- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/144/481
- Title:
- BVRI photometry of five X-ray selected BL Lacs
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/144/481
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present optical data obtained with the 1.05 m telescope of the Torino Astronomical Observatory for five X-ray selected BL Lacertae objects. The data are in the Johnson's B, V, and Cousins' R bands. As the observing periods include the pointings of the Satellite per Astronomia X ``Beppo'' (BeppoSAX), our optical information will be comparable with the X-ray observations for a better understanding of the properties of these objects. The present data also provide optical information on sources that have been rarely observed in the optical band. Variability on short time scales (a few days) was found only for 1ES 1959+650.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/129/569
- Title:
- BVRI photometry of OJ 287
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/129/569
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Results of BVRI CCD photometric monitoring and fast photometry in the I band for the blazar OJ 287 in 1994-1995 are presented. The predicted outburst of the blazar had been observed, the maximum appeared in 1994 November, after that, the luminosity decreased by 1.6mag for about three months and dropped to near the level in 1994 April. Rapid variations with timescales of minutes, hours and one day were observed in our observations, with small amplitude. The amplitude of the most rapid variations (minutes) is in the range of 0.043-0.12mag . The results of the statistical analysis of the fast photometry data are as follows. In five nights out of six rapid variability appeared in the sampling interval, which ranged from 3.4 minutes to 6.5 minutes, with a rms amplitude of flux variations of 1.70%-2.3%. The rapid variability can be explained by the model of shocks within turbulent jet or of vortices and magnetic flux tubes on accretion disk.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/423/935
- Title:
- BVRI photometry of OQ 530
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/423/935
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Results of VLBI and optical observations are presented for the BL Lac object OQ 530 (B1418+546), whose long-term optical variability is characterised by a decreasing mean luminosity trend. EVN images at 1.6GHz and 5GHz of OQ 530 show a very bright core with a much weaker jet extending to about 35-40mas. The radio flux density from the core in June 2001 was much higher than that measured in February 1999. A similar increase was also found from nearly simultaneous optical photometry, while the total flux density of the jet remained unchanged. The structure of the jet shows several knots which move outward with an apparent superluminal motion with a beta_app_>=3.5h^-1^. The region within about 3mas from the core contains a component not well resolved in our images and emerging from it in the jet direction. That component was also detected in images taken from 1990 to 1997 and it seems to be a rather stable structural feature. Using nearly simultaneous optical and radio data, we can describe the SED of the synchrotron peak with a simple formula, approximating a power law at low frequencies and a log-parabola at the high ones, whose maximum lies in the range 3.5-5x10^13^Hz, and the extrapolation in the X-ray range give a flux comparable to that observed with BeppoSAX.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/450/39
- Title:
- BVRI photometry of 8 red blazars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/450/39
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- 2482 BVRI photometric data on eight red blazars taken from 3 Observatories in the period 2003 September - 2004 February are presented. A table is given, containing the source name, the observation time, the source magnitude, the error on the source magnitude, the photometric band, and a label indicating the Observatory where the observation was done.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/783/83
- Title:
- BVRI photometry of S5 0716+714
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/783/83
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- S5 0716+714 is a typical BL Lacertae object. In this paper we present the analysis and results of long-term simultaneous observations in the radio, near-infrared, optical, X-ray, and {gamma}-ray bands, together with our own photometric observations for this source. The light curves show that the variability amplitudes in {gamma}-ray and optical bands are larger than those in the hard X-ray and radio bands and that the spectral energy distribution (SED) peaks move to shorter wavelengths when the source becomes brighter, which is similar to other blazars, i.e., more variable at wavelengths shorter than the SED peak frequencies. Analysis shows that the characteristic variability timescales in the 14.5GHz, the optical, the X-ray, and the {gamma}-ray bands are comparable to each other. The variations of the hard X-ray and 14.5GHz emissions are correlated with zero lag, and so are the V band and {gamma}-ray variations, which are consistent with the leptonic models. Coincidences of {gamma}-ray and optical flares with a dramatic change of the optical polarization are detected. Hadronic models do not have the same natural explanation for these observations as the leptonic models. A strong optical flare correlating a {gamma}-ray flare whose peak flux is lower than the average flux is detected. The leptonic model can explain this variability phenomenon through simultaneous SED modeling. Different leptonic models are distinguished by average SED modeling. The synchrotron plus synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) model is ruled out because of the extreme input parameters. Scattering of external seed photons, such as the hot-dust or broad-line region emission, and the SSC process are probably both needed to explain the {gamma}-ray emission of S5 0716+714.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/154/42
- Title:
- BVRI photometry of S5 0716+714 in 2012
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/154/42
