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TitleThe host galaxy of the BL Lacertae object 1ES 0647+250 and its imaging redshift
AuthorsKotilainen, J. K.; Hyvönen, T.; Falomo, R.; Treves, A.; Uslenghi, M.
Bibcode

2011A&A...534L...2K   Search ADS ↗

Abstract
Aims: Since no spectroscopic redshift is available for the remarkable BL Lacertae object (BL Lac) 1ES 0647+250, we aim to derive an estimate of its distance from the properties of its host galaxy.
Methods: We obtained a deep, high-resolution near-infrared H-band image of the BL Lac object 1ES 0647+250.
Results: We are able to detect the underlying host galaxy in the near-infrared. The host galaxy has an H-band magnitude of 16.9 ± 0.2 and an effective radius of 1.6 arcsec ± 0.3 arcsec. Using the imaging redshift method developed by Sbarufatti and collaborators, we estimate a redshift z = 0.41 ± 0.06. This redshift is consistent with the previously reported imaging redshift estimate from the optical i'-band of z = 0.45 ± 0.08, and with previously reported lower limits to the redshift. It agrees with constraints from its gamma-ray emission.
Conclusions: We encourage imaging searches in the near-infrared, even with moderately sized telescopes, of the host galaxies of BL Lac objects at unknown redshift, as well as optical spectroscopy studies of 1ES 0647+250 with large telescopes to determine its spectroscopic redshift.
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