First results of an all-sky search for MeV-emission from active galaxies with COMPTEL

We present first results of a systematic search through COMPTEL all-sky maps for evidence of MeV gamma-ray emission from active galaxies. All-sky maximum-likelihood and flux maps have been produced from publicly-available COMPTEL datesets for individual CGRO viewing periods for the 4.5-year period covering Phases 1 to 4 of the CGRO mission (1991-1995), in four standard energy bins spanning the sensitive range of COMPTEL (0.8-30 MeV). From these all-sky maps we have extracted statistical likelihoods of source emission and corresponding fluxes or upper limits for similar to 150 candidate objects (primarily active galaxies) lying st high Galactic latitudes \b\ >10 degrees. Included in these results is a compilation of COMPTEL fluxes and/or limits for the unidentified high-latitude sources of the the Second EGRET Catalog. Our scientific objective is to derive the global properties of high-energy AGN in the medium-energy gamma-ray regime, and to provide cumulative fluxes or limits in the COMPTEL energy range for all high-energy AGN of interest, We describe our mapping and flux-extraction procedure and present a first sample of the results obtained in the form of representative figures. These cumulative results will ultimately be compared with studies of AGN for individual viewing periods, and used in statistical investigations of the various sub-classes of active galaxies.