Spectroscopy of stellar-like objects contained in the Second Byurakan Survey. I.

Citation
Ja. Stepanian et al., Spectroscopy of stellar-like objects contained in the Second Byurakan Survey. I., PUB AST S P, 111(763), 1999, pp. 1099-1114
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC
ISSN journal
00046280 → ACNP
Volume
111
Issue
763
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1099 - 1114
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6280(199909)111:763<1099:SOSOCI>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The results of spectroscopic observations of 363 starlike objects from the Second Byurakan Survey (SBS) are reported. This SBS subsample has proved to be a rich source of newly identified quasars, Seyfert-type galaxies, degen erate stars, and hot subdwarfs. In the subsample studied here, we identifie d 35 new QSOs, 142 white dwarfs (the majority of which, 114, are of DA type ), 55 subdwarfs (29 of which are sdB-type stars), 10 horizontal-branch blue stars, 16 normal, or horizontal-branch stars, 54 G-type and 25 F-type star s, two objects with composite spectra, four cataclysmic variables, two pecu liar emission-line stars, 17 objects with continuous spectra, as well as on e planetary nebula. Among the 35 QSOs, we have found two broad absorption l ine (BAL) QSOs, namely, SBS 1423 + 500 and SBS 1435 + 500A. Magnitudes, red shifts, and slit spectra for all QSOs, and also some typical spectra of the peculiar stars, are presented. We estimate the minimum surface density of bright QSOs in the redshift range 0.3 < z < 2.2 to be 0.05 deg(-2) for B < 17.0 mag and 0.10 deg(-2) for B < 17.5 mag.