Enhanced optical activity of the 1156+295 (4C+29.45) quasar
ATel #14547; S. S. Savchenko, E. G. Larionova, E. V. Shishkina, D. A. Morozova (St. Petersburg univ., Russia)
on 14 Apr 2021; 07:32 UT
Credential Certification: Sergey Savchenko (savchenko.s.s@gmail.com)
Subjects: Optical, AGN, Blazar, Quasar
The OVV quasar 1156+295 (4C+29.45) shows high activity at optical wavelengths including high degree of linear polarization. According to our observations with 0.4-m LX200 with FLI ML4710 (St. Petersburg university) and 0.7-m AZT-8 with SBIG ST-7 (Crimean observatory), the object's R band magnitudes and the polarization degrees of the last nights are:
| JD |
mag |
p[%] |
err |
| 59311.3909 |
15.39 |
2.6 |
2.1 |
| 59313.4437 |
14.68 |
30.7 |
0.8 |
| 59314.4999 |
13.91 |
28.4 |
0.5 |
| 59315.3468 |
14.25 |
24.0 |
1.0 |
| 59315.4224 |
14.32 |
20.7 |
1.0 |
The objects light curve is
available at our website. We plan to continue the monitoring of this object.
