SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL 62127
NASA/GSFC
CODE 662
GREENBELT
MD USA 20771
Tel: 301-286-1132 Fax: 301-286-1624
Medium: CD ROM
Subject: AGN
ASCA OBSERVATIONS OF LOW-LUMINOSITY SEYFERT 2S
ABSTRACT
Because of their faintness, little is known about the nature of low-luminosity Seyfert galaxies, particularly 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 Seyfert 2 galaxies NGC 2655, NGC 7742, and NGC 4725 as part of a multiwavelength study of low-luminosity AGN. NGC 2655 and NGC7743 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 |
| YUICHI TERASHIMA | 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 |