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Published 1992 | Version public
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A search for gravitational lenses using sky survey plate scans

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  • 1. ROR icon Space Telescope Science Institute
  • 2. ROR icon California Institute of Technology
  • 3. ROR icon University of Liège
  • 4. ROR icon European Southern Observatory

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Abstract

We used scans of sky survey plates available at STScl to look for the presence of multiple-image QSOs which could be due to gravitational lensing. We extracted about 1500 fields, each having 5 arcmin in size, around QSOs brighter than m_v = 18. No lenses have been found so far. We found several cases of galaxies close in projection (within a few arcsec) from QSOs.

Additional Information

© 1992 Springer-Verlag. Scan charts were obtained using the Guide Stars Selection System Astrometric Support Program developed at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., for NASA).

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Eprint ID
97505
DOI
10.1007/3-540-55797-0_118
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10.1007/3-540-55797-0_118 (DOI)

Funding

Space Telescope Science Institute
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)
NASA

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Series Name
Lecture Notes in Physics
Series Volume or Issue Number
406