A recent NIR Flare of PKS0048-071
ATel #6754; L. Carrasco, E. Recillas, A. Porras, D. Y. Mayya, J. Leon-Tavares, V. Chavushyan, A. Carraminana (INAOE, Mexico)
on 26 Nov 2014; 01:56 UT
Credential Certification: LUIS CARRASCO (carrasco@inaoep.mx)
Subjects: Radio, Infra-Red, Optical, Gamma Ray, AGN, Blazar, Quasar
We report the ongoing NIR flare of the QSO [HB89]0048-071, z=1.95. It has been identified with the radio source WMAP J005059-064 and Gamma Ray Blazar 2FGL J0051.0-0648. In our recent observation on November 19th, 2014 (JD2456980.8085), we detected a large increase in flux at NIR wavelengths. It had then a flux corresponding to H = 13.818 +/- 0.07. Our previous observation on JD2456253.73,
we found the object with a flux corresponding to H = 15.944. That is an increase in NIR luminosity of two magnitudes in this timescale. The source has had fast NIR flares in the past, similar to the one reported in Atel#2945.
Our 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 of this object.
