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Galaxy IC1151 as an example of the non-active class based on the BPT diagram and W criterion (see Sect. 3). Panels A, B, and C: resolved [NII]−,[SII]− and [OI]−BPT diagnostic diagrams, where the solid curve is the empirical star-formation line of Kauffmann et al. (2003) and pixels below this line are dominated by star formation (SF; blue). The division (dash-dotted line) between the Seyfert (Sy; red) and LINER (LR; green) regions in panels B and C is adopted from Kewley et al. (2006), while the empirical Seyferts/LINER division (dotted line) in panel A comes from Cid Fernandes et al. (2010). Panels D, E, and F: resolved [NII]−,[SII]−,  and [OI]−BPT maps corresponding to the BPT diagram. Panels G: resolved W radial profile from individual spaxels, where the dashed-dotted and dashed lines correspond to the thresholds of 3 and 6 Å, respectively. The blue dotted vertical lines define the bins of 0.5Re. The black thick line shows the median value of the W, where the thin black lines indicate the median absolute deviation. Panel H: resolved W map, where the colour bar indicates the thresholds of the spaxels: W ≤ 3 Å (violet), 3 Å < W ≤ 6 Å (orange) and W > 6 Å (cyan). The dotted line indicates the region of 0.5Re, where the continuous lines mark separation of 1, 2, and 3Re. The median value of the W for the full maps is given as label in the panel. To classify this galaxy as non-active, the central pixels that are below 0.5Re should not populate the Seyfert region of the BPT diagrams (at least two from the three BPT diagrams), but their W values can vary, depending on the quenching stage of the galaxy.

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