Lick slit spectra of quasar

But only three of twenty-five candidates with z(prism) >= 2.8 are QSOs, and only two (8%) of these are at z >= 2.8. Unfortunately, the ZC prism redshifts are often incorrect: only five of the eleven QSOs are at redshifts similar to z(prism). Six of the QSOs show absorption systems, including Q0000+027A with a relatively strong associated C IV absorption system, and Q0008+008 (V ~= 18.9) with a damped Ly alpha system with an HI column density of 10^21 cm^-2.

The stars include a wide variety of spectral types. There is one new DA 4 white dwarf at 170 pc, one sdB at 14 kpc, and three M stars. The rest are of types F, G, and K. We have measured the equivalent widths of the Ca II K line, the G band, and the Balmer lines in ten stars with the best spectra, and we derive metallicities.

Seven of them are in the range -2.5 <= [Fe/H] <= -1.7, while the others are less metal poor. If the stars are dwarfs, then they are at distances of 1 to 7 kpc, but if they are giants, typical distances will be about 10 kpc.