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Title: Peculiarities in the optical variability of the galaxy NGC 4151

Journal Article · · Sov. Astron. Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5080229

Photographic and photoelectric observations of the optical variability of the nucleus of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 4151 are analyzed. The presence of a quasiperiodic 126/sup d/ component is confirmed. The 126/sup d/ period varies in cycles of roughly-equal20 yr. If these fluctuations represent orbital motion about a central body (such as a supermassive black hole), its mass would be roughly-equal10/sup 8/ M/sub sun/ and the orbital velocity would be roughly-equal10/sup 4/ km/sec.

Research Organization:
Southern Station, Shternberg Astronomical Institute, Nauchnyi, Crimea
OSTI ID:
5080229
Journal Information:
Sov. Astron. Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 7:6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English