Unprecedented optical activity of blazar 3C 371
ATel #11563; V. M. Larionov, S. S. Savchenko (St. Petersburg University)
on 23 Apr 2018; 12:51 UT
Credential Certification: V. Larionov (vlar@astro.spbu.ru)
Subjects: Optical, AGN, Black Hole, Blazar
Referred to by ATel #: 15761
We perform optical photometric and polarimetric monitoring of a sample of gamma-bright blazars using 0.4-m LX-200 telescope (St.Petersburg) and 0.7-m AZT-7 telescope (Crimean Astrophysical Observatory), as a part of WEBT/GASP project. We report that 3C 371 reached R=13.35 in the night of 2018 April 22, TJD 58231.53. This is a brightest value during the whole time interval of our observations since 2006. R band light curve for 3C 371 can be seen on our web-page.
