A NIR Flare of the Blazar ON246
ATel #7365; L. Carrasco, A. Porras, E Recillas, V. Chavushyan, A. Carraminana (INAOE, Mexico)
on 11 Apr 2015; 00:04 UT
Credential Certification: LUIS CARRASCO (carrasco@inaoep.mx)
Subjects: Radio, Infra-Red, Optical, Gamma Ray, AGN, Blazar, Quasar
We report on recent NIR Flaring event of the low redshift Blazar ON246 also known as FBQSJ123014.0+251807 and CGRaBS J1230+2518 (z=0.135), associated with the Gamma ray source 2FGLJ1230.2+2517 and the radio source S31227+25. We obtained NIR photometry for this object on April 8th,2015 (JD2457120.8315) and found it with enhanced fluxes corresponding to J = 12.649 +/- 0.07, H = 12.068 +/- 0.04 and Ks = 11.289 +/- 0.07. While on JD2457097.0219, we had detected this object with fluxes corresponding to J = 13.239 +/- 0.05, H = 12.506 +/- 0.06 and Ks = 11.865 +/- 0.07, respectively. Hence, the object has increased its luminosity by a factor of ~ 1.7 during this short lapse. This object has shown flares in Gamma rays in the past see Atel #6982 by Cutini et. al. 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.
