A New NIR Flare of the Blazar PKS 0735+178
ATel #15487; L. Carrasco, A. Porras, G. Escobedo, E. Recillas (INAOE, Mexico)
on 30 Jun 2022; 23:17 UT
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Credential Certification: LUIS CARRASCO (carrasco@inaoep.mx)
Subjects: Radio, Infra-Red, Optical, AGN, Blazar, Quasar
While monitoring a big sample of flaring blazars, we found a new flaring event in PKS 0735+178. we observed the object in the NIR, May 25th, 2022 (JD 2459724.6461) and found that its fluxes corresponded to J = 13.199+/- 0.03, H = 12.512 +/- 0.03 and Ks = 11.681 +/- 0.05. The latter is to be compared with our previous NIR photometry for this object on JD 2459575.8069, when we found that its fluxes corresponded to J = 13.53 +/- 0.07, H = 12.74 +/- 0.03 and Ks = 12.04 +/- 0.04 . The object is undergoing a new strong NIR Flare and the fluxes here reported correspond to new historical maxima. 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.
