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Table 2.

Properties of absorption features with stellar photospheric origins.

Feature λrest, air λobs, air Redshift σinstrinsic Comment
(Å) (Å) (km s−1)
Single Gaussian component

C III 1247.38 4455.68 ± 0.3 2.5720 ± 0.0004 17 P-Cygni?
Si III 1294.54 4620.28 ± 0.3 2.5690 ± 0.0004 54 Part of Si III and C III multiplet
C II & N III 1324.12 4724.63 ± 0.3 2.5681 ± 0.0006 29 Blended
O IV 1341.64 4792.79 ± 0.3 2.5723 ± 0.0004 12
Si III 1417.24 5060.85 ± 0.3 2.5709 ± 0.0004 11

Multiple Gaussian components

Si II 1485.40 5298.74 ± 0.1 2.5672 ± 0.0004 46 Resolved into doublet
Si II 1485.40 5308.09 ± 0.1 2.5735 ± 0.0004 44 —"—
S V 1501.76 5351.78 ± 0.1 2.5637 ± 0.0004 19 Resolved into triplet
S V 1501.76 5360.78 ± 0.1 2.5697 ± 0.0004 33 —"—
S V 1501.76 5368.96 ± 0.1 2.5751 ± 0.0004 20 —"—
He II 1640.42 5852.46 ± 0.2 2.5677 ± 0.0003 50
He II 1640.42 5857.07 ± 0.1 2.5705 ± 0.0002 25

Notes. The λrest, air column lists the rest-frame wavelengths of the features in air. The λobs, air column lists the observed wavelengths as measured from the X-shooter spectrum of PKS 0529-549, as inferred from fitting single or multiple Gaussian components to the absorption line profiles. The σinstrinsic column lists the intrinsic dispersion of the absorption lines, corrected for the instrument resolution. Dagger symbols are used to indicate the lines possibly resolved into multiplets or multiple velocity components: Si IIλ1485 (1484.87, 1485.22) and S Vλ1502 (1499.94, 1501.76, 1502.74, 1502.75, 1502.82). As their intrinsic line ratios are undetermined, we use the rest-frame wavelengths listed in de Mello et al. (2000) to estimate their redshifts here. Si IIIλ1294 is the bluest of a quadruplet of four photospheric lines (Si IIIλλλ1294, 1296, 1298, and C IIIλ1296). However the other three features lie in the broad absorption wing of the O Iλ1302.17 and Si IIλ1304.37 feature, and so we are unable to obtain accurate redshift measurements. C II and N III is a blended absorption of C IIλ1323.93 & N IIIλ1324.32, both photospheric features. We use their average rest-frame wavelength as indicated with ⋆.

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