The Discovery of a High Redshift X-Ray Emitting QSO Very Close to the Nucleus of NGC 7319 in Stephan's Quintet
Abstract
A strong X-ray source only 8 ″ from the nucleus of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 7319 in Stephan's Quintet has been discovered by Chandra. We have identified the optical counterpart and observed its spectrum with the Keck I 10-m telescope. It is a QSO with ze = 2.114. It is also a ULX with Lx = 1.5 x 1040 erg sec-1. Our Keck spectra show that it is very likely that the QSO is interacting with the interstellar gas in NGC 7319.
- Publication:
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American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2004
- Bibcode:
- 2004AAS...205.3007B