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The Continuum Slopes of Optically Selected QSOs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Paul J. Francis
Paul J. Francis*
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, [email protected]
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Quasi-simultaneous optical/near-IR photometry is presented for a sample of 37 luminous optically selected QSOs drawn from the Large Bright QSO Survey. Most of the QSOs have decreased in brightness since discovery; this is expected in flux-limited samples. The continuum shape of most of the QSOs can be represented by a power law of the form F(v) ∝ v−0·3, but a few have softer (redder) continuum slopes.

Keywords

galaxies: quasars: general
Type
Extragalactic
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , June 1996 , pp. 212 - 217
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1996

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