Variability-selected Quasars in MACHO Project Magellanic Cloud Fields

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Authors

Marla Geha · University of California, Santa Cruz

C. Alcock · Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

R. A. Allsman · Kitt Peak National Observatory

D. Alves · Columbia University

T. S. Axelrod · University of Arizona

A. C. Becker · Alcatel Lucent (Germany)

D. P. Bennett ·

Abstract

We present 47 spectroscopically confirmed quasars discovered behind the Magellanic Clouds identified via photometric variability in the MACHO database. Thirty-eight quasars lie behind the Large Magellanic Cloud and nine behind the Small Magellanic Cloud,

Topics & Keywords

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

Publication Details

Published in: The Astronomical Journal

Volume 125, Issue 1, pp. 1-12

DOI: 10.1086/344947

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