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NGC 863

Observation

Spectrum ID15292183_sp1
Alt nameg0214336-004600
z0.0265
RA, Dec33.6399, -0.7667
MJD60563.6
SNR/Å B/R31.9/58.5
Obs Airmass1.49
SMSS ID15292183
Closest SMSS6.02'', 2027524088
SMSS Mean r6"ap14.5 ± 0.1
2MASS Kext9.5 ± 0.0

AGN Properties

Spectrum TypeSy 1.2
Quality Flaggood
AGN reference6dFGS
MW E(B−V)0.031
Power law αν0.48 ± 0.01
log L5100,AGN43.14 ± 0.01
log HβBr/[O III]0.67 ± 0.01
log ML5100/M7.88 ± 0.04
log M/M7.32 ± 0.02
log M/M7.94 ± 0.04
log M[O III]/M7.76 ± 0.05

Spatial extraction & sky subtraction region

Spatial plot

Spaxel scale: 1 arcsec² — Flux units: erg s⁻¹ cm⁻² Å⁻¹
Apertures: object (solid), background (dashed)

Spectrum decomposition

Emission line measurements

Linelog L (erg s⁻¹)FWHM (km s⁻¹)σ (km s⁻¹)EW (Å)
Hγ Narrow38.99 ± 0.41444 ± 63207 ± 260.25 ± 0.20
Hγ Broad40.63 ± 0.042988 ± 1401001 ± 3810.50 ± 0.50
[O III] 436439.32 ± 0.23363 ± 63154 ± 250.52 ± 0.17
He II Narrow39.23 ± 0.23363 ± 63154 ± 250.50 ± 0.17
He II Broad40.41 ± 0.075559 ± 1202361 ± 507.49 ± 0.67
Hβ Narrow39.75 ± 0.09444 ± 63207 ± 261.88 ± 0.21
Hβ Broad41.47 ± 0.014717 ± 1943824 ± 6495.93 ± 1.14
[O III] 500740.80 ± 0.01444 ± 63207 ± 2622.18 ± 0.26
He I Narrow39.19 ± 0.16363 ± 63154 ± 250.81 ± 0.18
He I Broad40.63 ± 0.035973 ± 1202536 ± 5022.41 ± 0.92
[O I] 630039.83 ± 0.04363 ± 63154 ± 254.21 ± 0.23
Hα Narrow40.17 ± 0.03363 ± 63154 ± 2510.08 ± 0.32
Hα Broad41.83 ± 0.012856 ± 751725 ± 25470.49 ± 1.12
[N II] 658540.61 ± 0.01363 ± 63154 ± 2527.81 ± 0.33
[S II] 671840.10 ± 0.02363 ± 63154 ± 259.12 ± 0.30
[S II] 673240.03 ± 0.03363 ± 63154 ± 257.79 ± 0.29

All narrow line widths are tied to narrow [O III] 5007Å. [O III] 5007Å and narrow Hβ include a second narrow component not tied to other narrow lines.

Emission summary

Hα Broad SNR31.63
Hβ Broad SNR9.35
Hγ Broad SNR3.81
AGN frac0.39
Host frac0.61
log L5100,Host43.33
Fe II/Hβ0.29
Fe II/[O III]1.37

Quality flags

spurious_hab/hbb0.0/0
l51002
balmer0
balmer_snr0
hb_width2
balmer_width0

Hα mass estimates from Cho+2023. Remaining mass estimates from R–L relations in Wang & Woo 2024 and zero-points from Amrutha+2026.