J/A+AS/121/461 UV variability of Fairall-9 (Recondo-Gonzalez+, 1997)
Ultraviolet variability of the Seyfert 1 galaxy Fairall 9
Recondo-Gonzalez M.C., Wamsteker W., Clavel J., Rodriguez-Pascual P.M.,
Vio R., Wang T.-G., Santos-Lleo M., Makino F.
<Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 121, 461 (1997)>
=1997A&AS..121..461R 1997A&AS..121..461R (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
ADC_Keywords: Galaxies, Seyfert ; Spectra, ultraviolet
Keywords: galaxies: individual (Fairall 9) - galaxies: Seyfert -
ultraviolet: galaxies
Description:
This is a study of the UV variability of the galaxy Fairall-9 between
1978 and 1991. Table 1 shows the UV continuum fluxes measured in three
"line-free" windows centered at 1171, 1400 and 1910 A (observed
wavelengths), and corrected for E(B-V)=0.035 extinction. The IUE Fine
Error Sensor (FES) counts (optical photometry) are also given in this
table, corrected for the same extinction.
Tables 10, 11, 12 and 13 show the variability of the components for
the main UV lines (Lyα+NV, SiIV, CIV and MgII). Line profile
variability has been used to isolate four gaussian line components,
which are sufficient to describe all lines at all levels of brightness
in a consistent way: one narrow (i.e. unresolved at the IUE
resolution) and three broad components: a central (velocity same as
the narrow line), a redshifted (v=3300 km/s) and a blue shifted one
(v=-3600 km/s). The Lyα-NV blend is fitted together in the
Lyα region (Table 10), to account the NV presence (one narrow
and one red component). The results for SiIV are shown in Table 11. In
CIV (Table 12) have been included a very weak component bluer than the
blue component, most likely associated with NIV] 1486. Table 13 shows
MgII results.
Objects:
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RA (2000) DE Designation(s)
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01 23 45.70 -58 48 21.6 Fairall 9
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File Summary:
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table1 55 52 UV-FES continuum fluxes corrected for E(B-V)=0.035
table10 95 52 Lyαlambda 1216 and NV lambda 1240 components
table11 70 52 SiIV lambda 1397 components
table12 81 52 CIV lambda 1549 components
table13 69 52 MgII lambda 2798 components
tables.tex 109 614 LaTeX version of the tables
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1
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1- 7 I7 d HJD Heliocentric Julian date
10- 14 F5.2 10-16W/m2/nm F1171 Continuum Flux at 1171A (1158-1184A) (1)
16- 20 F5.2 10-16W/m2/nm e_F1171 rms uncertainty on Flux at 1171A
23- 27 F5.2 10-16W/m2/nm F1400 Continuum Flux at 1400A (1390-1410A) (1)
29- 32 F4.2 10-16W/m2/nm e_F1400 rms uncertainty on Flux at 1400A
35- 39 F5.2 10-16W/m2/nm F1910 Continuum Flux at 1910A (1895-1925A) (1)
41- 44 F4.2 10-16W/m2/nm e_F1910 rms uncertainty on Flux at 1910A
46- 50 F5.1 ct FES ? IUE Fine Error Sensor counts (optical)
52- 55 F4.1 ct e_FES ? rms uncertainty on FES counts
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Note (1): The wavelengths are the observed ones.
