Recent Blazar Flares Discovered by CRTS
ATel #2800; S. G. Djorgovski, A. J. Drake, A. A. Mahabal, M. J. Graham, R. Williams (Caltech); J. Prieto (OCIW); M. Catelan (PUC); E. Christensen (Gemini Observatory); E. C. Beshore, S. M. Larson (LPL/UA); R. H. McNaught (ANU)
on 17 Aug 2010; 22:19 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Request For Observations
Credential Certification: S. George Djorgovski (george@astro.caltech.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Request for Observations, Blazar, Transient
We report the discovery of flaring radio sources and blazars by the Catalina Real-time Transient Survey (CRTS) during the period from 2010-05-31 to 2010-07-04 UT. Some of them exhibit high-amplitude optical flares. All of them were announced in real-time on the CRTS website (see the links below). The transient event designations give the UT discovery date (yymmdd), and the J2000 coordinates (hhmmss+_ddmmss), and are listed here in the reverse temporal order:
| ID | Disc.Mag | Name, redshift |
|---|
|
CSS100704:225515+241011 |
15.9 |
MG3 J225517+2409
|
|
SSS100703:134740-375036 |
17.3 |
PMN J1347-3750
|
|
SSS100618:135147-291217 |
17.6 |
PKS 1348-289, z=1.034
|
|
CSS100616:131808-173536 |
17.65 |
NVSS J131808-173537
|
|
SSS100615:210353-354620 |
17.5 |
NVSS J210353-354620
|
|
CSS100611:002232+060805 |
17.35 |
PKS 0019+058
|
|
CSS100604:203901-104642 |
15.9 |
CRATES J203901-104652
|
|
CSS100602:172807+121540 |
17.9 |
PKS 1725+123, z=0.588
|
|
CSS100601:141922-083830 |
16.85 |
NVSS J141922-083830
|
|
CSS100531:101955+182648 |
18.9 |
NVSS J101954+182649
|
Follow-up at any wavelengths, radio and gamma in particular, would be useful.
All CRTS discoveries are available from
http://crts.caltech.edu/
and
http://www.skyalert.org/.
More information, light curves, exact coordinates, and finding charts are linked there.
CRTS Website
