Table 5: Optical-NIR colours of the host galaxiesa.
Name z M(H) M(R) Ref.b R-H $\Delta$(R-H)/$\Delta$(log r)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
1ES 0120+340 0.272 -27.2 -24.6 1 2.6 -0.66
MS 0158.5+0019 0.298 -26.0 -23.9 1 2.1 -0.22
MS 0205.7+3509 0.318 -25.1 -23.3 1 1.8 -0.52
MS 0317.0+1834 0.190 -25.5 -23.7 1 1.8 0.29
Mrk 180 0.045 -25.6 -22.9 2 2.7 0.33
1ES 1218+304 0.182 -26.3 -23.8 1 2.5 0.11
MS 1221.8+2452 0.218 -25.1 -22.7 1 2.4 -0.78
MS 1229.2+6430 0.164 -25.2 -24.3 1 (0.9) -0.77
1ES 1255+244 0.140 -25.5 -23.4 1 2.1 0.20
1ES 1426+428 0.129 -26.2 -23.7 2 2.5 0.38
1ES 1440+122 0.162 -26.1 -23.7 2 2.4 -0.32
MS 1458.8+2249 0.235 -26.0 -24.3 1 1.7  
MS 1552.1+2020 0.273 -27.1 -24.4 1 2.7 0.04
Mrk 501 0.034 -26.6 -24.2 2 2.4 -1.23
I Zw 187 0.055 -24.7 -22.4 2 2.3 -0.21
3C 371 0.051 -25.9 -24.0 2 1.9 -0.20
1ES 1853+671 0.212 -25.5 -22.6 1 2.9 0.21
1ES 1959+650 0.048 -25.2 -22.8 1 2.4 -0.12
BL Lac 0.069 -26.0 -23.6 2 2.4 -2.25
PKS 2201+04 0.027 -24.7 -22.6 2 2.1 -0.90
PKS 2254+074 0.194 -26.5 -24.4 2 2.1 -0.75
1ES 2326+174 0.213 -26.2 -24.2 1 2.0 -0.34
1ES 2344+514 0.044 -25.9 -24.0 1 1.9 -0.65
a Columns (1) and (2) give the name and redshift of the BL Lac; Cols. 3 and 4: the absolute magnitude of the host galaxy in the H-band (this work) and R-band (literature values), respectively; Col. 5: the references for Col. 4; Col. 6: the R-H colour of the host galaxy computed from Cols. 3 and 4; and Col. 7: the R-H colour gradient of the host.
b References: 1 = Falomo & Kotilainen (1999); 2 = Falomo & Kotilainen (in prep.).

Source LaTeX | All tables | In the text