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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 369, Issue 1, Pages 57-64Publisher
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20010103
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galaxies : active; galaxies : individual : Mrk 279; galaxies : nuclei; galaxies : Seyfert; infrared : galaxies
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Mid-infrared images of the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 279 obtained with the ISO satellite are presented together with the results of a one-year monitoring campaign of the 2.5-11.7 mum spectrum. Contemporaneous optical photometric and spectrophotometric observations are also presented. The galaxy appears as a point-like source at the resolution of the ISOCAM instrument (4-5 ). The 2.5-11.7 mum average spectrum of the nucleus in Mrk 279 shows a strong power law continuum with alpha = -0.80 +/- 0.05 (F nu proportional to nu (alpha)) and weak PAK emission features. The Mrk 279 spectral energy distribution shows a mid-IR bump, which extends from 2 to 15-20 mum The mid-IR bump is consistent with thermal emission from dust grains at a distance of greater than or similar to 100 It-d. No significant variations of the mid-IR flux have been detected during our observing campaign, consistent with the relatively low amplitude (similar to 10% rms) of the optical variability during the campaign. The time delay for H beta line emission in response to the optical continuum variations is tau = 16.7(-5.6)(+5.3), days, consistent with previous measurements.
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