Astrophysical: Active galactic nuclei

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    Steps toward determination of the size and structure of the broad-line region in active galactic nuclei. 6: Variability of NGC 3783 from ground-based data
    The Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 3783 was intensely monitored in several bands between 1991 December and 1992 August. This paper presents the results from the ground...
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    Steps toward determination of the size and structure of the broad-line region in active galactic nuclei. I - an 8 month campaign of monitoring NGC 5548 with IUE
    Emission-line and UV continuum observations of the type I Seyfert galaxy NGC 5548 were carried out for a period of 8 months with the IUE satellite. It was found...
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    Steps toward determination of the size and structure of the broad-line region in active galactic nuclei. II - an intensive study of NGC 5548 at optical wavelengths
    A large, international program of ground-based optical spectroscopy and photometry of the variable Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548 undertaken in support of an IUE...
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    Steps toward determination of the size and structure of the broad-line region in active galactic nuclei. IV - Intensity variations of the optical emission lines of NGC 5548
    Measurements of optical emission-line flux variations based on spectra of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 5548 obtained between December 1988 and October 1989 are...
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    Steps toward determination of the size and structure of the broad-line region in active galatic nuclei. 8: an intensive HST, IUE, and ground-based study of NGC 5548
    We present the data and initial results from a combined Hubble Space Telescope (HST)/IUE/ground-based spectroscopic monitoring campaign on the Seyfert 1 galaxy...
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    Supermassive black holes change the central regions of galaxies
    Cristina Ramos Almeida, a researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has led research which used data from the ALMA telescope in Chile to...
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    Testing the anisotropy of the central engine from extended emission line regions
    Predictions about the angular behavior of the emission line spectrum from the ENLR for three plausible models of the nuclear engine are presented. Results are...
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    The Cavity of 3CR 196.1: Hα Emission Spatially Associated with an X-Ray Cavity
    We present a multifrequency analysis of the radio galaxy 3CR 196.1 (z=0.198), associated with the brightest galaxy of the cool-core cluster CIZAJ0815.4-0303...
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    The central parsecs of AGN across the electromagnetic spectrum
    High angular resolution observations across the electromagnetic spectrum of the nearest AGN are providing a view of the nuclear region rather different from-...