Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1997-07-15
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 487:L121-124, 1997 October 1
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages LaTex, 4 postscript figures, uses aaspp4.sty. To be published in ApJ Letters
Scientific paper
We present the first results of the Hubble Space Telescope/Faint Object Camera long-slit spectroscopy of the inner 8" of the Narrow Line Region of NGC 4151 at a spatial resolution of 0".029. The emission gas is characterized by an underlying general orderly behaviour, consistent with galactic rotation, over which are superposed kinematically distinct and strongly localized emission structures. High velocity components shifted up to ~ 1500 km/s from the systemic velocity are seen, associated with individual clouds located preferentially along the edges of the radio knots. Off-nuclear blue continuum emission is also observed, associated with the brightest emission line clouds. Emission line ratios like [NeIII]3869/[OII]3727, and [OII]3727/Hbeta are observed to vary substantially between individual clouds. We advance the general picture that, as in other Seyfert galaxies observed with HST (e.g., NGC 1068, Mrk 573), the interaction of the radio jet with the ambient gas strongly influences both the morphology and the physical conditions of the NLR.
Axon David J.
Capetti Alessandro
Macchetto Ferdinando D.
Winge Claudia
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