I discuss some recent observational results in the research of nearby active galactic nuclei (AGN). These results cover three main topics: (i) evidences for the current paradigm for AGN's, which include a nuclear supermassive blackhole (SMBH) fed via an accretion disk; (ii) evidence that this paradigm may also apply to LINER's, the lowest luminous AGN's and to normal galaxies; (iii) evidences of how the fueling of the SMBH occurs and its relation to recent and intermediate age (10^6 to 10^8 yrs old) episodes of star formation.
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9903074,
title = {Nuclear Activity in Nearby Galaxies},
author = {Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9903074},
year = {2007}
}
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8 pages, latex, 3 figures, contribution to the IX Reunion Regional Latinoamericana de Astronomia, Tonantzintla, Mexico, Nov. 9-13, 1998, eds. L. Aguilar and A. Carrami\~nana