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J. PATRICK HENRY & J. N. HEASLEY

University of Hawaii at Manoa, Institute for Astronomy, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA

The triple quasar, PG1115 +08 (which actually contains at least four objects: A1, A2, B and C) was the second
gravitational lens object to be found1. But because of its small angular scale (<2.5 arc s separation between
components) and lack of detectable radio emission, which precludes the use of high-resolution interferometric radio
techniques, not much is known about this object. In particular, the lensing object(s) have not been identified. Here
we report imaging observations made on a night of exceptional seeing, as well as spectroscopy of two galaxies near
the quasar. We find that there is a galaxy centred approximately midway between the two A components. The
properties of this galaxy are consistent with it being the brightest member of a small group at a group redshift of
0.305. Although detailed modelling is required, it is likely that the galaxy and its group are the lenses.
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