Identification of 1.4 million active galactic nuclei in the mid-infrared using WISE Data

NJ Secrest, RP Dudik, BN Dorland… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an all-sky sample of≈ 1.4 million active galactic nuclei (AGNs) meeting a two-
color infrared photometric selection criteria for AGNs as applied to sources from the Wide …

The first US naval observatory robotic astrometric telescope catalog

N Zacharias, C Finch, J Subasavage… - The Astronomical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT URAT1 is an observational, astrometric catalog covering most of the δ
$\geqslant $− 15 area and a magnitude range of about R= 3–18.5. Accurate positions …

Consensus report on 25 yr of searches for damped Ly α galaxies in emission: confirming their metallicity–luminosity relation at z ≳ 2

JK Krogager, P Møller, JPU Fynbo… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Starting from a summary of detection statistics of our recent X-shooter campaign, we review
the major surveys, both space and ground based, for emission counterparts of high-redshift …

LAMOST Spectroscopic Survey of the Galactic Anticentre (LSS-GAC): target selection and the first release of value-added catalogues

HB Yuan, XW Liu, ZY Huo, MS **ang… - Monthly Notices of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
As a major component of the LAMOST Galactic surveys, the LAMOST Spectroscopic Survey
of the Galactic Anticentre (LSS-GAC) aims to survey a significant volume of the Galactic …

Quasars with large proper motions: A selection from the LQAC-5 catalogue combined with Gaia EDR3-Focusing on astrometric and photometric properties

J Souchay, N Secrest, S Lambert, N Zacharias… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. Thanks to the cross-identification between the Gaia EDR3 (E-Data Release 3)
catalogue and the quasars' compiled catalogue LQAC-5 (Large Quasar Astrometric …

Lyman Continuum Emission from Active Galactic Nuclei at 2.3≲ z≲ 3.7 in the UVCANDELS Fields

BM Smith, RA Windhorst, H Teplitz… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the results of our search for Lyman continuum (LyC)-emitting (weak) active
galactic nuclei (AGN) at redshifts 2.3≲ z≲ 4.9 from Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Wide …

Determination of the local standard of rest using the LSS-GAC DR1

Y Huang, XW Liu, HB Yuan, MS **ang… - Monthly Notices of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We re-estimate the peculiar velocity of the Sun with respect to the local standard of rest
(LSR) using a sample of local stars within 600 pc of the Sun, selected from the Large Sky …

The third release of the Large Quasar Astrometric Catalog (LQAC-3): a compilation of 321 957 objects

J Souchay, AH Andrei, C Barache, T Kalewicz… - Astronomy & …, 2015 - aanda.org
Context. From an astrometric point of view, quasars constitute quasi-ideal reference objects
in the celestial sphere, with an a priori absence of proper motion. Since the second release …

The H i absorption zoo: JVLA extension to z∼ 0.4

S Murthy, R Morganti, T Oosterloo… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
We present an HI 21 cm absorption study of a sample of 26 radio-loud active galactic nuclei
(AGN) at 0.25< z< 0.4 carried out with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array. Our aim was to …

Multiwavelength Observations of SDSS J105621. 45+ 313822.1, a Broad-line, Low-metallicity AGN

JM Cann, S Satyapal, T Bohn, RO Sexton… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In contrast to massive galaxies with solar or super-solar gas phase metallicities, very few
active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are found in low-metallicity dwarf galaxies. Such a population …