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The Population of AGNs in Nearby Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Luis C. Ho*
Affiliation:
The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 813 Santa Barbara St., Pasadena, CA 91101, U.S.A.

Abstract

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This contribution reviews the properties of nuclear activity in nearby galaxies, with emphasis on results obtained from current optical surveys and multiwavelength follow-up observations thereof.

Type
Part 1. Optical Surveys for AGN
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002

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