NIR Flaring of the Blazar BZQ J0948+0022
ATel #3132; L. Carrasco, A. Carraminana, A. Porras, E. Recillas, G. Escobedo, J. R. Valdes, Y. D. Mayya (INAOE, Mexico)
on 29 Jan 2011; 00:38 UT
Credential Certification: LUIS CARRASCO (carrasco@inaoep.mx)
Subjects: Radio, Infra-Red, Optical, VHE, AGN, Blazar, Quasar
We report the ongoing NIR flare of the radio source BZQJ0948+0022 a z=0.584, a Flat Radio QSO also known as CGRaBS J0948+0022. On December 28th,2010 (JD 2455559.982858), we detected a strong NIR source coincident with the radio position. We determined the flux from this object to correspond to H = 14.039 +/- 0.05 That is 2 mag brighter than our previous observations on JD2455515.999373, when we determined a flux in H = 15.933 +/- 0.07. Henceforth, this QSO has had a recent increase in flux of 6 in a short period of time. Observations were carried out with the 2.1m telescope of the Guillermo Haro Observatory of the National Institute for Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (Mexico), equipped with the instrument CANICA a NIR camera. We encourage further multi wavelength coverage
