NIR flaring of the blazar PKSJ0730-1141
ATel #2895; L. Carrasco, A. Carramiñana, E. Recillas, A. Porras, J. R. Valdes, G. Escobedo, I Torres (INAOE)
on 30 Sep 2010; 22:56 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Request For Observations
Credential Certification: LUIS CARRASCO (carrasco@inaoep.mx)
Subjects: Radio, Millimeter, Infra-Red, Optical, Gamma Ray, VHE, AGN, Black Hole, Blazar, Quasar
Referred to by ATel #: 2901
Prompted by the Fermi LAT report on Gev flaring of PKS0727-11 and recent activity of this blazar reported in ATEL #2860, #1919. We have carried out NIR photometry on the object. Our observations on JD 2455470.01006, yielded the following values:
H = 14.97 +/- 0.02, J = 15.57 +/- 0.03 and Ks = 13.92 +/- 0.05. Comparing these with the 2MASS published photometry for the object. We detect an enhanced flux at NIR wavelengths of a factor ~2, with respect to the latter. In the future, we shall follow the object behavior closely. We encourage further multi-wavelength observations.
