| Abstract: | The intergalactic extinction in FRIEDMANN (with A = o) universes homogeneously filled with dust grains is calculated assuming the extinction to be 0.5 mag at z = 1 and a λ−1 wavelength dependence. With the resulting intergalactic extinction the number of quasars which should be observed at different redshifts are estimated assuming two different luminosity functions and a density evolution of the quasars according to M. SCHMIDT (1970, 1972). The expected number of quasars decreases rapidly with increasing redshift between z = 2 and z = 3. The observed number-magnitude relation by G. A. RICHTER (1975) is well represented. |
