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American Astronomical Society, Astrophysical Journal Supplement, (97), p. 285, 1995

DOI: 10.1086/192144

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Steps toward determination of the size and structure of the broad-line region in active galatic nuclei. 8: an intensive HST, IUE, and ground-based study of NGC 5548

Journal article published in 1995 by Kt T. Korista, J. H. Krolik, B. M. Peterson, D. Alloin, M. A. Malkan, G. A. Reichert, P. Barr, P. M. Rodriguez-Pascual, S. L. Morris, W. Wamsteker, J. Clavel, H. Netzer, P. T. O'Brien, Rd D. Cohen, In N. Evans and other authors.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

We present the data and initial results from a combined Hubble Space Telescope (HST)/IUE/ground-based spectroscopic monitoring campaign on the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548 that was undertaken in order to address questions that require both higher temporal resolution and higher signal-to-noise ratios than were obtained in our previous multiwavelength monitoring of this galaxy in 1988-1989. IUE spectra were obtained once every 2 days for a period of 74 days beginning on 1993 March 14. During the last 39 days of this campaign, spectroscopic observations were also made with the HST Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS) on a daily basis. Ground-based observations, consisting of 165 optical spectra and 77 photometric observations (both CCD imaging and aperture photometry), are reported for the period 1992 October-1993 September, although many of the data are concentrated around the time of the satellite-based program. These data constitute a fifth year of intensive optical monitoring of this galaxy. In this contribution we describe the acquisition and reduction of all of the satellite and ground-based data obtained in this program. We describe in detail various photometric problems with the FOS and explain how we identified and corrected for various anomalies. ; PUBLISHED