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Proposal_Information

   Title:               POLARIZATION IMAGING OF RADIO GALAXIES
   Proposal_Category:   GO
   Scientific_Category: QUASARS & AGN,RADIO GALAXIES
   Cycle:               6


Investigators

   PI_name:             ANTONUCCI, ROBERT
   PI_Institution:      UNIV. OF CAL., SANTA BARBARA
   CoI_Name:            
   CoI_Institution:     
   Contact:             


Questions

   Observing_Description:
   Real_Time_Justification:
   Calibration_Justification:
   Additional_Comments: 


Abstract:               Spectropolarimetry of the narrow line radio galaxy 3C234 was used to show
                        in 1982 that there is a hidden broad line region occulted by an opaque
                        torus oriented perpendicular to the radio structure axis.  Given the luminosity
                        of the reflected light, it follows that 3C234 would be called a quasar if
                        its orientation with respect to the line of sight were different.  Since
                        then similar results were found for five Seyfert 2's.  If many NLRG's are
                        occulted quasars in the sky plane, several statistical anomalies in the
                        beam model for superluminal motion are understandable.  However, further
                        optical spectropolarimetry has been disappointing in this regard, at least
                        partially because of severe dilution of reflected light by starlight, sometimes
                        polarized, from the host galaxies.  We can solve this problem by observing
                        in the UV.  Furthermore, recent observations of two NLRGs have revealed OFF-
                        NUCLEAR dust clouds reflecting and strongly "bluening" nuclear light in two
                        NLRG's.  Such dust clouds, abundant in the merger debris surrounding many
                        luminous radio galaxies, should show up spectacularly in UV polarization
                        images, providing information on the beam pattern and time history of nuclear
                        emission.  We request FOC polarization images of a sample of radio galaxies.
                        We will also get for free and with high efficiency total flux images, suitable
                        for studying the nuclei and the anomalous young stellar populations seen
                        in merging radio galaxies from the ground.


Fixed_Targets

   Target_Number:       1
   Target_Name:         3C109
   Alternate_Names:     
   Description:         GALAXY,RADIO GALAXY,
   Position:            RA=4H 13M 40.3S +/- 0.067S,
                        DEC= 11D 12' 14.9" +/-  1.00",
			PLATE-ID=01X0
   Equinox:             J2000
   Epoch:               
   Rv_or_z:             Z = 0.3056
   RA_PM:               0.0
   Dec_PM:              0.0
   Annual_Parallax:     0.0
   Flux:                U = 19.9 +/- 1.0
   Comments:            



Solar_System_Targets


Generic_Targets


Scan_Data


Visits

Visit_Number:           01
Visit_Requirements:     
On_Hold_Comments:       

   ! From Line 4
   Exposure_number:     10
   Target_Name:         3C109
   Config:              FOC/96
   Opmode:              IMAGE
   Aperture:            512X1024
   Sp_Element:          F342W,POL0
   Wavelength:          
   Optional_Parameters: PIXEL=50X25
   Number_of_iterations:1
   Time_Per_Exposure:   606S
   Special_Requirements:
   Comments:            

   ! From Line 5
   Exposure_number:     20
   Target_Name:         3C109
   Config:              FOC/96
   Opmode:              IMAGE
   Aperture:            512X1024
   Sp_Element:          F342W,POL60
   Wavelength:          
   Optional_Parameters: PIXEL=50X25
   Number_of_iterations:1
   Time_Per_Exposure:   606S
   Special_Requirements:
   Comments:            

   ! From Line 6
   Exposure_number:     30
   Target_Name:         3C109
   Config:              FOC/96
   Opmode:              IMAGE
   Aperture:            512X1024
   Sp_Element:          F342W,POL120
   Wavelength:          
   Optional_Parameters: PIXEL=50X25
   Number_of_iterations:1
   Time_Per_Exposure:   606S
   Special_Requirements:
   Comments:            


Data_Distribution

   Medium:              8MM
   Blocking_Factor:     10
   Ship_To:             PI_Address
   Ship_Via:            UPS
   Recipient_Email: