A NIR Flare of the QSO BZQJ2203+1725
ATel #8338; L. Carrasco, A. Porras, E. Recillas, V. Chavushyan, A. Carraminana, R. Gonzalez (INAOE, Mexico)
on 26 Nov 2015; 00:03 UT
Credential Certification: LUIS CARRASCO (carrasco@inaoep.mx)
Subjects: Radio, Infra-Red, Optical, AGN, Blazar, Quasar
We report on the recent NIR flare of BZQJ2203+1725 (TXS2201+171) a high redshift blazar (z=1.075), associated with the Gamma-ray source 2FGLJ2203.4+1726, On November 22nd, 2015 (JD 2457348.56), We determined the flux from this object to correspond to H = 14.649 +/- 0.04. That is 1.1 mag brighter than the flux value measured by our team previously. On JD2457271.76, we determined a flux corresponding to H = 15.707 =/- 0.04. Henceforth, this QSO has had a significant increase in flux, in the H band, by a factor of about 2.5, in this lapse. This object is included in the sample of our NIR monitoring program of Gamma Ray bright AGNs. 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.
