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.




Click on the image for enlarge.




Click on the image for enlarge.


 


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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