Page 1 PROPOSAL FOR HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS ST ScI Use Only ID 2711c Report Date: 09-May-96:17:17 Version: ********** Check-in Date: ********** 1.Proposal Title: THE RELATIONSHIP OF TYPE I AND TYPE II SEYFERT GALAXIES: IS IT GENERALIZABLE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Scientific Category 3. Proposal For 4. Proposal Type 5. Continuation ID QUASARS & AGN GO Sub Category SEYFERTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Principal Investigator Institution Country Telephone Dr. Ross D. Cohen CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF, S USA (619)-534-2664 ASST. RES. PHYS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7. Abstract The polarized flux spectra of a few Type II Seyfert galaxies look like the flux spectra of Type I Seyfert nuclei, and the polarization position angles are perpendicular to the radio structure axes. This may mean that all type II Seyfert galaxies have Type I spectra visible only in reflected light. The broad-line regions can be viewed directly in the cases where the tori are viewed pole on, and such objects would be classified as Type I Seyferts. It is crucial to determine whether this generalization of the polarization results is correct, and in particular whether all Type II Seyferts have highly polarized nuclear continua with position angles perpendicular to the radio source axes. We argue that contamination by host- galaxy starlight renders this virtually impossible to determine from the ground for most objects, while from space the observations would be easy and straightforward. We can use the FOS on the HST as a polarimeter, cutting down the starlight by using small apertures and observing in the UV, where the stellar flux is weak. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8. Scientific Key Words: UV POLARIMETRY, TYPE II SEYFERT GALAXY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9. Est obs time (hours) pri: 5.60 par: 0 10. Num targs pri: 20 par: 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11. Instruments requested: FOS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Page 2 I. GENERAL FORM Proposal 2711c PI: Dr. Ross D. Cohen Proposal Title: THE RELATIONSHIP OF TYPE I AND TYPE II SEYFERT GALAXIES: IS IT GENERALIZABLE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Proposers: Proposers Institution Country ESA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ P.I. Ross D. Cohen CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF, SAN USA DIEGO Robert Antonucci CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF, SANTA USA BARBARA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. Description of proposed observations. Polarimetry of 20 Seyfert 2 nuclei using FOS/RD, the PRISM, and the B waveplate. Request only four position angles of the waveplate to save overhead. A couple coordinates require updates, which we are working on now. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11. Address Information Name: ROSS D. COHEN Category: PI Institution: U. C., SAN DIEGO Address: CASS, C-011 City: LA JOLLA State: CA Zip Code: 92093 Country: USA Telephone: Telex (or e-mail): ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TARGET LIST a) Fixed Targets ID = 2711c [ 3] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tar| Target | Target | Target |Coord | Radial |Acqui|FLX| Flux data No | Name | Description | Position |Eqnx | Vel. |Prblm|REF| | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 MRK3 GALAXY; AGN; SEYFERT 2 RA = 06H 09M 48.42S +/- 1", 1950 Z=.014 1 V = 13.3 +/- .5 DEC = +71D 03' 10.7" +/- 1" 2 F-CONT(2500) = 2.5 +/- 1 E-15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 NGC7582 GALAXY; AGN; SEYFERT 2 RA = 23H 15M 38.45S +/- 15", ^ Z = .005 1 V = 13.6 +/- .5 DEC = -42D 38' 38.2" +/- 15" 2 F-CONT(2500) = 1.3 +/- .5 E-15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 MRK477 GALAXY; AGN; SEYFERT 2 RA = 14H 39M 02.56S +/- 1", ^ Z = .038 1 V = 15.0 +/- .5 DEC = 53D 43M 04.0" +/- 1" 2 F-CONT(2500) = 8 +/- 3 E-15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 MRK1066 GALAXY; AGN; SEYFERT 2 RA = 02H 56M 49.85S +/- 1", ^ Z = .012 1 V = 14.0 +/- .5 DEC = 36D 37' 20.8" +/- 1" 2 F-CONT(2500) = 3 +/- 1 E-15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 NGC5728 GALAXY; AGN; SEYFERT 2 RA = 14H 39M 36.78S +/- 1", ^ Z = .009 1 V = 13.4 +/- .5 DEC = -17D 02' 26.1" +/- 1" 2 F-CONT(2500) = 2 +/- .5 E-15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 NGC4388 GALAXY; AGN; SEYFERT 2 RA = 12H 23M 14.56S +/- 1", ^ Z = .008 1 V = 13.9 +/- .5 DEC = +12D 56' 17.4" +/- 1" 2 F-CONT(2500) = 6 +/- 2 E-15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 NGC5643 GALAXY; AGN; SEYFERT 2 RA = 14H 29M 24S +/-15", ^ Z = .003 1 V = 13.6 +/- .5 DEC = -43D 59' 00" +/- 15" 2 F-CONT(2500) = 4 +/- 1 E-15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 NGC7212 GALAXY; AGN; SEYFERT 2 RA = 22H 04M 33.94S +/- 1", ^ Z = .026 1 V = 15.0 +/- .5 DEC = 09D 59' 20.0" +/- 1" 2 F-CONT(2500) = 1.3 +/- .5 E-15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9 MRK573 GALAXY; AGN; SEYFERT 2 RA = 01H 41M 22.92S +/- 1", ^ Z = .017 1 V = 14.1 +/- .5 DEC = 02D 05' 56.3" +/- 1" 2 F-CONT(2500) = 4 +/- 1 E-15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 MRK1073 GALAXY; AGN; SEYFERT 2 RA = 03H 11M 42.82S +/- 1", 1950 Z = .023 1 V = 14.2 +/- .5 DEC = 41D 51' 03.4" +/-1" 2 F-CONT(2500) = 8 +/- 3 