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Mrk 509

Observation

Spectrum ID298660322_sp1
Alt nameMrk509
z0.0345
RA, Dec311.0404, -10.7236
MJD60563.63
SNR/Å B/R9.1/13.0
Obs Airmass1.76
SMSS ID298660322
Closest SMSSNone (< 15")
SMSS Mean r6"ap13.4 ± 0.0
2MASS Kext10.0 ± 0.0

AGN Properties

Spectrum TypeSy 1.2
Quality Flaggood
AGN referenceM+1973
MW E(B−V)0.049
Power law αν-0.82 ± 0.05
log L5100,AGN44.25 ± 0.01
log HβBr/[O III]0.35 ± 0.04
log ML5100/M8.31 ± 0.09
log M/M8.28 ± 0.06
log M/M8.39 ± 0.09
log M[O III]/M8.41 ± 0.09

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 Narrow40.81 ± 0.21520 ± 65213 ± 281.68 ± 0.39
Hγ Broad42.16 ± 0.053159 ± 2081177 ± 8033.15 ± 0.98
[O III] 436440.72 ± 0.23439 ± 97185 ± 401.40 ± 0.36
He II Narrow40.44 ± 0.31439 ± 97185 ± 400.78 ± 0.31
He II Broad41.48 ± 0.301562 ± 1244663 ± 5287.08 ± 0.59
Hβ Narrow41.38 ± 0.07520 ± 65213 ± 286.80 ± 0.34
Hβ Broad42.57 ± 0.044465 ± 4391698 ± 27499.89 ± 1.13
[O III] 500742.22 ± 0.01520 ± 65213 ± 2850.31 ± 0.45
He I Narrow40.30 ± 0.31439 ± 97185 ± 400.74 ± 0.27
He I Broad41.45 ± 0.081938 ± 196823 ± 829.53 ± 0.53
[O I] 630040.61 ± 0.13439 ± 97185 ± 401.66 ± 0.25
Hα Narrow41.80 ± 0.12439 ± 97185 ± 4024.43 ± 0.65
Hα Broad43.15 ± 0.013455 ± 1801567 ± 77538.78 ± 1.35
[N II] 658541.56 ± 0.14439 ± 97185 ± 4014.39 ± 0.59
[S II] 671841.18 ± 0.06439 ± 97185 ± 406.31 ± 0.30
[S II] 673241.07 ± 0.06439 ± 97185 ± 404.91 ± 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 SNR34.52
Hβ Broad SNR10.57
Hγ Broad SNR6.34
AGN frac0.98
Host frac0.01
log L5100,Host42.22
Fe II/Hβ0.10
Fe II/[O III]0.20

Quality flags

spurious_hab/hbb0.0/0
l51000
balmer0
balmer_snr0
hb_width0
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.