Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Sep 1990
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Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 236, no. 1, Sept. 1990, p. 53-62.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
96
Emission Spectra, Galactic Radiation, Interstellar Matter, Line Spectra, Seyfert Galaxies, Anisotropy, Brightness Distribution, Radiation Distribution, Spectrum Analysis
Scientific paper
The paper presents the first results from long-slit spectra of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 4151 which give average diagnostic ratios of weak lines in the Extended Narrow Line Region (ENLR) of the galaxy and the first direct density measurement in an ENLR. These data confirm that the ENLR is kinematically undisturbed gas in the disk of the galaxy which is illuminated by an ionizing continuum stronger by a factor of 13 than a power law interpolated between recently observed ultraviolet and X-ray fluxes. Explanations of this apparent excess include a hot thermal continuum, time variations, and an anisotropic rotation field.
Alloin Danielle
Appenzeller Immo
Aretxaga Itziar
Axon David J.
Baribaud T.
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