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A Morphological Optical Survey of Nearby AGN

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

C.S. Boschetti ,
S. Ciroi ,
J. Funes ,
A. Omizzolo ,
P. Rafanelli ,
G.M. Richter ,
A. Rifatto  and
J. Vennik
S. Ciroi
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Astronomia., Universitá di Padova, Italy
J. Funes
Affiliation:
Specola Vaticana, Cittá del Vaticano
A. Omizzolo
Affiliation:
Specola Vaticana, Cittá del Vaticano
P. Rafanelli
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Astronomia., Universitá di Padova, Italy
G.M. Richter
Affiliation:
Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Germany
A. Rifatto
Affiliation:
Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Napoli, Italy
J. Vennik
Affiliation:
Tartu Observatory, Toravere, Estonia

Abstract

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We present preliminary results of an optical survey of a spectroscopically selected sample of nearby AGNs (z < 0.1). The aim of the program that we are currently carrying out is to demonstrate that the activity phenomenon is strongly related to galaxy interactions. In detail, we want to study the morphology of our sample of galaxies in order to reveal the presence of features like bars, rings, double nuclei, isophotal distortions and tidal tails, most of which are not detectable on the POSS plates. The work is based on the analysis of broad band B, V and R images, the study of their photometric parameters and the results of the application of a Laplacian adaptive filter, able to enhance hidden and faint structures.

Type
Part 1. Optical Surveys for AGN
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 184: AGN Surveys , 2002 , pp. 89 - 91
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002

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