NIR Flare of OJ248
ATel #4771; L. Carrasco, E. Recillas, J. Miramon, A. Porras, G. Escobedo, A. Carraminana, (INAOE, Mexico)
on 30 Jan 2013; 17:33 UT
Credential Certification: LUIS CARRASCO (carrasco@inaoep.mx)
Subjects: Radio, Infra-Red, Optical, X-ray, Gamma Ray, Request for Observations, AGN, Black Hole, Blazar, Quasar
We report a recently observed NIR flare of the quasar FBQSJ 083052.0+241059 also known as OJ248
(z=0.940), cross identified with the gamma ray source 1FGLJ0830.+2407. On January 12th,2013, epoch JD2456304.901134, we determined the flux in the H band to be 12.875 +/- 0.03. That is 1.5 magnitudes brighter than the flux we determined on JD2456272.9511 when we found the object to be H = 14.207 +/- 0.07. Presently is brightest since the epoch JD2454452.7612, when we started monitoring this object at NIR wavelengths. Observations were carried out with the 2.1m telescope of the Guillermo Haro Observatory operated by the National Institute for Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (Mexico), equipped with the instrument CANICA a NIR camera. We strongly encourage further multi-wavelength coverage.
