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The Properties of Extragalactic X-Ray Sources from Visible Light Observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Wallace L. W. Sargent
Wallace L. W. Sargent*
Affiliation:
Hale Observatories, California Institute of Technology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, U.S.A.

Abstract

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We describe the optical properties of the radio galaxy NGC 5128, the Seyfert galaxy NGC 4151 and the QSO 3C 273 all of which appear to be point sources of X-rays. We emphasize how the X-ray observations, particularly the low energy absorption cutoff, may help us to understand the detailed structure and source of energy in these diverse objects.

The clusters of galaxies in Virgo, Perseus, Coma and Centaurus, all associated with extended X-ray sources are described. They have diverse shapes, central concentrations and galactic populations, but all contain a radio galaxy and, in several cases, a low frequency radio halo around it. It is concluded that the X-ray emission is likely to be non-thermal in origin.

Type
Part III: Extragalactic Sources
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 55: X- and Gamma-Ray Astronomy , 1973 , pp. 184 - 198
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1973 

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