Ultraviolet spectroscopy of the 'jetlike' condensations of NGC 4151

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Active Galaxies, Galactic Nuclei, Photoionization, Radio Jets (Astronomy), Seyfert Galaxies, Ultraviolet Spectroscopy, Computational Astrophysics, Condensed Matter Physics, Data Reduction, H Alpha Line, Iue, X Ray Imagery

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The spectrometers aboard the IUE are used to obtain UV spectroscopy of the jetlike condensations seen extending 18 arcsec from the nucleus of the nearby Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4151. New data reduction techniques are used to detect, delineate, and measure weak nebular emission in IUE spectra. Spatially resolved extended emission is seen in both semiforbidden C III 1909 A and C IV 1549 A. The deduced integrated fluxes in the jet are 10 to the 14th and 4 x 10 to the 14th ergs/sq cm/s for C III and C IV, respectively. The observed fluxes are compared with predictions based upon a central source photoionization model. The implied high C IV/C III flux ratio is shown to be inconsistent with this model and suggests an additional source of ionization for the jet.

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