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The MQS searchable database contains information on ~800 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) located behind the Magellanic Clouds.
To date the MQS team has confirmed 713 new and 45 previously known quasars.
Our papers:
The Magellanic Quasars Survey. III. Spectroscopic Confirmation of 758 AGNs Behind the Magellanic Clouds
all together 758 LMC/SMC quasars - Kozlowski et al. 2013, ApJ, 775, 92 (arXiv:1305.6927)
The Magellanic Quasars Survey. II. Confirmation of 144 New AGN Behind the Southern Edge of the Large Magellanic Cloud
144 LMC quasars - Kozlowski et al. 2012, ApJ, 746, 27 (arXiv:1106.3110)
The Magellanic Quasars Survey. I. Doubling the Number of Known Active Galactic Nuclei Behind the Small Magellanic Cloud
29 SMC quasars - Kozlowski, Kochanek & Udalski, 2011, ApJS, 194, 22 (arXiv:1102.0703)
See also the August 2011 edition of the AAO Observer that features our article on
the MQS results
(also on
arXiv, page 11
).
The OGLE-IV color image for the most distant QSO at z=3.99 discovered by MQS.
Updated: 2013 September 19
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