Using Spitzer Data To Obtain Dust Distribution Arounfd The Active Galactic Nucleus NGC 4051
Abstract
We have used the Rees'model of Seyfert I galaxies to make detailed calculations of dust distribution as a function of the slope of the spectral intensity versus frequency curve in the infra-red. From these results and our observations of the active galactic nucleus NGC 4051 with the Spitzer Space Telescope Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) we obtain the dust distribution function for this nucleus. We feel that this research project with its underlying physical concepts serves as a good introduction to the physics of Seyfert galaxies for high school students.
- Publication:
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American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #215
- Pub Date:
- January 2010
- Bibcode:
- 2010AAS...21541122P