A method for nuclear-component deconvolution in active galaxies

A new method for deconvolution of the nuclear component of active galaxies is presented, along with some initial results with several nuclear-type obj ects. Unlike the majority of procedures currently in use, this method is ba sed on the following steps: (a) derivation of seeing-free bulge and disc pa rameters, (b) construction of a two-dimensional model of the galaxy, (c) de rivation of a point-spread function (PSF) from star profiles and convolutio n of the bulge+disc model with the obtained PSF and (d) extraction of the s eeing-convolved model radial profile and subtraction from the observed one. The residual gives the nuclear component. Only standard image processing p ackages are used.