NIR Brightening of the Blazar OJ287
ATel #9675; L. Carrasco, J. Miramon, A. Porras, E. Recillas, V. Chavushyan, D. Y. Mayya (INAOE, Mexico)
on 27 Oct 2016; 05:09 UT
Credential Certification: LUIS CARRASCO (carrasco@inaoep.mx)
Subjects: Radio, Infra-Red, Optical, Gamma Ray, AGN, Blazar, Transient
Referred to by ATel #: 9709
We have observed a recent NIR flare of the intermediate redshift Blazar OJ287 (z=0.3). On October 26th, 2016, we determined the flux in the H band to be 11.009 +/- 0.02. That is 1 magnitude brighter than the flux determined for this object by our team on JD 2457497. Recent activity of this object had been reported previously in Atel #9629 and #9650. Observations were 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 encourage further multi wavelength coverage.
