Discovery of a new blue quasar: SDSS J022218.03–062511.1. Issue 6 (July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fix, M. B.; Smith, J. A.; Tucker, D. L.; Wester, W.; Annis, J.
• Is Part Of: Astronomische Nachrichten. Volume 336:Issue 6(2015)
• Page Start: 614
• Page End: 618
• Publication Date: 2015-07
• Subjects: Astronomy -- Periodicals; 520.5
• DOI: 10.1002/asna.201512173
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0004-6337

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>We report the discovery of a bright blue quasar: SDSS J022218.03–062511.1. This object was discovered spectroscopically while searching for hot white dwarfs that may be used as calibration sources for large sky surveys such as the Dark Energy Survey or the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope project. We present the calibrated spectrum, spectral line shifts and report a redshift of <italic>z</italic> = 0.521±0.0015 and a rest‐frame g‐band luminosity of 8.71×10¹¹ L_⊙. (© 2015 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH &amp; Co. KGaA, Weinheim)</p> </abstract>