Abstract
The authors present optical/infrared broad-band filter polarimetry and optical spectropolarimetry of the powerful FR II galaxy 3C 321. The latter observations reveal a scattered broad component to the Hα emission line, detectable in polarized flux. This implies that 3C 321 is actually a quasar the continuum and broad-line region of which are obscured from direct view, possibly by the geometrically thick torus invoked in the unified theory of active galaxies.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | L72-L76 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Volume | 279 |
Issue number | 4 |
Publication status | Published - 1996 |