Optical and infrared observations of PKS 1124-186
ATel #3212; E. Bonning, C. Bailyn, M. Buxton, R. Chatterjee, P. Coppi, J. Isler, C. M. Urry (Yale), L. Maraschi (INAF/Brera), G. Fossati (Rice)
on 9 Mar 2011; 22:05 UT
Credential Certification: Erin Bonning (erin.bonning@yale.edu)
Subjects: Infra-Red, Optical, AGN, Blazar, Quasar
Recently, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope reported a GeV flare from a source positionally consistent with PKS 1124-186 (ATel #3207). As part of our blazar monitoring campaign, we observe blazars reported to be in a high flux state by Fermi. PKS 1124-186 was observed with the SMARTS 1.3m and ANDICAM instrument on UTC 8 March 2011 (JD 2455628.73059) in photometric conditions. We report a R-band magnitude of 16.14 and J-band magnitude of 14.17. Typical errors are 0.02 mag in R and 0.05 mag in J. This is about 3 magnitudes brighter than the R-band value reported in the USNO B1.0 catalog (Monet at al., AJ 125, 984, 2008). The infrared magnitude is comparable to that
reported in the 2MASS All-Sky Point Source Catalog (J=14.2).
