Large NIR Flare of the blazar PMNJ0623-3350
ATel #12381; L. Carrasco, G. Escobedo, E. Recillas, A. Porras, V. Chavushyan (INAOE, Mexico)
on 11 Jan 2019; 19:01 UT
Credential Certification: LUIS CARRASCO (carrasco@inaoep.mx)
Subjects: Radio, Infra-Red, Optical, Gamma Ray, AGN, Blazar, Quasar
Referred to by ATel #: 12518
We report on the NIR brightening of the non-thermal Radio Source PMNJ0633-3350, also known as CRATES J0623-3350. On January 5th,2019 (MJD 2458488.806), we found the source with NIR fluxes corresponding to J = 16.05 +/- 0.04, H = 14.991 +/- 0.07 and Ks= 14.154 +/- 0.07. While on MJD 2456729.6 the flux in the H band was to H > 17.8. Hence, the source has increased its flux by at least factor of 15, in this lapse. The source is brightest since the time we started monitoring it on MJD 2456646, when the source was H = 15.575 mag. 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.
