Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997aj....114.1345v&link_type=abstract
The Astronomical Journal, v. 114, p. 1345.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
42
Galaxies: Seyfert, Galaxies: Active
Scientific paper
We present here 46 optical spectra of active objects, including Seyfert 2 galaxies (Sy 2), H II galaxies, and LINERs (Low Ionization Nuclear Emission-line Region), observed with low resolution (4 Å) at LNA/CNPq in 1991 and 1994. The extraction of the stellar contribution due to the host galaxy is made through the subtraction of templates built from a stellar population synthesis in normal nuclei of S and E/SO galaxies (Bica 1988, A&A;, 195, 76). In Sy 2 and LINERs, an old high metallicity population is predominant, while in H II galaxies, as expected, a younger population predominates. The residual optical continuum of the Sy 2 and LINERs approaches a power law and may correspond to a nonthermal radiation originating in the galactic center. However, the determination of the corresponding spectral index is strongly dependent on the stellar population subtraction. The emission-line intensities are also presented, and were obtained after the stellar population subtraction. The enhancement of Hβ and [N I] 5200, relative to the unprocessed spectra, is significant (20% and 40% on the average, respectively). The decrease in intensity of He I λ5876 (15% on the average) is very important, since it is usually used to calculate the helium abundance in extragalactic H II regions, from which the He primordial abundance is inferred.
de Souza Ronaldo E.
Gruenwald Ruth
Vaceli M. S.
Viegas M. M. S.
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