Star Formation Characteristics of Galaxies Hosting AGN
Payel Nandi,
Joint Astronomy Programme, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India and Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore 560 034, India. Corresponding author: payel.nandi@iiap.res.in
Chelliah Subramonian Stalin,
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore 560 034, India
Abstract
We present an analysis of the ultra-violet (UV) observations of two Seyfert type active galactic nuclei (AGN), namely NGC 4051 and NGC 4151. These observations aimed at studying the star formation in the hosts of these AGN were carried out with the ultra-violet imaging telescope on board AstroSat in far-UV. A total of 193 and 328 star-forming regions (SF) were identified using SExtractor in NGC 4051 and NGC 4151, respectively. Using aperture photometry of the identified SF regions, we estimated the star formation rates (SFRs). We found NGC 4051 to have the lowest SFR with a median value of 3.16 × 10−5 M⊙ yr−1 while for NGC 4151, we found a median SFR of 0.012 M⊙ yr−1.
Keywords : galaxies: active, galaxies: Seyfert, stars: formation, ultraviolet: galaxies
To cite this article
Payel Nandi & Chelliah Subramonian Stalin, «Star Formation Characteristics of Galaxies Hosting AGN», Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège [En ligne], Volume 93 - Année 2024, No 2 - Proceeedings of the 3rd BINA Workshop on the Scientific Potential of the Indo-Belgian Cooperation, 780-789 URL : https://popups.uliege.be/0037-9565/index.php?id=11876.