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Correction in X-ray flux in OJ 287

ATel #9632; Dirk Grupe (Morehead State University), S. Komossa (QianNan Normal University for Nationalities), & J. L. Gomez (Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia)
on 15 Oct 2016; 18:03 UT
Credential Certification: Dirk Grupe (dgrupe007@gmail.com)

Subjects: Ultra-Violet, X-ray, AGN, Black Hole, Blazar

Referred to by ATel #: 13785

We noticed an error in the current X-ray flux of OJ 287 that we reported in ATEL #9629: The flux measured by Swift in the 0.3-10 keV band should be 3.2e-14 W/m2. This means that the flux had increased by a factor of 5 compared with the values before the sun-constraint in June.