OzSSy1: The Australian Southern Seyfert-1 Spectroscopic Atlas and Catalogue at z < 0.1

Abstract

We present a spectroscopic atlas of 887 broad-line active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in the Southern sky, spanning redshifts $z < 0.1$, declinations $\delta < 0$ deg and Galactic latitudes $|b| > 10$ deg. The sample aims at being a largely complete census of nearby broad-line AGN. The atlas is constructed from observations with $R\sim3000$ using the integral-field Wide Field Spectrograph at the Australian National University 2.3 m telescope. Spectra are extracted in a 6.7 arcsec aperture and have a median signal-to-noise ratio of 13 and 23 per Angstrom in the blue and red arms, respectively. Each spectrum is accompanied by a spectral decomposition that models the AGN continuum and host galaxy, along with fits to the emission lines H$\gamma$, H$\beta$, H$\alpha$, He II, He I, [O III], [O I], [N II] and [S II], including broad Balmer and Helium components. The data products are publicly available and designed to support studies of population demographics and AGN variability in conjunction with future time-domain surveys.