NIR brightening of the Blazar BZBJ1059-1134
ATel #5740; L. Carrasco, A. Porras, G. Escobedo, E. Recillas, V. Chabushyan, A. Carraminana, D. Mayya (INAOE, Mexico)
on 9 Jan 2014; 02:30 UT
Credential Certification: LUIS CARRASCO (carrasco@inaoep.mx)
Subjects: Radio, Infra-Red, Optical, Gamma Ray, AGN, Blazar, Quasar
We report on the NIR brightening of the blazar BZBJ1059-1134 , also known as PKSB1056-113 associated with the gamma-ray source 2FGL1059.3-1132. Our NIR photometry for this source shows that, on Jan 6th,2014 (JD2456663.9615), the object brightness corresponded to J = 13.804 +/- 0.04, H = 13.069 +/- 0.04 and Ks = 12.352 +/- 0.04. These values are about 1.1 magnitud brighter than our previous photometry, obtained on JD2456464.6, for this field. The object is brightest since we started monitoring it on JD 2456385. Our observations are 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.
