Abstract
Spectra of quasars 3C249.1 and 3C232 were obtained with the International Ultraviolet Explorer satellite. We have developed a data reduction procedure which, by means of a simultaneous analysis of the 55 essr files and the bidimentional photowrite image provided by NASA, enables us to eliminate, line by line, the ion events and thus to clean the spectra. With this procedure we optimize the information about the presence of lines, but unfortunately in many cases the profiles are somewhat distorted and thus equivalent widths cannot be measured realiably for some lines. In the case of 3C232 we observe 0 II, 0 III and C II ionizing lines. The Lyman hydrogen series is observed up to Ly8 and there is no observable Lyman discontinuity. N V is clearly separated from Lya. In the case of 3C249. 1 we have the Lyman series up to Ly . NV is not visible. The relative hydrogen intensities are different in both quasars. We find the conventional (previously reported) lines, which are strong, and a number of weaker, not previously reported lines. At least one unidentified line is clearly present in both spectral absorption lines do not seem to be present. The continua have not been measured but we can say that the ratio of the two continua is proportional to the distance ratio.
