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A&A 442, 909-915 (2005)
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20053882

An X-ray view of Mrk 705

A borderline narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy

L. C. Gallo¹, I. Balestra¹, E. Costantini^{2, 3}, Th. Boller¹, V. Burwitz¹, E. Ferrero⁴ and S. Mathur<sup>5

1</sup>  Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Postfach 1312, 85741 Garching, Germany
    e-mail: lgallo@mpe.mpg.de
²  SRON National Institute for Space Research Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands
³  Astronomical Institute, Utrecht University, PO Box 80000, 3508 TA, Utrecht, The Netherlands
⁴  Landessternwarte Heidelberg, Königstuhl 12, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
⁵  Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA

(Received 22 July 2005 / Accepted 3 August 2005 )

Abstract
Mrk 705 exhibits optical properties of both narrow- and broad-line Seyfert 1 galaxies. We examine the X-ray properties of this borderline object utilising proprietary and public data from Chandra, ASCA, ROSAT and RXTE, spanning more than twelve years. Though long-term flux variability from the pointed observations appears rather modest (~), we do find examples of rare large amplitude outbursts in the RXTE monitoring data. There is very little evidence of long-term spectral variability as the low- and high-energy spectra appear constant with time. A ~ emission line is detected in the ASCA spectra of Mrk 705, but not during the later, higher flux state Chandra observation. However, the upper limit on the equivalent width of a line in the Chandra spectrum is consistent with a constant-flux emission line and a brighter continuum, suggesting that the line is emitted from distant material such as the putative torus. Overall, the X-ray properties of Mrk 705 appear typical of BLS1 activity.

Key words: galaxies: active -- galaxies: individual: Mrk 705 -- galaxies: nuclei -- X-rays: galaxies

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