- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/645/A137
- Title:
- BVRI light curves of PG 1553+113
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/645/A137
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The TeV BL Lac object PG 1553+113 is one of the primary candidates for a binary supermassive black hole system. We study the flux and spectral variability of PG 1553+113 on intra-night to long-term timescales using (i) BVRI data collected over 76 nights from January 2016 to August 2019 involving nine optical telescopes and (ii) historical VR data (including ours) obtained for the period from 2005 to 2019. We analysed the light curves using various statistical tests, fitting and cross-correlation techniques, and methods for the search for periodicity. We examined the colour-magnitude diagrams before and after the corresponding light curves were corrected for the long-term variations. Our intra-night monitoring, supplemented with literature data, result in a low duty cycle of ~(10-17)%. In April 2019, we recorded a flare, which marks the brightest state of PG 1553+113 for the period from 2005 to 2019: R~13.2mag. This flare is found to show a clockwise spectral hysteresis loop on its VR colour-magnitude diagram and a time lag in the sense that the V-band variations lead the R-band ones. We obtain estimates of the radius, the magnetic field strength, and the electron energy that characterize the emission region related to the flare. We find a median period of (2.21+/-0.04) years using the historical light curves. In addition, we detect a secondary period of about 210 days using the historical light curves corrected for the long-term variations. We briefly discuss the possible origin of this period.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/136/1846
- Title:
- BVRI light curves of S5 0716+714
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/136/1846
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the optical photometry (B, V, R, and I) of the BL Lac object S5 0716+714 (z>0.3), which were observed with the 1m telescope at Yunnan Astronomical Observatory and the 1.56m telescope at Shanghai Astronomical Observatory from 2001 February to 2006 April.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/NewA/20.30
- Title:
- BVRI light curves of 3 SN
- Short Name:
- J/other/NewA/20.
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Accurate and densely populated BVRcIc lightcurves of supernovae SN 2011fe in M101, SN 2012aw in M95 and SN 2012cg in NGC 4424 are presented and discussed. The SN 2011fe lightcurves span a total range of 342 days, from 17 days pre- to 325 days post-maximum. The observations of both SN 2012aw and SN 2012cg were stopped by solar conjunction, when the objects were still bright. The lightcurve for SN 2012aw covers 92 days, that of SN 2012cg spans 44 days. Time and brightness of maxima are measured, and from the lightcurve shapes and decline rates the absolute magnitudes are obtained, and the derived distances are compared to that of the parent galaxies. The color evolution and the bolometric lightcurves are evaluated in comparison with those of other well observed supernovae, showing no significant deviations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASP/122/1
- Title:
- BVRI light curves of SN 2007gi
- Short Name:
- J/PASP/122/1
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present optical photometry and spectra for the Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) 2007gi in the nearby galaxy NGC 4036. SN 2007gi is characterized by extremely high-velocity (HV) features of the intermediate-mass elements (Si, Ca, and S), with expansion velocities (v_exp_) approaching 15500km/s near-maximum brightness (compared to 10600km/s for SNe Ia with normal v_exp_). SN 2007gi reached a B-band peak magnitude of 13.25+/-0.04mag with a decline rate of {DELTA}m15(B)(true)=1.33+/-0.09mag. The B-band light curve of SN 2007gi demonstrated an interesting two-stage evolution during the nebular phase, with a decay rate of 1.16+/-0.05mag/(100days) during t=60-90days and 1.61+/-0.04mag/(100days) thereafter. Such behavior was also observed in the HV SN Ia 2006X, and might be caused by the interaction between supernova ejecta and circumstellar material (CSM) around HV SNe Ia. Based on a sample of a dozen well-observed R band (or unfiltered) light curves of SNe Ia, we confirm that the HV events may have a faster rise time to maximum than those with normal v_exp_.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/145/99
- Title:
- BVRI light curves of SN 2003ie
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/145/99
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present new photometric observations of supernova (SN) 2003ie starting one month before discovery, obtained serendipitously while observing its host galaxy. With only a weak upper limit derived on the mass of its progenitor (<25M_{sun}_) from previous pre-explosion studies, this event could be a potential exception to the "red supergiant (RSG) problem" (the lack of high-mass RSGs exploding as Type IIP SNe). However, this is true only if SN2003ie was a Type IIP event, something which has never been determined. Using recently derived core-collapse SN light-curve templates, as well as by comparison to other known SNe, we find that SN2003ie was indeed a likely Type IIP event. However, with a plateau magnitude of ~-15.5mag, it is found to be a member of the faint Type IIP class. Previous members of this class have been shown to arise from relatively low-mass progenitors (<12M_{sun}_). It therefore seems unlikely that this SN had a massive RSG progenitor. The use of core-collapse SN light-curve templates is shown to be helpful in classifying SNe with sparse coverage. These templates are likely to become more robust as large homogeneous samples of core-collapse events are collected.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/383/1485
- Title:
- BVRI light curves of SN 2003jd
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/383/1485
