low dispersion Spectrograph 2 [FORS2; @Appenzeller1998]. See Section \[sec:FORS2data\] for more details. However, only eight quasar fields containing ten absorbers were observed. Of these eight quasar fields, Q1436-0051 and Q1209+107 both contain two absorbers each. The spatial positions of the candidate-hosts of both absorbers towards allowed them to be observed with a single slit placement, whilst the candidate-hosts in the Q1209+107 quasar field required two different slit-alignments (PA1 and PA2). In sum, we therefore report the results for nine slit alignments targeting ten absorbers.

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Quasar field & $E_{B-V}$ $^\star$ & $z_{\text{abs}}$ & $\log_{10} [\mathrm{N}_\mathrm{\ion{H}{i}}~(\mathrm{cm}^{-2})]$ & & $z_{\text{phot}}$ & Filter & Magnitude & $A_{\lambda}^\star$\
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& \[mag\] & & & Tracer & \[dex\] & & & \[AB\] & \[mag\]\

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HE1122-1649 & 0.0369 & 0.6819 $^a$ & $20.45 \pm 0.05$ $^{a,b}$ & Fe & $-1.40 \pm 0.05$ $^{b}$ & $0.69^c$ & $U$ & $23.19 \pm 0.08$ $^c$ & $+0.05^\ddagger$\
& & & & & & & $V$ & $23.01 \pm 0.06$ $^c$ & $+0.03^\ddagger$\
& & & & & & & $I$ & $22.33 \pm 0.03$ $^c$ & $+0.02^\ddagger$\
& & & & & & & $J$ & $22.10 \pm 0.10$ $^c$ & $+0.01^\ddagger$\
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