Abstract

Measures of the nuclear and host galaxy luminosities and colors and a morphological discussion of the host galaxies are presented for a sample of low-redshift, high-luminosity, radio-quiet QSOs whose redshift and luminosity distribution matches that of a radio-loud sample previously discussed. Radio-quiet QSOs are found to reside in galaxies which are smaller, fainter, and redder than the host galaxies of radio-loud QSOs. These properties are generally consistent with the suggestion that radio-quiet QSOs are located in spiral-type galaxies and radio-loud QSOs are located in more elliptical-type galaxies. Significantly less evidence is found for tidal interactions among the radio-quiet objects, although they appear to reside in somewhat richer environments in terms of nearby companions.

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