Further investigation of the pair of quasars Q0107 - 025 A and B
English
Surdej, Jean[Université de Liège - ULg > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Astroph. extragalactique et observations spatiales (AEOS) >]
Arp, H.[Mount Wilson and Las Campanas Observatories, Pasadena, CA]
Gosset, Eric[Université de Liège - ULg > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Groupe d'astrophysique des hautes énergies (GAPHE) >]
Swings, Jean-Pierre[Université de Liège - ULg > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) >]
[en] Low and intermediate dispersion spectroscopy of Q0107 - 025 A and B obtained at ESO, AAT, and MMT provide evidence for spectral differences between these two quasars. A redshift difference of 0.004 is found between the two objects, and forbidden emission lines due to O II (3727 A), Ne III (1815), and possibly Ne V (3426 A), are seen in the spectrum of Q0107 - 025 A, while only the forbidden Ne III line at 1815 A is possibly detected in the spectdrum of Q0107 - 025 B. No narrow absorption lines could be detected in the 3252 - 5616 A spectral range of the intermediate resolution data of either quasar, and the spectrum of quasar B is found to be steeper in the blue that of the quasar A. The possible presence of a highly redshifted cluster of galaxies in the field of these quasars is suggested by CCD photometry.