The first ultraviolet spectropolarimetric study of NGC 1068

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Feb 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993apj...403l..63c&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 403, no. 2, p. L63-L65.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomical Polarimetry, Galactic Radiation, Seyfert Galaxies, Ultraviolet Astronomy, Ultraviolet Spectroscopy, Electron Scattering, Galactic Nuclei

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We present the first ultraviolet spectropolarimetric observations of the Type 2 Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068 obtained by the Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE). In this communication we discuss the continuum polarization in the ultraviolet. Shortward of 2500 A the polarization becomes constant at 16 percent at a position angle of 112 deg. This is in general agreement with the 1983 prediction of Miller and Antonucci (1983) and their thick torus model, in which a hidden Type 1 Seyfert nucleus is seen in light scattered by electrons outside the obscured nuclei.

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