NIR Flaring of the QSO BZQ J0530+1331
ATel #3257; L. Carrasco, A. Carraminana, G. Escobedo, E. Recillas, A. Porras, D. Y. Mayya. (INAOE, Mexico)
on 4 Apr 2011; 23:55 UT
Credential Certification: LUIS CARRASCO (carrasco@inaoep.mx)
Subjects: Radio, Millimeter, Infra-Red, Optical, Gamma Ray, >GeV, Request for Observations, AGN, Blazar, Quasar
We report the ongoing NIR flare of BZQ J0530+1331 (PKS 0528+134) a high redshift quasar (z=2.06), also known as CGRaBSJ0530+1331 and identified with the Gamma Ray source 3EG J0530+1323. On March 16th,2011 (JD 2455636.675683), we detected a strong NIR source coincident with the radio position. We determined the flux from this object to correspond to K = 14.058 +/- 0.07. That is 1.9 mag brighter than our previous observations on JD2455208.875278, when we determined a flux in K = 15.972 +/- 0.11. Henceforth, this QSO has had a significant increase in flux by a factor of almost 6 during the last year. 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 for this object.
