NIRI SV observation 16

Status: not scheduled
Data link: not yet available
Assessment: not yet available
Mode: Polarimetry
Additional instrument verification:
Telescope verification:
Proposed observing sequence: not available
OT program file: not available
Science background: Imaging Polarimetry of Seyfert Galaxies with Ionization Cones

Imaging polarimetry in J, H, and K of Seyfert 2 galaxies. Radiation from a hidden nucleus (continuum source) escaping through the torus funnel can be scattered into the line-of-sight. The type of core can be detected in polarized flux.

Target(s):
Object approx. RA (2000) approx. dec (2000)
Seyfert 2 with ionization cones tbd
Observing condition constraints: image quality: 50%-ile
sky transparency (clouds): 50%-ile
sky transparency (water vapour): 80%-ile
sky background: 80%-ile
max air mass: 2.0
Observing time requirements:
SV team member(s) responsible for assessment: Thaisa Storchi Bergmann

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Last update September 22, 1999; Joe Jensen