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HST imaging of quasi-stellar objects with WFPC2Early images were taken with the optically corrected WFPC2 camera of the Hubble Space Telescope of the low-redshift quasars(QSOs) 1229+204 and 2141+175, which are radio-quiet and radio-loud, respectively. We discuss image restoration on the data. The objects were chosen on the basis of structure seen with 0.5 sec resolution with the Canada-France-Hawaii-Telescope (CFHT) high-resolution camera (HRCAM). 1229+204 was known to be a barred spiral with an asymmetrical extra blue feature: this is now resolved into a ring of knots which are probably young stellar populations in the tidal debris of a small gas-rich companion. There are also shell-like structures along the bar. 2141+175 has a faint smooth curved tidal arm without knots which extends on both sides of a compact elliptical-shaped central galaxy. There is also a short jetlike feature emerging from the nucleus. We discuss the properties and implications of these morphological details.
Document ID
19950029680
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Hutchings, J. B.
(Space Telescope Science Inst. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Holtzman, Jon
(Space Telescope Science Inst. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Sparks, W. B.
(Space Telescope Science Inst. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Morris, S. C.
(Dominion Astrophysical Observatory Victoria, BC, Canada)
Hanisch, R. J.
(Space Telescope Science Inst. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Mo, J.
(Space Telescope Science Inst. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: The Astrophysical Journal
Volume: 429
Issue: 1 pt
ISSN: 0004-637X
Subject Category
Astronomy
Accession Number
95A61279
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-26555
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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