Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21714017c&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #140.17; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The Kepler mission is observing the same region of the sky for its entire mission lifetime, allowing virtually uninterrupted optical observations of any object in its field of view. This provides the opportunity to obtain optical light curves of AGN of unprecedented duration and sampling. During cycle 1, we obtained observations of two bright AGN in the Kepler field of view: the Seyfert 1 galaxy ZW 229.015 and the Seyfert 2 galaxy IGR J19473+4452. We present the light curves of these sources and discuss their variability properties. Because the Kepler Pipeline is optimized for detecting transiting planets, not photometry of extended sources, we also discuss potential systematic problems and cautions one must have when interpreting these light curves.
Carini Michael T.
Welsh William
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