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The results of a worldwide coordinated observational campaign on the broad-lined Type Ic supernova (SN Ic) 2003jd are presented. In total, 74 photometric data points and 26 spectra were collected using 11 different telescopes. SN 2003jd is one of the most luminous SN Ic ever observed. A comparison with other Type Ic supernovae (SNe Ic) confirms that SN 2003jd represents an intermediate case between broad-line events (2002ap, 2006aj) and highly energetic SNe (1997ef, 1998bw, 2003dh, 2003lw), with an ejected mass of M_ej_=3.0+/-1M_{sun}_ and a kinetic energy of E_k_(tot)=7^+3^_-2_x10^51^erg. SN 2003jd is similar to SN 1998bw in terms of overall luminosity, but it is closer to SNe 2006aj and 2002ap in terms of light-curve shape and spectral evolution. The comparison with other SNe Ic suggests that the V-band light curves of SNe Ic can be partially homogenized by introducing a time-stretch factor. Finally, because of the similarity of SN 2003jd to the SN 2006aj/XRF 060218 event, we discuss the possible connection of SN 2003jd with a gamma-ray burst (GRB).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/157/3
- Title:
- BVRI light curves of the binary QS Vir
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/157/3
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We observed the post-common-envelope eclipsing binary with a white dwarf component, QS Vir, using the 1.88 m telescope of Kotammia Observatory in Egypt. The new observations were analyzed together with all multicolor light curves available online (sampling a period of 25 yr), using a full-feature binary system modeling software based on Roche geometry. This is the first time complete photometric modeling was done with most of these data. QS Vir is a detached system, with the red dwarf component underfilling its Roche lobe by a small margin. All light curves feature out-of-eclipse variability that is associated with ellipsoidal variation, mutual irradiation and irregularities in surface brightness of the tidally distorted and magnetically active red dwarf. We tested models with one, two, and three dark spots and found that one spot is sufficient to account for the light curve asymmetry in all data sets, although this does not rule out the presence of multiple spots. We also found that a single spotted model cannot fit light curves observed simultaneously in different filters. Instead, each filter requires a different spot configuration. To thoroughly explore the parameter space of spot locations, we devised a grid-search procedure and used it to find consistent solutions. Based on this, we conclude that the dark spot responsible for light curve distortions has been stable for the past 15 yr, after a major migration that happened between 1993 and 2002, possibly due to a flip-flop event.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/849/161
- Title:
- BVRI light curves of the BL Lac object Mrk 501
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/849/161
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present our observations of the optical intra-day variability (IDV) in {gamma}-ray BL Lac object Mrk 501. The observations were run with the 1.02m and 2.4m optical telescopes at Yunnan Observatories from 2005 April to 2012 May. The light curve at the R band on 2010 May 15 passes both variability tests (the F-test and the ANOVA test). A flare within the light curve on 2010 May 15 has a magnitude change of {Delta}m=0.03+/-0.005_stat_+/-0.007_sys_mag, a darkening timescale of {tau}_d_=26.7min., and an amplitude of IDV Amp=2.9%+/-0.7% . A decline described by 11 consecutive flux measurements within the flare can be fitted linearly with a Pearson's correlation coefficient r=0.945 at the confidence level of >99.99% . Under the assumptions that the IDV is tightly connected to the mass of the black hole, and that the flare duration, being two times {tau}_d_, is representative of the minimum characteristic timescale, we can derive upper bounds to the mass of the black hole. In the case of the Kerr black hole, the timescale of {Delta}t_min_^ob^=0.89hr gives M_{bullet}_<~10^9.20^M_{sun}_, which is consistent with measurements reported in the literature. This agreement indicates that the hypothesis about M_{bullet}_ and {Delta}t_min_^ob^ is consistent with the measurements/data.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/145/9
- Title:
- BVRI light curves of the early-type binary V382 Cyg
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/145/9
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We analyze photometric and spectroscopic data and study the orbital period of the early-type interacting binary system V382 Cyg by using all the available data. We obtain a simultaneous light and radial velocity curve solution. The derived physical parameters of the primary and secondary stellar components are M_1_=27.9(5)M_{sun}_, M_2_=20.8(4)M_{sun}_, R_1_=9.7(2)R_{sun}_, R_2_=8.5(2)R_{sun}_, log(L_1_/L_{sun}_)=5.152(20), and log(L_2_/L_{sun}_)=4.954(19) while the separation of the components is a=23.4R_{sun}_. Newly obtained parameters yield the distance of the system to be 1466(76)pc. Analyses of the mid-eclipse times indicate a period increase of dP/dt=4.2(1)x10^-7^days/yr that can be interpreted in terms of the high-mass transfer (dM/dt=6.1(5)x10^-6^M_{sun}_/yr) from the less massive component to the more massive component. Finally, we model the evolution of the components using non-conservative codes and discuss the results obtained. The age of the binary system is estimated to be 3.85Myr.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/442/844
- Title:
- BVRI light curves of type II-P supernovae
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/442/844
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We study a sample of 23 Type II plateau supernovae (SNe II-P), all observed with the same set of instruments. Analysis of their photometric evolution confirms that their typical plateau duration is 100 d with little scatter, showing a tendency to get shorter for more energetic SNe. We examine the claimed correlation between the luminosity and the rise time from explosion to plateau. We analyse their spectra, measuring typical ejecta velocities, and confirm that they follow a well-behaved power-law decline. We find indications of high-velocity material in the spectra of six of our SNe. We test different dust-extinction correction methods by asking the following - does the uniformity of the sample increase after the application of a given method? A reasonably behaved underlying distribution should become tighter after correction. No method we tested made a significant improvement.
