INTRODUCTION
We have proposed a theory of quasars (Varshni,
1973,
1974a,
1975a,
1977a,
1977b,
1978,
1979;
Varshni and Lam,
1976),
based on sound physical principles, which does not need
the artificial assumption of redshifts and provides satisfactory explanations of the
various phenomena associated with quasars. This theory is known as the plasma-laser
star (PLS) model of quasars. Most of the observational evidence on quasars either
supports our theory or else is consistent with it (Varshni,
1979,
1981).
We have analyzed
the emission line spectrum, the absorption line spectrum and the continuous energy
distribution of the quasar 0805+046 (also known as 4C 05.34) in the framework of the
PLS theory and we propose the following model for this quasar: it is a helium-rich
(Hunger, 1975) shell star. At this stage the observational evidence is not adequate to
draw any conclusions concerning the degree of helium-abundance
(Kaufmann and Theil, 1980).
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