NIR brightening of the high redshift QSO BZQJ0206-1150
ATel #10873; L. Carrasco, J. Miramon, E. Recillas, A. Porras, V. Chavushyan, D. Y. Mayya (INAOE, Mexico)
on 19 Oct 2017; 18:37 UT
Credential Certification: LUIS CARRASCO (carrasco@inaoep.mx)
Subjects: Radio, Infra-Red, Optical, Gamma Ray, AGN, Blazar, Quasar
We report on the NIR brightening of the high redshift QSO BZQJ0206-115 (z=1.663). On October 2nd, 2017 MJD(24578029.89), we found the source with NIR fluxes H = 15.697 +/- 0.07. While, on MJD 24576935.89 the flux in the H band corresponded to H = 16.41 +/- 0.07. Hence, the source has increased its flux by a factor of 2 in this lapse. The source is known to have undergone flaring activity in the past as on MJD 2455501.9 when the source was
brightest (H = 13,567 +/- 0.05) since the time the 2mass survey was carried out, when the flux in the H band was fainter then H > 17.5. Our observations are carried out with the 2.1m telescope of the Guillermo Haro Observatory operated by the National Institute for Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (Mexico), equipped with the instrument CANICA a NIR camera. We encourage further multi wavelength coverage.