The Continuum Slopes of Optically Selected QSOs

Abstract

Quasi-simultaneous optical/near-IR photometry is presented for a sample of 37 luminous optically selected QSOs drawn from the Large Bright QSO Survey. Most of the QSOs have decreased in brightness since discovery; this is expected in flux-limited samples. The continuum shape of most of the QSOs can be represented by a power-law of the form F(nu) = nu**-0.3, but a few have softer (redder) continuum slopes.

14 pages, LaTeX, 2 postscript figures. Accepted for publication in Publ. ASA

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