Fluxes given in E-14*erg s-1 cm-2 A-1
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table10
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1- 7 I7 d HJD Heliocentric Julian date
10- 14 F5.2 10-16W/m2/nm F1400 Continuum Flux at 1400 Angstroms (1)
16- 19 F4.2 10-16W/m2/nm e_F1400 rms uncertainty on Flux at 1400A
22- 26 F5.1 10-17W/m2 Narrow Lyα Narrow Component (2)
28- 31 F4.1 10-17W/m2 e_Narrow rms uncertainty on Narrow
33- 38 F6.1 10-17W/m2 Central Lyα Central Component (2)
40- 43 F4.1 10-17W/m2 e_Central rms uncertainty on Central
45- 50 F6.1 10-17W/m2 Red Lyα Red Component (2)
52- 56 F5.1 10-17W/m2 e_Red rms uncertainty on Red
59- 63 F5.1 10-17W/m2 Blue ? Lyα Blue Component (2)
65- 69 F5.1 10-17W/m2 e_Blue ? rms uncertainty on Blue
72- 76 F5.1 10-17W/m2 NVn NV Narrow Component (2)
79- 82 F4.1 10-17W/m2 e_NVn rms uncertainty on NVn
85- 89 F5.1 10-17W/m2 NVr ? NV Red Component (2)
91- 95 F5.1 10-17W/m2 e_NVr ? rms uncertainty on NVr
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Note (1): Fluxes given in E-14*erg s-1 cm-2 A-1
Note (2): Component integrated fluxes given in E-14*erg s-1 cm-2
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table11
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1- 7 I7 d HJD Heliocentric Julian date
10- 14 F5.2 10-16W/m2/nm F1400 Continuum Flux at 1400 Angstroms (1)
16- 19 F4.2 10-16W/m2/nm e_F1400 rms uncertainty on Flux at 1400A
22- 25 F4.1 10-17W/m2 Narrow ? SiIV Narrow Component (2)
27- 30 F4.1 10-17W/m2 e_Narrow ? rms uncertainty on Narrow
34- 38 F5.1 10-17W/m2 Central ? SiIV Central Component (2)
40- 44 F5.1 10-17W/m2 e_Central ? rms uncertainty on Central
47- 51 F5.1 10-17W/m2 Red ? SiIV Red Component (2)
53- 57 F5.1 10-17W/m2 e_Red ? rms uncertainty on Red
60- 64 F5.1 10-17W/m2 Blue ? SiIV Blue Component (2)
66- 70 F5.1 10-17W/m2 e_Blue ? rms uncertainty on Blue
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Note (1): Fluxes given in E-14*erg s-1 cm-2 A-1
Note (2): Component integrated fluxes given in E-14*erg s-1 cm-2
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table12
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1- 7 I7 d HJD Heliocentric Julian date
10- 14 F5.2 10-16W/m2/nm F1400 Continuum Flux at 1400 Angstroms (1)
16- 19 F4.2 10-16W/m2/nm e_F1400 rms uncertainty on Flux at 1400A
21- 25 F5.1 10-17W/m2 Narrow CIV Narrow Component (2)
27- 31 F5.1 10-17W/m2 e_Narrow rms uncertainty on Narrow
33- 37 F5.1 10-17W/m2 Central ? CIV Central Component (2)
39- 43 F5.1 10-17W/m2 e_Central ? rms uncertainty on Central
46- 50 F5.1 10-17W/m2 Red ? CIV Red Component (2)
52- 56 F5.1 10-17W/m2 e_Red ? rms uncertainty on Red
58- 62 F5.1 10-17W/m2 Blue ? CIV Blue Component (2)
64- 68 F5.1 10-17W/m2 e_Blue ? rms uncertainty on Blue
71- 75 F5.1 10-17W/m2 Blue2 ? Another CIV Blue Component (2)
77- 81 F5.1 10-17W/m2 e_Blue2 ? rms uncertainty on Blue2
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Note (1): Fluxes given in E-14*erg s-1 cm-2 A-1
Note (2): Component integrated fluxes given in E-14*erg s-1 cm-2
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table13
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 7 I7 d HJD Heliocentric Julian date
10- 14 F5.2 10-16W/m2/nm F1400 Continuum Flux at 1400 Angstroms (1)
16- 19 F4.2 10-16W/m2/nm e_F1400 rms uncertainty on Flux at 1400A
23- 26 F4.1 10-17W/m2 Narrow ? MgII Narrow Component (2)
28- 31 F4.1 10-17W/m2 e_Narrow ? rms uncertainty on Narrow
34- 38 F5.1 10-17W/m2 Central ? MgII Central Component (2)
40- 44 F5.1 10-17W/m2 e_Central ? rms uncertainty on Central
47- 50 F4.1 10-17W/m2 Red ? MgII Red Component (2)
52- 56 F5.1 10-17W/m2 e_Red ? rms uncertainty on Red
60- 63 F4.1 10-17W/m2 Blue ? MgII Blue Component (2)
66- 69 F4.1 10-17W/m2 e_Blue ? rms uncertainty on Blue
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Note (1): Fluxes given in E-14*erg s-1 cm-2 A-1
Note (2): Component integrated fluxes given in E-14*erg s-1 cm-2
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Acknowledgements: Carmen Recondo-Gonzalez
(End) M.C. Recondo-Gonzalez [ESA IUE Obs.], Patricia Bauer [CDS] 28-Jun-1996