2dF QSO Redshift Survey (Example Spectra)

Here are some example spectra illustrating a range of redshifts and magnitudes taken during one of the earliest observing runs. Data quality has improved very significantly since these data were obtained.

TQ463_260 B=20·8 z=2·00

TQ463_254 B=20·2 z=2·66

TQ463_275 B=19·4 z=1·49

XQ298_270 B=19·0 z=0·23

These 10 spectra were selected to be of better than average quality and are drawn from across the full redshft range of the survey. They are therefore better regarded as `example QSOs' than as samples of the 2QZ. They are certainly not however our very best spectra.

They are available as a postscript file as well.

They were also used to produce the restframe plot which shows how these spectra might appear if they were in the local near-by Universe.

TQS297_242 z=0·107

TQS238_310 z=0·311

TQS359_274 z=0·663

TQS175_349 z=0·980

TQS999_580 z=1·281

TQS220_262 z=1·560

TQS239_362 z=1·820

TQS252_262 z=2·226

TQS171_266 z=2·330

TQS326_269 z=2·410

Robert J. Smith, rjs@astro.livjm.ac.uk

Last modified: Fri Mar 30 11:20:30 BST 2001

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