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Open AccessThe molecular hydrogen explorer H2EX
The Molecular Hydrogen Explorer, H2EX, was proposed in response to the ESA 2015 - 2025 Cosmic Vision Call as a medium class space mission with NASA and CSA participations. The mission, conceived to understand the...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
HST Planetary Camera Images of Quasar Host Galaxies
We present here a summary of the main results from the full sample of quasars imaged with the Planetary Camera by the Faint Object Camera IDT during Cycles 5 and 6. The final observed sample consists of 14 obj...
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Interacting elliptical galaxies as hosts of intermediate-redshift quasars
QUASARS are the most luminous objects in the Universe. It has been speculated that they are the visible evidence for accretion of gas onto supermassive black holes that reside at the centres of host galaxies. ...
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Detection of intergalactic ionized helium absorption in a high-redshift quasar
Observations obtained with the recently refurbished Hubble Space Telescope reveal strong absorption arising from singly ionized helium along the line of sight to a high-redshift quasar. The strength of the abs...
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An Advanced Camera for the Hubble Space Telescope
This paper describes a proposal for a new camera for the HST, to be launched in 1999. It will offer an order of magnitude increase in performance compared with existing cameras.
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Blue stragglers in the core of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae
High-resolution observations of the core of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae with the Faint Object Camera on the Hubble Space Telescope reveal a high density of 'blue straggler' stars, occupying the upper end o...