Research report 2004 - Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Infrared Interferometry of the active galaxy NGC 1068
Authors
Beckert, Thomas; Hofmann, Karlheinz; Hönig, Sebastian; Schertl, Dieter; Weigelt, Gerd
Departments
Infrarot-Astronomie (Prof. Dr. Gerd Weigelt)
MPI für Radioastronomie, Bonn
Summary
Speckle-interferometric observations as well as long-baseline interferometry with the instruments VINCI and MIDI at the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) have allowed the resolution of the nucleus of the Active Galaxy NGC 1068 at infrared wavelengths in the range of 1,65 to 13 µm. Therefore, it is now possible, for the first time, to investigate the inner torus region around NGC 1068’s Black Hole and to test model predictions.