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24 April 2024

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Variability-Selected Quasars in MACHO Project Magellanic Cloud Fields
M. Geha ; C. Alcock ; R.A. Allsman ; D.R. Alves ; T.S. Axelrod ; A.C. Becker ; D.P. Bennett ; K.H. Cook ; A.J. Drake ; K.C. Freeman ; K. Griest ; S.C. Keller ; M.J. Lehner ; S.L. Marshall ; D. Minniti ; C.A. Nelson ; B.A. Peterson ; P. Popowski ; M.R. Pratt ; P.J. Quinn ; C.W. Stubbs ; W. Sutherland ; A.B. Tomaney ; T. Vandehei ; D.L. Welch ;
Date:	24 Sep 2002
Journal:	Astron.J. 125 (2003) 1
Subject:	astro-ph
Affiliation:	The MACHO Collaboration
Abstract:	We present 47 spectroscopically-confirmed quasars discovered behind the Magellanic Clouds identified via photometric variability in the MACHO database. Thirty-eight quasars lie behind the Large Magellanic Cloud and nine behind the Small Magellanic Cloud, more than tripling the number of quasars previously known in this region. The quasars cover the redshift interval 0.2 < z < 2.8 and apparent mean magnitudes 16.6 < V < 20.1. We discuss the details of quasar candidate selection based on time variability in the MACHO database and present results of spectroscopic follow-up observations. Our follow-up detection efficiency was 20%; the primary contaminants were emission-line Be stars in Magellanic Clouds. For the 47 quasars discovered behind the Magellanic Clouds plus an additional 12 objects previously identified in this region, we present 7.5-year MACHO V- and R-band lightcurves with average sampling times of 2-10 days.
Source:	arXiv, astro-ph/0209513
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