The WiFeS S7 AGN survey: Current status and recent results on NGC 6300

J. Scharwächter, M. A. Dopita, P. Shastri, R. Davies, L. Kewley, E. Hampton, R. Sutherland, P. Kharb, J. Jose, H. Bhatt, S. Ramya, C. Jin, J. Banfield, I. Zaw, S. Juneau, B. James, S. Srivastava

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Abstract

The Siding Spring Southern Seyfert Spectroscopic Snapshot Survey (S7) is a targeted survey probing the narrow-line regions (NLRs) of a representative sample of ~140 nearby (z < 0:02) Seyfert galaxies by means of optical integral field spectroscopy. The survey is based on a homogeneous data set observed using the Wide Field Spectrograph WiFeS. The data provide a 25 × 38 arcsec2 field-ofview around the galaxy centre at typically ~1.5 arcsec spatial resolution and cover a wavelength range between ~3,400–7,100Å at spectral resolutions of ~100km s-1 and ~50km s-1 in the blue and red parts, respectively. The survey is primarily designed to study gas excitation and star formation around AGN, with a special focus on the shape of the AGN ionising continuum, the interaction between radio jets and the NLR gas, and the nature of nuclear LINER emission. We provide an overview of the current status of S7-based results and present new results for NGC 6300.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationThe Universe of Digital Sky Surveys - A Meeting to Honour the 70th Birthday of Massimo Capaccioli
PublisherKluwer Academic Publishers
Pages263-267
Number of pages5
Volume42
ISBN (Print)9783319193298
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2016
EventConference on Universe of Digital Sky Surveys, 2014 - Naples, Italy
Duration: Nov 25 2014Nov 28 2014

Other

OtherConference on Universe of Digital Sky Surveys, 2014
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityNaples
Period11/25/1411/28/14

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Spectroscopy
  • Space and Planetary Science
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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