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J/A+A/310/384    Optical brightness of 3 ROSAT Seyfert galaxies (Greiner+, 1996)
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Four new active galaxies with steep soft X-ray spectra
     Greiner J., Danner R., Bade N., Richter G.A., Kroll P., Komossa S.
    <Astron. Astrophys. 310, 384 (1996)>
    =1996A&A...310..384G      (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
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ADC_Keywords: Active gal. nuclei ; Galaxies, optical ; Galaxies, photometry
Keywords: X-ray sources - galaxies: active - galaxies: RX J1225.7+2055;
          RX J1239.3+2431; RX J1250.2+1923; RX J1257.5+2412
Mission_Name: ROSAT

Description:
    The  printed version  of this  paper describes  the X-ray  and optical
    properties of four new active galaxies discovered in the ROSAT All-Sky
    Survey. While  one object (RX J1257.5+2412) is  identified as a BL Lac
    object, the other three (RX  J1239.3+2431,  RX  J1225.7+2055,  and  RX
    J1250.2+1923)  are narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxies. Three of these four
    objects are bright enough  to  be  studied  on  archival  photographic
    plates  of  Sonneberg  Observatory.  The  present  list  contains  the
    individual brightness measurements  of  these  objects  all  of  which
    turned out to be variable  on  timescales  of  weeks  to  years.  Some
    lightcurves (long-term as well as short-term) are given in the printed
    version.

Objects:
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     RA  (2000)  DE       Name
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    12 25.7    +20 55     RX J1225.7+2055 = S10942
    12 57.5    +24 12     RX J1257.5+2412 = S10941
    12 39.3    +24 31     RX J1239.3+2431 = S10940
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File Summary:
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  FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe             80        .   This file
table              42      555   Optical brightness estimates
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1- 11  F11.3 d       HJD       Julian date of middle of exposure time.
                                   The exposure time ranges between 40-60 min.
  14- 17  F4.1  mag     Mag1      ? Brightness estimate for RX J1225.7+2055
  20- 23  A4    ---   n_Mag1      Comment on accuracy of brightness estimate of
                                    RX J1225.7+2055 (1)
  25- 28  F4.1  mag     Mag2      ? Brightness estimate for RX J1257.5+2412
  31- 33  A3    ---   n_Mag2      Comment on accuracy of brightness estimate of
                                    RX J1257.5+2412 (1)
  35- 38  F4.1  mag     Mag3      ? Brightness estimate for RX J1239.3+2431
  41- 43  A3    ---   n_Mag3      Comment on accuracy of brightness estimate of
                                    RX J1239.3+2431 (1)
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Note (1): No entry in the comment column means an accurate 
     brightness estimate (error of +/-0.08 mag), while the five 
     different signs have the following meanings:
       <  denotes an upper limit,
       :  denotes a slightly increased error (+/-0.14 mag),
       :: denotes an increased error (+/-0.20 mag),
       ?  denotes an uncertain measurement,
       ?? denotes a doubtful measurement.
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(End)                                        Patricia Bauer  [CDS]   20-Dec-1995

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