Galaxies and Quasars spectra

Galaxies and Quasars spectra

Messier 31	Galaxy	V = 3.43	00 42 44.3 +41 16 07.5	_messier31_20111117_905.fit
Messier 77	Seyfert 2 z = 0.00379	V = 8.87	02 42 40.8 -00 00 47.8	_m77_20111002_022.fit
NGC 1275	Seyfert 2 z = 0.01756	V = 12.48	03 19 48.2 +41 30 42	_ngc1275_20111001_976.fit
HS 0624+6907	Quasar z = 0.370	V = 14.4	06 30 02.4 +69 05 04	_0624+691_20111117_969.fit
APM 08279+5255	Quasar z = 3.85	V = 15.0	08 31 41.6 +52 45 16.8	_apm08279_5255_20111123_090.fit _apm08279_5255_20030422_000.fit
3C232 See field image	Quasar z = 0.5305	V = 12.8	9 58 21 +32 24 09	_3c232_20140305_890.fit
QSO 0957+561 Twin quasar (gravitational lens) See more here	Quasar z = 1.413	V = 16.5 V = 16.7	10 01 21 +55 53 56	_q0957+561_20140307_796
1156+295 = TOM 599	Quasar z = 0.729	V = 14.4	11h59.5 +29°15'	_tom599_20030423_000
NGC 4151	Seyfert 1 z = 0.003262	V = 11.5	12 10 32.6 +39 24 20.9	_ngc4151_20140312_012.fit
PG1211+143	Quasar z = 0.085	V = 14.2	12 14 17.7 +14 03 14	_pg1211+143_20130402_942.fit
Messier 106	Active galaxy z = 0.001541	V = 8.4	12 18 57.6 +47 18 13.4	_messier106_20140311_934.fit
PKS 1222+21 (4C 21.35) Outburst at V=14.0 (quiescent at V=15.5) See field here See enlarged spectrum here	Quasar z = 0.435	V = 14.9	12 24 54 21 22 46	_pks1222+21_20140306_008
Messier 84	Seyfert 2 z = 0.003369	V = 10.5	12 25 04 +12 53 13	_messier84_20140308_065.fit
3C273	Quasar z = 0.15834	V = 12.50	12 29 06.7 +02 03 08	_3c273_20120222_991.fit
Messier 87	Active galaxy z = 0.00423	V = 8.6	12 30 49.4 +12 23 28	_messier87_20130314_942.fit
1247+267	Quasar z = 2.043	V = 15.6	12 50 05.7 +26 31 07	_1247+267_20120223_051.fit
NGC 5548	Seyfert 1 z = 0.01651	V = 13.7	14 17 59.5 +25 08 12.4	_ngc5548_20030408_040
CSO 1061 See field here	Quasar z = 2.669	V = 16.2	14 44 53 +29 19 05	_cso1061_20140306_135.fit
PG 1634+707	Quasar z = 1.338	V = 14.7	16h34.5 +70°31'	_pg1634_706_20030422_000.fit
PG 1718+481 See field here	Quasar z = 1.083	V = 14.6	17 18 38 +48 04 13	_pg1718+481_20140308_109.fit
1821+643 KUV 18217+6419	Quasar z = 0.297	V = 14.24	18h21m57.3s +64°20'36"	_1821+643_20130315_199.fit
PG 2214+139 Mrk 304	Quasar z = 0.06629	V = 14.66	22 17 12.3 +14 14 20.9	_2214+139_20111003_787.fit
PG 2251+113	Quasar z = 0.32525	V = 15.82	22 54 10.4 +11 36 38.6	_2251+113_20111003_848.fit
NGC 7469	Seyfert 1 z = 0.01588	V = 12.34	23 03 15.7 +08 52 25.3	_ngc7469_20111003_959.fit

Example of redshift detection on three objects captured the same night (October 3, 2011). Suburban conditions (limiting magnitude with eyes is 2). Click on the image or here for enlarge.

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Aspect of the field of APM 08279+5255 on a POSS image (left) and on an image of LISA guiding camera - here a Atik Titan model (right)

See also Pic du Midi (T60), 2003 observation of APM 08279+5255 with a LORIS spectrograph

Quasar 1247+267 at z = 2.043 (V = 15.6)

Field of 1247+267. Image taken with a Takahashi FSQ85ED refractor (F/5.3) and a QSI-583 CCD camera. 7 x 300 s. exposure through a UHC Astronomik Filter.
Castanet-Tolosan observatory - Date: February 30, 2012. Click on the image for display full field at reduced size.

1247+267 spectrum. Celestron 11 telescope (D = 0.28 m) + LISA spectrograph at R = 800 (23 microns slit) + Atik313L+ CCD camera.
Exposure : 11 x 600 s. Castanet-Tolosan Observatory. Some emission lines and associated rest wavelength are indicated.

Observed region on a composit quasar spectrum (from D. Vanden Berk & all, AJ, 122, 549-564, 2001).

Quasar 3C272 at z = 0.1583 (V = 12.5)

Field of 3C273. Image taken with a Takahashi FSQ85ED refractor (F/5.3) and a QSI-583 CCD camera. 2 x 300 s. exposure. through a UHC Astronomik Filter.
Castanet-Tolosan observatory - Date: February 30, 2012.

1247+267 spectrum. Celestron 11 telescope (D = 0.28 m) + LISA spectrograph at R = 800 (23 microns slit) + Atik313L+ CCD camera.
Exposure : 8 x 600 s. Castanet-Tolosan Observatory. Some emission lines and associated rest wavelength are indicated.

Observed region on a composit quasar spectrum (from D. Vanden Berk & all, AJ, 122, 549-564, 2001).

Quasar QSO 0957+561 at z = 1.413 (V = 16.5 + V = 16.7)
A gravitational lens

Takahashi FSQ106ED refractor (D = 10.6 cm, F/5 ) + QSI-583 CCD camera + Lumicon Deep Sky filter.
Castanet Observatory - 10 x 300 sec. exposure, March 9, 2014.

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