Decoupling the host and nuclear spectra of type I AGNs using integral field spectroscopy: A test on 3C 120

Sánchez, Sebastián F.; García-Lorenzo, Begoña; Jahnke, Knud; Mediavilla, Evencio; González-Serrano, José Ignacio; Christensen, Lise; Wisotzki, Lutz
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New Astronomy Reviews, Volume 49, Issue 10-12, p. 501-507.

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2006
Number of authors
7
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2
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23
Refereed citations
23
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We have developed a new technique to decouple the spectra of the host and the nucleus of type I AGNs using integral field spectroscopy data. The technique is a simple extension of methods widely tested in 2D imaging. We present here the results from applying the technique to data taken with INTEGRAL at the 4.2 m William Herschel Telescope on the Seyfert 1 radio-galaxy 3C 120. We obtained, for the first time, a clean spectrum of the host galaxy, without contamination from the nuclear source.
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