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Seyfert 2 Galaxies with Double Nuclei

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

A.P. Fairall
A.P. Fairall*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town, RONDEBOSCH 7700, S. Africa

Abstract

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At least two southern Seyfert 2 galaxies show a double peak in their [OIII] line profiles. Spatial spectroscopy shows each peak to associate with a separate Seyfert 2 nucleus. Separations are of the order of 1 arcsec (1 kpc). The implications and the status of these objects are discusssed.

Type
VI. Environmental Aspects of Nuclear Activity
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 121: Observational Evidences of Activity of Galaxies , 1987 , pp. 403 - 409
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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