SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL 52123
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY
60 GARDEN STREET
CAMBRIDGE
MA USA 02138
Tel: (617) 495-7442 Fax: (617) 495-7356
Medium: 2GBDAT
Subject: AGN
AN ASCA OBSERVATION OF MARKARIAN 6: COMPLEX ABSORPTION AND BLACK HOLE REGION
ABSTRACT
We propose an ASCA observation of Mrk 6 which we will use to study its X-ray spectrum in detail for the first time. This galaxy is classified as a Seyfert 1.5 and has ionization cones, an interesting radio morphology and a highly variable optical spectrum. As the two other Seyfert 1 type galaxies with ionization cones show complex absorption in their X-ray spectra, it appears likely that the ASCA spectrum of Mrk 6 will reveal such absorption as well. We will quantify the amounts of cold and warm absorption. We will also probe the hard X-ray spectrum from the black hole region and will look for rapid X-ray variability, a broad iron line and continuum variability. The HEAO-1 flux, [O III] flux and far-infrared flux all suggest that Mrk 6 should be bright for ASCA.
CO-INVESTIGATORS
| CO-I NAME | INSTITUTE | COUNTRY |
|---|
| KAZUSHI IWASAWA | CAMBRIDGE UNIV. | UK |
| SMITA MATHUR | SAO | USA |
| MARTIN ELVIS | SAO | USA |
| ANDY FABIAN | CAMBRIDGE UNIV. | UK |
TARGETS
| TARGET NAME | PRI | RA | DEC | TIME | TC | OFF | GIS | SIS CNT | OBS |
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| 1)MARKARIAN 6 | 1 | 103.0512 | 74.4269 | 40 ks | N | Y | P | 0.70000 | 1 |