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Optical Spectra of Radio-Loud and Radio-Quiet Active Galactic Nuclei

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Donald E. Osterbrock
Donald E. Osterbrock*
Affiliation:
Lick Observatory, Board of Studies in Astronomy and Astrophysics University of California, Santa Cruz

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Many radio galaxies have strong emission lines in their optical spectra. The fraction with such lines is much larger than in “normal” galaxies. Radio galaxies generally also have very bright nuclei; thus those with strong emission lines are similar in both respects to Seyfert galaxies. Hence radio and Seyfert galaxies are both generally considered to be similar physical objects: active galactic nuclei. Their observational properties show they are closely related to quasars (quasi-stellar radio sources) and (radio-quiet) QSOs. A short table of the space density of these objects, culled from many sources, chiefly Schmidt (1978) and Simkim, Su and Schwarz (1980) is given below. Although all the numbers are quite uncertain, there is no doubt that the radio-loud objects are relatively rare. With less certainty, it appears that the ratio of numbers of radio galaxies to Seyfert galaxies is about the same as the ratio of numbers of quasars to QSOs.

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Research Article
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 97: Extragalactic Radio Sources , 1982 , pp. 369 - 371
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1982 

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