Infrared flaring of the potential gamma-ray source QSO B0133+47
ATel #1874; A. Carramiñana, L. Carrasco, E. Recillas, V. Chavushyan (INAOE)
on 12 Dec 2008; 17:44 UT
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Credential Certification: Alberto Carramiñana (alberto@inaoep.mx)
Subjects: Infra-Red, Gamma Ray, AGN, Quasar
Referred to by ATel #: 1877
We call attention on our recent observations of QSO B0133+47 with
the Cananea NIR camera (CANICA) on the 2.1m telescope at the
Observatorio AstrofÃsico Guillermo Haro. We found this quasar
to show fluxes 2.5 magnitudes brighter than 2MASS values, of epoch 1999,
but undergoing a rapid decline:
H = 12.356 ± 0.01 at JD 2454788.761732
H = 12.440 ± 0.03 at JD 2454790.816569
H = 12.769 ± 0.02 at JD 2454794.642166
QSO B0133+47 is positionally coincident with the bright mm source
WMAP 80 (Bennett et al. 2003) and the VHE photon 1379 (Thompson,
Bertsch, O'Neal Jr. 2005) and we consider it of high interest for
space borne gamma-ray observatories. We encourage multiwavelength
monitoring of this object.
