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Pat

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Re: 588017114518257872
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2007, 01:43:36 pm »
I would say it's too close, but it certainly looks wierd enough. Any experts care to hazard a guess?

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« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2007, 01:46:43 pm »
I'm no expert, but it seems quite possible.

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« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2007, 01:51:27 pm »
Thanks!!

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« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2007, 02:01:57 pm »
well, the explore url you point to has a spectrum that shows emission lines, thems the tall vertical peaks in the graph, and the value for z is 0.316, which is a largeish redshift, possibly on the borderline for QSOs (my memory says QSOs start cropping up at distances of about z ~ 0.3, but my memory lies to me at times).

SDSS has flagged it as a galaxy, then again another bit says it's a faint qso.

If it isn't a QSO it's certainly an active emission line galaxy, possibly something called a BL Lac object, which are kind of relatives of QSOs, but are elliptical galaxies

Although it could be something called a BCD, or Blue Compact Dwarf galaxy.  Possibly one for the experts in analysis tips?

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« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2007, 02:30:51 pm »
Thanks again JGZoo!!!

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