A New Giant NIR flare of the Blazar S41030+61
ATel #12648; L. Carrasco, G. Escobedo, E. Recillas, A. Porras, V. Chavushyan (INAOE, Mexico)
on 9 Apr 2019; 22:50 UT
Credential Certification: LUIS CARRASCO (carrasco@inaoep.mx)
Subjects: Radio, Infra-Red, Optical, Gamma Ray, AGN, Blazar, Quasar
We report on a new NIR flare of the high redshift Blazar S41030+61 (z=1.409), also known as BZBJ1033+6051 associated with the gamma-ray source 1FGLJ1033.8+6048. Our most recent NIR photometry for this source shows that on April 2nd, 2019 (MJD 2458575.7996, the object brightness corresponded to H = 12.851 +/- 0.05, J = 13.992 +/- 0.05 and Ks = 12.286 +/- 0.0. In our previous observation in the H band (MJD2458257.732), this object had H = 16.146 +/- 0.08. Hence, the object has increased its luminosity by a factor of about 20 in this lapse. Previous activity in this object had been reported (Atel#2625), #3062, #3287, #8715). 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.
