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Burbidge, E. M.; Gutiérrez, C. M.; Arp, H.
Bibliographical reference
The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 118, Issue 839, pp. 124-128.
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2006
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The galaxy cluster RX J0152.7-1357 at z=0.8325 is one of the most
luminous X-ray clusters known. It is elongated toward the bright,
nearby, X-ray active galaxy NGC 720 about 14' away. At the same distance
on the other side of that galaxy is an X-ray blue stellar object with a
flux of 5.8 counts ks-1 in the ROSAT PSPC detector. An
intermediate-resolution optical spectrum of this blue stellar object
taken with the Keck I telescope has resulted in the unambiguous
identification of this source with a QSO at redshift z=0.8312, the same
redshift as the galaxy cluster. We discuss the implications of this
discovery in the framework of the standard model for large-scale
structure formation.