A NIR Flare of the Blazar 6C B061934.5+332747
ATel #11543; L. Carrasco, J. Miramon, A. Porras, E. Recillas, V. Chavushyan (INAOE, Mexico)
on 18 Apr 2018; 05:19 UT
Credential Certification: LUIS CARRASCO (carrasco@inaoep.mx)
Subjects: Radio, Infra-Red, AGN, Blazar
We report on a new NIR flare of the Blazar 6C B061934.5+332747, also known as B2 0619+33. Our recent NIR photometry for this source shows that on march 22th,2018 (JD2458199.72031) the object brightness corresponded to H = 16.50 +/- 0.03. This value is 2.3 magnitudes brighter than our previous photometry, obtained on JD2458146.88. Hence it has increased its flux by a factor of 8 in this short lapse. The object has shown flaring activity in the past. 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 strongly encourage further multiwavelength coverage.
