The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회보)
- Volume 46 Issue 1
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- Pages.30.4-31
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- 2021
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- 1226-2692(pISSN)
Possibility of a second AGN in NGC 1068
- Shin, Jaejin (Kyungpook National University) ;
- Woo, Jong-Hak (Seoul National University) ;
- Kim, Minjin (Kyungpook National University)
- Published : 2021.04.13
Abstract
We will present a scenario of the presence of a second AGN in a nearby Seyfert galaxy, NGC 1068. Using VLT/MUSE IFU data, we investigated the complex kinematics of ionized gas in the central region of NGC 1068. Interestingly, at a distance of 180 pc to the northeast from the nucleus of NGC 1068, we detected a kinematical signature of the launching point of AGN gas outflows, which suggests that there would be a second AGN. We will also discuss another supporting evidence of the second AGN based on previous spectropolarimetric results.
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