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11.4. Demographics of nuclear activity in nearby galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Luis C. Ho ,
Alexei V. Filippenko  and
Wallace L. W. Sargent
Luis C. Ho
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Alexei V. Filippenko
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley
Wallace L. W. Sargent
Affiliation:
Palomar Observatory, California Institute of Technology

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Between 1984 and 1990 we conducted a survey at Palomar Observatory (Filippenko and Sargent 1985) to quantify the luminosity function of nearby active galactic nuclei (AGNs). The Hale 5 m telescope was used to obtain high-quality, moderate-resolution optical spectra of a nearly statistically complete sample of about 500 bright (BT ≤ 12.5 mag), northern (δ > 0°) galaxies (see Ho et al. 1995 for details). The survey has now been completed, and the first scientific results are reported in a series of papers by Ho et al. (1997a, b, c).

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Part III. Black Holes and Central Activity
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 184: The Central Regions of the Galaxy and Galaxies , 1998 , pp. 463 - 464
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998 

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