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We monitored the BL Lacertae object S5 0716+714 in the optical bands during 2012 January and February with long time spans on intraday timescales (>5hr) and high time resolutions. During this monitoring period, the object shows violent flaring activity in both short and intraday timescales. The object has a high duty cycle. The light curves detected as intraday variability show variability of various shapes. The variability amplitude is from 12.81% to 33.22%, and the average value is 19.92%+/-5.87%. The overall magnitude variabilities are {Delta}B=1.24^m^, {Delta}V=1.42^m^, {Delta}R=1.3^m^, and {Delta}I=1.23^m^. During the observations, the average change rate is <CR>{=}0.035+/-0.009Mag/h during the ascent and <CR>{=}0.035+/-0.014Mag/h during the descent. However, different cases are found on certain nights. There are good interband correlations but no significant time lags for intraday and short timescales. The results of the autocorrelation function show that the variability timescales range from 0.054 to 0.134 day. Most nights show a bluer-when-brighter (BWB) chromatic trend, a weak redder-when-brighter (RWB) trend is found, and a few nights show no correlation between magnitude and color index. The BWB trend appears in short timescales. During the flare, the spectral index exhibits a clockwise loop for internights. A shock-in-jet model and the shock wave propagating along a helical path are likely to explain the variability and color index variability.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/133/1599
- Title:
- B'V'R' photometry of S5 0716+714
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/133/1599
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We first introduce a novel photometric system that consists of a Schmidt telescope, an objective prism, a CCD camera, and, in particular, a multipeak interference filter. The multipeak interference filter enables light in multiple passbands to pass through it simultaneously. The light in different passbands is differentially refracted by the objective prism and is focused on the CCD in separate regions, so we have multiple "images" for each object on the CCD frames. This system enables us to monitor blazars exactly simultaneously in multiple wave bands on a single telescope and to accurately trace the color change during the variation. We used this novel system to monitor the BL Lacertae object S5 0716+714 during 2006 January and February and achieved a very high temporal resolution. The object was very bright and very active during this period. Two strong flares were observed, with variation amplitudes of about 0.8 and 0.6mag in the V' band, respectively.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/143/108
- Title:
- B'V'R' photometry of the BL Lac object S5 0716+714
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/143/108
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of our optical monitoring of the BL Lac object S5 0716+714 over seven nights in 2006 December. The monitoring was carried out simultaneously at three optical wavelengths with a novel photometric system. The object did not show large-amplitude internight variations during this period. Intranight variations were observed on four nights and probably on one more. Strong bluer-when-brighter chromatism was detected on both intranight and internight timescales. The intranight variation amplitude decreases in the wavelength sequence of B', R', and V'. Cross-correlation analyses revealed that the variability at the B' and V' bands leads that at the R' band by about 30 minutes on one night.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/153/157
- Title:
- Candidate ICRF flat-spectrum radio sources. III.
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/153/157
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In extending our spectroscopic program, which targets sources drawn from the International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF) Catalog, we have obtained spectra for ~160 compact, flat-spectrum radio sources and determined redshifts for 112 quasars and radio galaxies. A further 14 sources with featureless spectra have been classified as BL Lac objects. Spectra were obtained at three telescopes: the 3.58m European Southern Observatory New Technology Telescope, and the two 8.2m Gemini telescopes in Hawaii and Chile. While most of the sources are powerful quasars, a significant fraction of radio galaxies is also included from the list of non-defining ICRF radio sources.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/145/31
- Title:
- Catalog of X-ray selected BL Lac objects
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/145/31
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This paper presents a catalog of 312 X-ray selected BL Lacertae objects (XBLs), optically identified through the end of 2011. It contains the names from different surveys, equatorial coordinates, redshifts, multifrequency flux values, and luminosities for each source. In addition, the different characteristics of XBLs are statistically investigated (redshift, radio/optical/X-ray luminosities, central black hole (BH) mass, synchrotron peak frequency, broadband spectral indices, optical flux variability). Their values are collected through an extensive bibliographic and database search or calculated by us. The redshifts range from 0.031 to 0.702 with a maximum of the distribution at z=0.223. The 1.4GHz luminosities of XBLs log{nu}L_{nu}_~39-42erg/s while optical V and X-ray 0.1-2.4keV bands show log{nu}L_{nu}_~43-46erg/s. The XBL hosts are elliptical galaxies with effective radii r_eff_=3.26-25.40kpc and ellipticities, {epsilon}=0.04-0.52. Their R-band absolute magnitudes M_R_ range from -21.11mag to -24.86mag with a mean value of -22.83mag. The V-R indices of the hosts span from 0.61 to 1.52 and reveal a fourth-degree polynomial relationship with z that enables us to evaluate the redshifts of five sources whose V-R indices were determined from the observations but whose redshifts values are either not found or not confirmed. The XBL nuclei show a wider range of 7.31mag for M_R_ with the highest luminosity corresponding to M_R_=-27.24mag. The masses of central BHs are found in the interval logM_BH_=7.39-9.30 solar masses (with distribution maximum at logM_BH_/M_{sun}_=8.30). The synchrotron peak frequencies are spread over the range log{nu}_peak_=14.56-19.18Hz with a peak of the distribution at log{nu}_peak_=16.60Hz. The broadband radio-to-optical ({alpha}_ro_), optical-to-X-ray ({alpha}_ox_), and radio-to-X-ray ({alpha}_rx_) spectral indices are distributed in the intervals (0.17,0.59), (0.56,1.48), and (0.41,0.75), respectively. In the optical energy range, the overall flux variability increases, on average, towards shorter wavelengths: <{Delta}m>=1.22,1.50, and 1.82mag through the R, V, B bands of Johnson-Cousins system, respectively. XBLs seem be optically less variable at the intranight timescales compared to the radio-selected BL Lacs (RBLs).