Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Aug 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992mnras.257..659w&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 257, no. 4, Aug. 15, 1992, p. 659-676. Research support
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Astronomical Photometry, Galactic Nuclei, Seyfert Galaxies, Variability, Galactic Radiation, Reference Stars
Scientific paper
The results of a four-year campaign to monitor the variations of 35 southern Seyfert galaxies, using UBV(RI)c multiaperture photometry are presented. Most of the galaxies are found to be variable. The light curves are displayed and some of their more interesting details are discussed. The relationships between the fluxes through different filters are well described by straight lines, which suggests that the spectral shape of the variable part of the optical continuum stays constant. The values of the slopes are used to derive the shapes of the continua, the extinctions and the luminosities of the Seyfert nuclei. It is shown that the nuclear flux in the optical is largely of thermal origin. The significance of the results to current models of Seyfert nuclei is discussed.
Buckley David A. H.
Glass S000. I.
Marang Freddy
Sekiguchi Kaz
Spencer Jones J. H.
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