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We present the first ultraviolet spectropolarimetric observations of the Type 2 Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068 obtained by the Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE). In this communication we discuss the continuum polarization in the ultraviolet. Shortward of 2500 angstrom the polarization becomes constant at 16% at a position angle of 112-degrees. This is in general agreement with the 1983 prediction of Miller and Antonucci and their thick torus model, in which a hidden Type 1 Seyfert nucleus is seen in light scattered by electrons outside the obscured nuclei.

view Abstract Citations (40) References (12) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS The First Ultraviolet Spectropolarimetric Study of NGC 1068 Code, Arthur D. ; Meade, Marilyn R. ; Anderson, Christopher M. ; Nordsieck, Kenneth H. ; Clayton, Geoffrey C. ; Whitney, Barbara A. ; Magalhaes, Antonio Mario ; Babler, Brian ; Bjorkman, Karen S. ; Schulte-Ladbeck, Regina E. ; Taylor, Maryjane Abstract We present the first ultraviolet spectropolarimetric observations of the Type 2 Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068 obtained by the Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE). In this communication we discuss the continuum polarization in the ultraviolet. Shortward of 2500 A the polarization becomes constant at ~16% at a position angle of 112^deg^. This is in general agreement with the 1983 prediction of Miller and Antonucci and their thick torus model, in which a hidden Type 1 Seyfert nucleus is seen in light scattered by electrons outside the obscured nuclei. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: February 1993 DOI: 10.1086/186722 Bibcode: 1993ApJ...403L..63C Keywords: Astronomical Polarimetry; Galactic Radiation; Seyfert Galaxies; Ultraviolet Astronomy; Ultraviolet Spectroscopy; Electron Scattering; Galactic Nuclei; Astrophysics; GALAXIES: INDIVIDUAL NGC NUMBER: NGC 1068; GALAXIES: SEYFERT; POLARIZATION full text sources ADS | data products SIMBAD (1) NED (1) MAST (1)