MASTER: QSO flare with ampl~(1.8-4)mag
ATel #12524; P. Balanutsa, V. Lipunov (Lomonosov MSU), A. Tlatov (KSS, Pulkovo observatory), V. Kornilov, E. Gorbovskoy, V. Vladimirov, D. Zimnukhov, N. Tiurina, A. Kuznetsov, P. Podvorotny, V. Senik, A. Chasovnikov, V. Topalov (Lomonosov MSU), D. Buckley (SAAO), R. Rebolo, M. Serra-Ricart (IAC), A. Kniazev (SAAO), O. Gress, N. Budnev (ISU), A. Gabovich, V. Yurkov (Blagoveshchensk SPU)
on 21 Feb 2019; 21:29 UT
Credential Certification: Nataly Tyurina (tiurina@sai.msu.ru)
Subjects: Radio, Optical, Ultra-Violet, Gamma Ray, Request for Observations, AGN, Blazar, Quasar, Transient
Referred to by ATel #: 12548
MASTER OT J001247.38+335337.6 detection - BZQJ0012+335 optical flare, ampl~(1.8-4)mag
MASTER-Kislovodsk auto-detection system discovered OT source at (RA, Dec) = 00h 12m 47.38s +33d 53m 37.6s on 2019-02-21.72328 UT.
The OT unfiltered magnitude is 16.2m (limit 17.8m).
The OT is seen in 8 images. There is no minor planet at this place.
We have reference image without OT on 2014-10-14.85262 UT with unfiltered magnitude limit 20.2m.
There is marginally seen OT in MASTER-Amur database (2018-11-17 09:55:41UT) with m <~ mlim=18.0 (unfiltered). So the amplitude of current flare can be ampl~(1.8-4)mag
Observations in different wavelenght are required.
The discovery and reference images are available at:
http://master.sai.msu.ru/static/OT/001247.38335337.6_1.png
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