VLTI/AMBER observations of the Seyfert nucleus of NGC 3783

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Table 2

NGC 3783 torus radius R_torus, 2MASS fluxes of the nuclear core, and flux contributions of the host galaxy and the AD.

J flux

H flux

K flux

Host

R_torus

R_{τ_K}^c

(mJy)

(mag)

fraction^a

fraction^b

(mas)

(pc)

18.8

34.2

61.8

12.3

11.2

10.1

0.005 ± 0.002

0.21 ± 0.07

0.74 ± 0.23

0.16 ± 0.05

0.071 ± 0.025

Notes.

^(a)

K-band flux contribution in the AMBER FOV.

^(b)

AD flux contribution to the point-like core in the 2MASS K-band image.

^(c)

Reverberation radius R_{τ_K} (Glass 1992).

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