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Origin of the Gas in the Extended Narrow-Line Region of Nearby Seyfert Galaxies: The Case of Mrk 6

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2010

V. Cracco ,
S. Ciroi ,
F. Di Mille ,
L. Vaona ,
P. Rafanelli ,
A. V. Moiseev  and
A. A. Smirnova
V. Cracco
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 3, 35122, Padova, Italy
S. Ciroi
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 3, 35122, Padova, Italy
F. Di Mille
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 3, 35122, Padova, Italy
L. Vaona
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 3, 35122, Padova, Italy
P. Rafanelli
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 3, 35122, Padova, Italy
A. V. Moiseev
Affiliation:
Special Astrophysical Observatory, RAS, Russia
A. A. Smirnova
Affiliation:
Special Astrophysical Observatory, RAS, Russia
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Abstract

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Ionization cones are one of the most important pieces of evidence supporting the AGN unified model (Antonucci & Miller 1985; Urry & Padovani 1995). Until now, the physical processes at work in the cones are not completely understood. A still open question concerns the origin of the gas. To study the origin of the ionized gas, we first selected a sample of nearby (z<0.03) Seyfert galaxies showing extended [O iii] λ5007 emission. We then observed these galaxies with the MultiPupil Fiber Spectrograph (MPFS) at the 6-m telescope of the Special Astrophysical Observatory (Russia). Here we present very preliminary results on the properties of the narrow-line region (NLR) of the intermediate Seyfert galaxy Mrk 6.

Keywords

galaxies: activegalaxies: Seyfertgalaxies: individual (Mrk 6)
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S267: Co-Evolution of Central Black Holes and Galaxies , August 2009 , pp. 327
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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