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L. J. Storrie-Lombardi and R. J. Weymann
Carnegie Observatories, Pasadena, CA 91101, email: lisa@ociw.edu
K. K. McLeod
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02181
G. H. Rieke, J. Hill, and V. Kulkarni
Steward Observatory, Tucson, AZ 85719
Abstract:
We present preliminary results from two programs to image
the host galaxies of radio-quiet quasars in 1.6 micron light
using NICMOS camera 2 on HST.
The high
redshift program consists of QSOs
covering the
redshift range 0.8 < z < 4.4 and a
range of QSO luminosities.
Of the six objects for which data
have been obtained the results range from no host galaxy detected, to
an obvious galaxy with an interacting companion, to a
possible high
redshift galaxy cluster.
The low
redshift program covers QSOs with
0.1 < z < 0.4.
A host galaxy is detected in all 12 objects for which data
have been obtained.
quasars, quasar host galaxies, galaxies
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Norbert Pirzkal
1998-07-09