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The Palomar Observatory Dwarf Seyfert Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

Luis C. Ho ,
Alexei V. Filippenko  and
Wallace L. W. Sargent
Luis C. Ho
Affiliation:
1Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, U.S.A.
Alexei V. Filippenko
Affiliation:
1Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, U.S.A.
Wallace L. W. Sargent
Affiliation:
2Palomar Observatory, 105-24 Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125, U.S.A.

Abstract

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We describe an optical, spectroscopic survey of the nuclei of the 500 brightest galaxies in the northern sky. The primary goal is to search for low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGNs) in the centers of nearby galaxies. The results of this survey will have many astrophysical applications, including quantifying the faint end of the local AGN luminosity function and estimating the contribution of LLAGNs to the X-ray background. We summarize the statistical properties of the survey, describe our methods of analysis, and present some preliminary results based on ∼ 60% of the sample.

Type
AGN Physics and Models
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 159: Multi-Wavelength Continuum Emission of AGN , 1994 , pp. 275 - 278
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1994 

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