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Cheung, C. C.; Urry, C. M.; Scarpa, R.; Giavalisco, M.
Bibliographical reference
American Astronomical Society, 197th AAS Meeting, #109.06; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 32, p.1587
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2000
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Description
We present results from multi-band near-IR (J, H, and K) imaging of
twelve BL Lac objects (z=0.055 to 0.774 for the 11/12 with
well-determined redshifts) obtained with the du Pont 2.5m f/7.5
telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory. These AGN are a subset of the
much larger BL Lac sample surveyed with HST, mostly in the R band. All
twelve BL Lacs were imaged in K band, five in J, and two in H. We
extracted one-dimensional profiles from each image and fitted them with
a PSF plus de Vaucouleurs r1/4 galaxy model. We resolved
eight host galaxies clearly, three are marginally resolved, and one is
unresolved. The median K band galaxy magnitude is 14.3. We present the
images, the near-IR colors and the integrated K-R colors of the host
galaxies, which are consistent with those expected from old stellar
populations at the BL Lac redshifts. We thank the STScI 2000 Summer
Student Program and its coordinators. Support for this work was provided
by NASA through grant number GO-07893.01-96A from the Space Telescope
Science Institute, which is operated by AURA, Inc., under NASA contract
NAS 5-26555.