E-16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11 MRK463E GALAXY; AGN; SEYFERT 2 RA = 13H 53M 39.86S +/- 1", ^ Z = .051 1 V = 14.2 +/- .5 DEC = 18D 36' 57.9" +/- 1" 2 F-CONT(2500) = 6 +/- 2 E-15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12 NGC7674 GALAXY; AGN; SEYFERT 2 RA = 23H 25M 24.43S +/- 1", ^ Z = .029 1 V = 14.4 +/- .5 DEC = 08D 30' 12.9" +/- 1" 2 F-CONT(2500) = 1.3 +/- .5 E-15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13 MRK1 GALAXY; AGN; SEYFERT 2 RA = 01H 13M 19.62S +/- 1", ^ Z = .016 1 V = 15.0 +/- .5 DEC = 32D 49' 33.1" +/- 1" 2 F-CONT(2500) = 1.3 +/- .5 E-15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14 MRK917 GALAXY; AGN; SEYFERT 2 RA = 22H 38M 48.1S +/- 1", ^ Z = .025 1 V = 14.1 +/- .5 DEC = 31D 54' 30" +/- 1" 2 F-CONT(2500) = 1.0 +/- .3 E-15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15 MRK1388 GALAXY; AGN; SEYFERT 2 RA = 14H 48M 23.0S +/- 1", ^ Z = .021 1 V = 16.0 +/- .5 DEC = 22D 56' 24" +/- 1" 2 F-CONT(2500) = 1.0 +/- .3 E-15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16 NGC5929 GALAXY; AGN; SEYFERT 2 RA = 15H 24M 18.93S +/- 1", ^ Z = .008 1 V = 14.0 +/- .5 DEC = 41D 50' 40.6" +/- 1" 2 F-CONT(2500) = 1.0 +/- .3 E-15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17 MRK1157 GALAXY; AGN; SEYFERT 2 RA = 01H 30M 38.84S +/- 1", ^ Z = .015 1 V = 15.5 +/- .5 DEC = 35D 24' 43.4" +/- 1" 2 F-CONT(2500) = 1.0 +/- .3 E-15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TARGET LIST a) Fixed Targets ID = 2711c [ 4] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tar| Target | Target | Target |Coord | Radial |Acqui|FLX| Flux data No | Name | Description | Position |Eqnx | Vel. |Prblm|REF| | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18 MRK612 GALAXY; AGN; SEYFERT 2 RA = 03H 28M 10.15S +/- 1", ^ Z = .020 1 V = 15.5 +/- .5 DEC = -03D 18' 28.4" +/- 1" 2 F-CONT(2500) = 8 +/- 3 E-16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 19 NGC4507 GALAXY; AGN; SEYFERT 2 RA = 12H 32M 54.5S +/- 15", ^ Z = .012 1 V = 13.5 +/- .5 DEC = -39D 38' 02" +/- 15" 2 F-CONT(2500) = 8 +/- 3 E-16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 20 MRK348 GALAXY; AGN; SEYFERT 2 RA = 00H 46M 04.88S +/- 1", 1950 Z = .014 1 V = 14.6 +/- .5 DEC = 31D 41' 04.6" +/- 1" 2 F-CONT(2500) = 3 +/- 1 E-15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EXPOSURE LOGSHEET ID = 2711c [ 5] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |10 | 11 | 12 |13 |14| 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Line | Seq | Target |Instr | Oper. | Aper |Spectral|Central| Optional |Num| Time | S/N |Flx|Pr| Special Number | Name | Name |Config| Mode |or FOV |Element |Waveln.| Parameters |Exp| |Rel. Time|Ref| | Requirements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 DEF POL # FOS/RD ACQ/ 4.3 MIRROR BRIGHT=720000 1 11S # BINARY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 DEF POL # FOS/RD ACCUM 0.5 PRISM POLSCAN=4B 1 721S 2 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 USE POL MRK3 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 USE POL NGC7582 9 REQ UPDATE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 USE POL MRK477 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 USE POL MRK1066 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 USE POL NGC5728 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 USE POL NGC4388 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9 USE POL NGC5643 4 REQ UPDATE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 USE POL NGC7212 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11 USE POL MRK573 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12 USE POL MRK1073 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13 USE POL MRK463E 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14 USE POL NGC7674 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15 USE POL MRK1 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16 USE POL MRK917 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17 USE POL MRK1388 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18 USE POL NGC5929 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 19 USE POL MRK1157 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 20 USE POL MRK612 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21 USE POL NGC4507 11 REQ UPDATE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22 USE POL MRK348 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary Form for Proposal 2711c [ 6] Item Used in this proposal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Configurations FOS/RD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Opmodes ACQ/BINARY ACCUM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Optional Parameters BRIGHT POLSCAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Proposal for GO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ S/C Hours 5.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scientific Category QUASARS & AGN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scientific Sub-category SEYFERTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Requirements REQ UPDATE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectral Elements MIRROR PRISM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Target Names MRK3 NGC7582 MRK477 MRK1066 NGC5728 NGC4388 NGC5643 NGC7212 MRK573 MRK1073 MRK463E NGC7674 MRK1 MRK917 MRK1388 NGC5929 MRK1157 MRK612 NGC4507 MRK348 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------