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B2 1308+326 is brightening in optical

ATel #17046; Savchenko S. S. (Saint Petersburg State University), Grishina T. S. (Saint Petersburg State University), Larionova E. G. (Saint Petersburg State University), Shishkina E. V. (Saint Petersburg State University)
on 20 Feb 2025; 13:32 UT
Credential Certification: Sergey Savchenko (savchenko.s.s@gmail.com)

Subjects: Optical, AGN, Blazar, Quasar

We report on a new optical flaring state of B2 1308+326. The blazar is regularly monitored using 40-cm LX-200 telescope (Saint Petersburg University), within the frames of GASP/WEBT project. We report that the blazar B21308+326 (z=1.678) is active in optical, reaching following values in R-band: MJD R 60714.5674 12.99 60726.5538 13.22 We plan to continue the monitoring of this object. The nightly updated light curve for this object can be found on our website.