SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL 52135
NASA/GSFC
CODE 662
GREENBELT
MD USA 20771
Tel: 301-286-1132 Fax: 301-286-1624
Medium: 4GBDAT
Subject: AGN
ASCA OBSERVATIONS OF LOW-LUMINOSTY SEYFERT 2S
ABSTRACT
Because of their faintness, little is known about the nature of low-luminosity Seyfert galaxies, particulary Seyfert 2 galaxies since the intrinsic continuum can often only be directly observed above 2 keV. We propose to observe with ASCA the low-luminosity Seyert 2 galaxies NGC 2655, NGC 7743 and NGC 4725 as part of a multiwavelength study of low-lumosity AGN. NGC 2655 and NGC 7743 are two of the brightest Seyfert 2s in our sample in Halpha and NGC 4725 has been detected by ROSAT and in the UV by HST. The ASCA data of these galaxies will allow us to compare the hard and soft X-ray properties of these galaxies for the first time with other low-luminosity AGN and "normal" Seyferts.
CO-INVESTIGATORS
| CO-I NAME | INSTITUTE | COUNTRY |
|---|
| LUIS HO | HARVARD UNIVERSITY | USA |
| PETER SERLEMITSOS | NASA/GSFC | USA |
| TAHIR YAQOOB | NASA/GSFC | USA |
| HIDEYO KUNIEDA | NAGOYA UNIVERSITY | JAPAN |
| TERASHIMA YUICHI | NAGOYA UNIVERSITY | JAPAN |
TARGETS
| TARGET NAME | PRI | RA | DEC | TIME | TC | OFF | GIS | SIS CNT | OBS |
|---|
| 1)NGC 2655 | 3 | 133.9117 | 78.2246 | 40 ks | N | N | P | 0.09000 | 1 |