The HST Snapshot Imaging of BL Lacs

Bibcode
1999ASPC..159..389F
Falomo, R.; Pesce, J. P.; Scarpa, R.; Treves, A.; Urry, C. M.
Bibliographical reference

BL Lac Phenomenon, a conference held 22-26 June, 1998 in Turku, Finland, p. 389.

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1999
Number of authors
5
IAC number of authors
0
Citations
4
Refereed citations
4
Description
Using Hubble Space Telescope and WFPC2 we obtained short exposure images for a hundred of BL Lac objects. The targets were centered mostly in the PC using the F702W filter. Sources from various samples, including objects of very different redshift (0.05 to 1.2), have been observed. The high resolution and homogeneity of the images allow us to address the properties of the immediate environments of BL Lacs with unprecedented capability. We report here the results on the host galaxies and compare their properties with previous ground based studies. A number of peculiar features detected, that need follow up investigation, are also briefly outlined.
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Non-refereed

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