Spectroscopic monitoring of active galactic nuclei. 3: Size of the broad line region in NGC 3227

Salamanca, I.; Alloin, D.; Baribaud, T.; Axon, D.; de Bruyn, G.; Goad, M.; Gondhalekar, P.; van Groningen, E.; Jackson, N.; Kollatschny, W.; Laurikainen, E.; Lawrence, A.; Masegosa, J.; O'Brien, P.; Pelat, D.; Penston, M. V.; Perez, E.; Perez-Fournon, I.; Robinson, A.; Santos-Lleo, M.; Stirpe, G. M.; Tadhunter, C.; Terlevich, R.; Unger, S.; Wagner, S.; Wanders, I.
Bibliographical reference

Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 282, no. 3, p. 742-752

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1994
Number of authors
26
IAC number of authors
2
Citations
46
Refereed citations
41
Description
We present in this work the results of a five-month monitoring campaign of the active galactic nucleus in NGC 3227. Both the Balmer H-beta and H-alpha emission lines, as well as the optical continuum have been analyzed. A deblending procedure has been applied which allows for the separation of the contributions to the line emssion from the narrow line region (NLR) on one side and from the broad line region (BLR) on the other side.