Unveiling the nature of INTEGRAL objects through optical spectroscopy. II. The nature of four unidentified sources

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2005-11-07

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511182v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication on A&A, main journal. The quality of Fig. 1 was degraded to fit the ar

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20054086

We present the results of our optical spectrophotometric campaign ongoing at the Astronomical Observatory of Bologna in Loiano (Italy) on hard X-ray sources detected by INTEGRAL. We observed spectroscopically the putative optical counterparts of four more INTEGRAL sources, IGR J12391-1610, IGR J18406-0539, 2E 1853.7+1534 and IGR J19473+4452. These data have allowed us to determine their nature, finding that IGR J12391-1610 (=LEDA 170194) and IGR J19473+4452 are Seyfert 2 galaxies at redshifts z = 0.036 and z = 0.053, respectively, IGR J18406-0539 (=SS 406) is a Be massive X-ray binary located at about 1.1 kpc from Earth, and 2E 1853.7+1534 is a Type 1 Seyfert galaxy with z = 0.084. Physical parameters for these objects are also evaluated by collecting and discussing the available multiwavelength information. The determination of the extragalactic nature of a substantial fraction of sources inside the INTEGRAL surveys underlines the importance of hard X-ray observations for the study of background Active Galactic Nuclei located beyond the `Zone of Avoidance' of the Galactic Plane.

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