MASTER: 4FGL_J0526.2-483 blazar flare
ATel #13722; O. Gress (ISU, Lomonosov MSU), V. Lipunov (Lomonosov MSU), D. A. H. Buckley (SAAO), K. Zhirkov, V. Kornilov, E. Gorbovskoy, A. Chasovnikov, N. Tiurina, P. Balanutsa, I. Gorbunov, A. Kuznetsov, V. Vladimirov, D. Vlasenko, F. Balakin, D. Zimnukhov, D. Cheryasov, V. Senik, E. Minkina, T. Pogrosheva, V. Grinshpun, V. Shumkov, V. Topolev, A. Pozdnyakov (Lomonosov MSU), N. M. Budnev(ISU, API), V. Yurkov, A. Gabovich, Yu. Sergienko(Blagoveschensk ESU), R. Rebolo, M. Serra-Riscart, (IAC), R. Podesta, F. Podesta, C. Francile (OAFA), H. Levato (SJNU), A. Tlatov, D. Dormidontov(Kislovodsk Solar Station of the Pulkovo Observatory)
on 9 May 2020; 07:47 UT
Credential Certification: Nataly Tyurina (tiurina@sai.msu.ru)
Subjects: Optical, Request for Observations, AGN, Blazar, Transient
MASTER OT J052616.65-483036.8 detection - 4FGL_J0526.2-483 blazar flare (last MASTER detection see ATel #9578), ampl>3.2m
MASTER-SAAO auto-detection system ( Lipunov et al., "MASTER Global Robotic Net", Advances in Astronomy, 2010, 30L )
discovered OT source at (RA, Dec) = 05h 26m 16.65s -48d 30m 36.8s on 2020-05-07.71020 UT.
The OT unfiltered magnitude is 16.0m(mlim=18.3).
The OT is seen in 35 images.
We have reference image on 2014-12-25.95740 UT with unfiltered mlim= 20.1m and m_OT=19.2.
Spectral observations are required.
The discovery and reference images are available at:
http://master.sai.msu.ru/static/OT/052616.71-483037.1.png
MASTER Global Robotic Net