Mid-IR observations of NGC 1068 with VLT/VISIR

dc.creatorPoncelet, A.
dc.creatorDoucet, C.
dc.creatorPerrin, G.
dc.creatorSol, H.
dc.creatorLagage, P. O.
dc.date2006-12-18
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:35:34Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:35:34Z
dc.descriptionWe present a speckle analysis of the active galactic nucleus (AGN) inside the archetype Seyfert type 2 galaxy NGC 1068. This study is based on 12.8 microns images obtained with the burst mode of VISIR (the Very Large Telescope Imager and Spectrometer in the InfraRed). The interferometric processing allows to push the resolution far below the diffraction limit of a 8m telescope in the N-band and to trace two main contributions to the mid-IR flux inside the nucleus. It also allows to partially fill the lack of visibility points at low spatial frequencies. The confrontation with VLT/MIDI (the Mid-InfrareD Interferometer) data points helps to establish the link between dust in the vicinity of the central engine and inside the ionisation cone to get a multi-scale picture of mid-IR sources emitting in the nucleus of NGC 1068.
dc.description2 pages, 2 figures, Conference proceedings to appear in "The Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei", ed. L. C. Ho and J.-M. Wang (San Francisco: ASP)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0612498
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0612498
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/120135
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleMid-IR observations of NGC 1068 with VLT/VISIR
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