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The APM QSO Survey: Description and Status Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

Craig B. Foltz ,
Frederic H. Chaffee Jr. ,
Paul C. Hewett ,
Brenda Frye ,
Ray J. Weymann ,
Scott F. Anderson ,
Simon L. Morris ,
Gordon M. MacAlpine  and
David A. Turnshek
Craig B. Foltz
Affiliation:
Multiple Mirror Telescope Observatory, Tucson, AZ 85721
Frederic H. Chaffee Jr.
Affiliation:
Multiple Mirror Telescope Observatory, Tucson, AZ 85721
Paul C. Hewett
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, England
Brenda Frye
Affiliation:
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
Ray J. Weymann
Affiliation:
Mount Wilson and Las Campanas Observatories, Pasadena, CA 91101
Scott F. Anderson
Affiliation:
Mount Wilson and Las Campanas Observatories, Pasadena, CA 91101
Simon L. Morris
Affiliation:
Mount Wilson and Las Campanas Observatories, Pasadena, CA 91101
Gordon M. MacAlpine
Affiliation:
Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
David A. Turnshek
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218

Abstract

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The APM QSO survey is a quantitative survey aimed at finding a large sample (∼ 1000) of QSOs using broadly-based selection criteria applied to machine-scanned UK Schmidt Telescope direct and objective-prism plates. The survey is currently entering its third year and, as of August 1988, the sample consists of ∼ 700 QSOs with mJ ≥ 18.75 in the range 0.2 ≤ z ≤ 3.3. Preliminary analysis suggests that the sample is relatively free of the selection effects endemic to most QSO surveys based on slitless spectroscopy.

Type
Part 1: Surveys, Luminosity Functions, and Evolution
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 134: Active Galactic Nuclei , 1989 , pp. 25 - 30
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1989 

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