Near-Infrared and Optical Spectroscopy of FSC 10214+4724
Abstract
New infrared and optical spectroscopic observations, obtained with the W. M. Keck Telescope, are reported for the highly luminous infrared source FSC 10214+4724. The rest frame optical spectrum shows new emission lines of [Ne III], [Ne v], [O I], [O II], [S II], and He^+^, while the rest frame ultraviolet spectrum shows new lines of O IV] + Si IV, N III, N IV], Si ii, Ne IV, and possibly N II and [Ne III], as well as clearly showing that Lyα is self absorbed. The emission-line spectrum is most characteristic of a Seyfert 2 nucleus. The preponderance of spectroscopic evidence strengthens the case for a dust-enshrouded AGN powering much or most of the observed luminosity. The various spectral lines lead to a wide range in the inferred reddening and ionization parameter for this system, suggesting that we are viewing several environments through differing extinctions.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- April 1995
- DOI:
- 10.1086/187837
- Bibcode:
- 1995ApJ...443L..65S
- Keywords:
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- Active Galactic Nuclei;
- Emission Spectra;
- Infrared Sources (Astronomy);
- Infrared Spectroscopy;
- Line Spectra;
- Lyman Alpha Radiation;
- Optical Emission Spectroscopy;
- Seyfert Galaxies;
- Ultraviolet Spectra;
- Visible Spectrum;
- Imaging Spectrometers;
- Interstellar Extinction;
- Molecular Gases;
- Red Shift;
- Spectral Resolution;
- Spectrum Analysis;
- Stellar Luminosity;
- Telescopes;
- Astrophysics;
- GALAXIES: INDIVIDUAL ALPHANUMERIC: FSC 10214;
- 4724;
- GALAXIES: SEYFERT