Serendipitous discovery of a brightening quasar at redshift z = 3.68

Fernando J. Selman; Fuyan Bian; Israel Blanchard; Stephane Brillant; Lodovico Coccato; Stefano Cristiani; Pascale Hibon; Darshan Kakkad; Andrea Mehner; Sabine Moehler; Diego Parraguez; Claudia Reyes; Thomas Rivinius; Sergio Vera; Frédéric P.A. Vogt; Peter M. Weilbacher; Bin Yang

doi:10.1002/asna.202013637

Serendipitous discovery of a brightening quasar at redshift z = 3.68

Fernando J. Selman^*, Fuyan Bian, Israel Blanchard, Stephane Brillant, Lodovico Coccato, Stefano Cristiani, Pascale Hibon, Darshan Kakkad, Andrea Mehner, Sabine Moehler, Diego Parraguez, Claudia Reyes, Thomas Rivinius, Sergio Vera, Frédéric P.A. Vogt, Peter M. Weilbacher, Bin Yang

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We report the serendipitous discovery of a redshift 3.68 quasar while validating the star WD 0308-565 as a spectrophotometric standard star for the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) calibration plan. Based on the MUSE observations, the luminosity of the quasar at 1350A (L1350) is 4.71 × 10⁴⁵ erg s⁻¹. The black hole mass is 2.5 × 10⁹ M_ʘ, and bolometric luminosity is 1.57 × 10⁴⁷ erg s⁻¹. Present in the field of view of a star in the calibration plan of the instrument makes this a very valuable quasar as it will receive many repeated visits in the coming years making it an ideal candidate for reverberation mapping studies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	26-31
Number of pages	6
Journal	Astronomische Nachrichten
Volume	341
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/asna.202013637
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Selman, F. J., Bian, F., Blanchard, I., Brillant, S., Coccato, L., Cristiani, S., Hibon, P., Kakkad, D., Mehner, A., Moehler, S., Parraguez, D., Reyes, C., Rivinius, T., Vera, S., Vogt, F. P. A., Weilbacher, P. M., & Yang, B. (2020). Serendipitous discovery of a brightening quasar at redshift z = 3.68. Astronomische Nachrichten, 341(1), 26-31. https://doi.org/10.1002/asna.202013637

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