A new NIR flare of the Blazar 4C+28.07
ATel #5711; L. Carrasco, G. Escobedo, E. Recillas, A. Porras, V. Chabushyan, A. Carraminana, D. Mayya (INAOE, Mexico)
on 1 Jan 2014; 05:13 UT
Credential Certification: LUIS CARRASCO (carrasco@inaoep.mx)
Subjects: Radio, Infra-Red, Optical, Gamma Ray, AGN, Blazar
On Dec. 23rd, 2013 (JD 2456649.759514), we observed the high redshift blazar 4C+28.07 (z=1.2), also known as [HB89]0234+285, identified with the Gamma-ray source 2FGL J0237.4+2846. We found the object
in outburst with a flux corresponding to H = 13.341 +/- 0.03. This flux value is highest for the
lapse that we have started monitoring this source since JD 2454881.613209, and it is to be compared with our previous measurement on JD 2456607.959907, when the source was H = 14.490 +/- 0.06. Hence the source has brighten by 1.1mag in the last 40 days.
Our 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 multiwavelength coverage.
