A Giant NIR flare of the Blazar S41030+61
ATel #8715; L. Carrasco, E. Recillas, A. Porras, V. Chavushyan, A. Carraminana (INAOE, Mexico)
on 20 Feb 2016; 08:20 UT
Credential Certification: LUIS CARRASCO (carrasco@inaoep.mx)
Subjects: Radio, Infra-Red, Optical, Gamma Ray, AGN, Blazar, Quasar
We report on a new NIR flare of the high redshift Blazar S41030+61 (z=1.409), also known as BZBJ1033+6051 associated with the gamma-ray source 1FGLJ1033.8+6048. Our most recent NIR photometry for this source shows that on February 16th,2016 (MJD 2457434.9520), the object brightness corresponded to H = 12.840 +/- 0.06, J = 13.661 +/- 0.08 and Ks = 12.063 +/- 0.07. In our previous observation in these bands (MJD2457062.008), this object had H = 14.690 +/- 0.04, J = 15.502 +/- 0.07 and Ks = 13,691+/- 0.07. Hence, the object has increased its luminosity by a factor of about 5 in this lapse. Previous activity in this object had been reported (Atel#2625), #3062, #3287). 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.
