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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Finally published: The subarcsecond mid-infrared view of local active galactic nuclei: I. The N- and Q-band imaging atlas

The AGN mid-infrared atlas is finally published!

The full paper including the appendix with all the object descriptions is available on arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/1310.2770.

ADShttp://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014MNRAS.439.1648A

The tables can be accessed through CDShttp://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/VizieR?-source=J/MNRAS/439/1648.

The images, fits files, tables and object descriptions can be accessed through the Virtual Observatory  via GAVO (Topcat, Aladin etc.; ID: sasmirala). Original front-end: http://dc.g-vo.org/sasmirala.

Direct download of collections:



Please contact me in case of questions or comments! I am happy to give support to anyone who wants to use the data!