A Hidden Broad‐Line Region in the Weak Seyfert 2 Galaxy NGC 788

We have detected a broad H alpha emission line in the polarized flux spectrumof the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 788, indicating that it contains an obscuredSeyfert 1 nucleus. While such features have been observed in ~15 other Seyfert2s, this example is unusual because it has a higher fraction of galaxystarlight in its spectrum, a lower average measured polarization, and asignificantly lower radio luminosity than other hidden Seyfert 1s discovered todate. This demonstrates that polarized broad-line regions can be detected inrelatively weak classical Seyfert 2s, and illustrates why well-defined,reasonably complete spectropolarimetric surveys at H alpha are necessary inorder to assess whether or not all Seyfert 2s are obscured Seyfert 1s.Comment: 10 pages using (AASTEX) aaspp4.sty and 4 postscript figures. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Research Notes, in pres