NIR flaring of the QSO BZB0958+6533
ATel #3231; L. Carrasco, A. Carraminana, A. Porras, E. Recillas, G. Escobedo, Y. D. Mayya (INAOE, Mexico)
on 24 Mar 2011; 06:48 UT
Credential Certification: LUIS CARRASCO (carrasco@inaoep.mx)
Subjects: Radio, Infra-Red, Optical, Gamma Ray, TeV, AGN, Blazar, Quasar
We report the ongoing NIR flare of the radio source GB6J0958+6534 a z=0.368 QSO (BZB0958+6533) also known as CGRaBS J0958+6533 and coincident with the Gamma Ray source 3EGJ0958+6533.
On March 17th,2011 JD2455637.804969, we detected a strong NIR source coincident with the radio position, we determined the flux from this object to correspond to H = 12.292 +/- 0.07. That is 2.13 mag brighter than our previous observations on JD2455603.931030, when we determined its flux in H = 14.424 +/- 0.05. Henceforth, this QSO has had a significant increase in flux (a factor of 7) during the last month. 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.
