NIR Flaring of the Quasar 3C454.3
ATel #2988; L. Carrasco, A. Carramiñana, E. Recillas, G. Escobedo, A. Porras, Y. D. Mayya, J. R. Valdes (INAOE, Mexico)
on 31 Oct 2010; 08:02 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Request For Observations
Credential Certification: LUIS CARRASCO (carrasco@inaoep.mx)
Subjects: Request for Observations, AGN, Blazar, Quasar
We report the ongoing NIR flare of the quasar 3C454.3, also known as [HB89]2251+158. It is likely associated with a gamma ray source CGRaBSJ2253+1608 and the radio source WMAP055. It is an intermediate redshift FRSQSO Z=0.859 (RA=22:53:57.75, Dec=+16:08:53.6(J2000). On October 31th,2010 (JD 2455500.781451), we determined the NIR flux from this object to correspond to H = 11.190 +/- 0.03, 0.63mag brighter than it was two days earlier(JD 2455498.821166) when we determined it to have H = 11.820 +/- 0.03. The object is now brightest in the time span of 3 years that we have been observing it in a systematic way. We encourage further multiwavelength observations of this variable object.
