The environment of AGNs and the activity degree of their surrounding
  galaxies
  Aims. We present results of a comprehensive spectral study on the large-scale
environment of AGNs based on Sloan Spectroscopic Survey data. Methods. We
analyzed the spectra of galaxies in the environment of AGN and other activity
classes up to distances of 1 Mpc. Results. The mean H{\alpha} and [OIII]
{\lambda}5007 line luminosities in the environmental galaxies within a
projected radius of 1 Mpc are highest around Seyfert 1 galaxies, with
decreasing luminosities for Seyfert 2 and HII galaxies, and lowest for
absorption line galaxies. Furthermore, there is a trend toward H{\alpha} and
[OIII] luminosities in the environmental galaxies increasing as a function of
proximity to the central emission line galaxies. There is another clear trend
toward a neighborhood effect within a radius of 1000 kpc for the AGN and
non-AGN types: Seyfert galaxies tend to have the highest probability of having
another Seyfert galaxy in the neighborhood. HII galaxies tend to have the
highest probability of having another HII galaxy in the neighborhood, etc. The
number of companions within 1000 kpc is inversely correlated with the
H{\alpha}, [OIII] {\lambda}5007, as well as with the continuum luminosities of
the central galaxies, regardless of whether they are of Seyfert, HII, or
absorption line types.
