Rapid Brightening of the Flat-Spectrum Radio Source PKS2345-16
ATel #11840; X. Dai (OU), K. Z. Stanek, C. S. Kochanek (OSU), B. J. Shappee (IfA-Hawaii), and ASAS-SN Collaboration
on 11 Jul 2018; 14:08 UT
Credential Certification: Krzysztof Stanek (stanek.32@osu.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Blazar
ASAS-SN has observed a rapid, two magnitude brightening of the flat
spectrum radio source PKS~2345-16 (z=0.576, 23:48:02.6, -16:31:12),
from g<17 to g~15.3 mag over 15 days from UT 2018-06-23 to UT
2018-07-09.12. The ASAS-SN g-band (green and yellow) and V-band (blue)
light curve is available here.
We encourage multimessenger analysis of this interesting source.
We thank Las Cumbres Observatory and its staff for their continued
support of ASAS-SN. ASAS-SN is funded in part by the Gordon and Betty
Moore Foundation through grant GBMF5490 to the Ohio State University,
NSF grant AST-1515927, the Mt. Cuba Astronomical Foundation, the
Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP) at OSU, the
Chinese Academy of Sciences South America Center for Astronomy
(CASSACA), and the Villum Fonden (Denmark).