A NIR Flare of the Quasar BZQJ 1514+4450
ATel #7768; L. Carrasco, E. Recillas, A. Porras, J. Leon-Tavares, V. Chavushyan, A. Carraminana (INAOE, Mexico)
on 7 Jul 2015; 00:39 UT
Credential Certification: LUIS CARRASCO (carrasco@inaoep.mx)
Subjects: Radio, Infra-Red, Optical, Gamma Ray, AGN, Blazar, Quasar
We report on a NIR flare of the blazar BZQ J1514+4450, associated with the gamma-ray source 2FGL1514+4449 Our most recent NIR photometry for this source shows that on June 11th,2015 (JD2457184.8786), the object brightness corresponded to J = 15.523 +/- 0.04, H = 14.489 +/- 0.07 and Ks = 13.828 +/- 0.07. The NIR flux in the H bands has shown an increase, since our previously observed flux was H = 14.895 +/- 0.04 and on JD2457169.9055. Hence the object has increased its luminosity by a factor of about 1.5 in this rather short lapse. The object is brightest since the time we started monitoring it at NIR wavelengths on JD 2455690. The object has shown flaring activity in the past (see Atel # 3347) 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.
