NIR photometry of the FSRQ TXS 2358+209
ATel #8709; L. Carrasco, E. Recillas, A. Porras, V. Chavushyan, A. Carraminana, M. Newman (INAOE, Mexico)
on 18 Feb 2016; 19:14 UT
Credential Certification: LUIS CARRASCO (carrasco@inaoep.mx)
Subjects: Radio, Infra-Red, Optical, Gamma Ray, AGN, Blazar, Quasar, Variables
Following the report of the detection of a flare of the high redshit (z=1.106) FSRQ TXS 2358+209 (3FGLJ0001.4+2120) by Fermi LAT (S. Cutini, ATEL#8659), we observed this object on February 16th,2016 (MJD 2457434.60127315) in the H band. At this epoch, we found the object with H = 14.612 +/- 0.04, that is about one magnitude brighter than the flux determined by the 2Mass survey, a fact that yields support to the association of the radio source with the Gamma Ray one. 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.
