material is well-suited to follow-up spectroscopy with fibre spectrographs.

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Identifier
DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.72470182
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/247/182
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Provenance
Creator BEAUCHEMIN. M.; BORRA. E.F.; EDWARDS G.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 1997
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Galactic and extragalactic Astronomy; High Energy Astrophysics; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy