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4741. Optical light curves of PHL1811 and 3C273
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/213/26
Title:
Optical light curves of PHL1811 and 3C273
Short Name:
J/ApJS/213/26
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Variability is one of the most observable characteristics of active galactic nuclei, and it is important when considering the emission mechanism. In this paper, we report optical photometry monitoring of two nearby brightest quasars, PHL 1811 and 3C 273, using the ST-6 camera attached to the Newtonian focus and the Ap6E CCD camera attached to the primary focus of the 70cm meniscus telescope at the Abastumani Observatory, Georgia. PHL 1811 was monitored during the period from 2002 September to 2012 December, while 3C 273 was monitored during the period from 1998 February to 2008 May. During our monitoring period, the two sources did not show any significant intra-day variability. The largest detected variations are {Delta}R=0.112+/-0.010mag. for PHL 1811, {Delta}B=0.595+/-0.099mag, {Delta}V=0.369+/-0.028mag, {Delta}R=0.495+/-0.076mag, and {Delta}I=0.355+/-0.009mag for 3C 273. When the periodicity analysis methods are adopted for the observations of the sources, a period of p=5.80+/-1.12yr is obtained for PHL 1811 in the R light curve in the present work, and periods of p=21.10+/-0.14, 10.00+/-0.14, 7.30+/-0.09, 13.20+/-0.09, 2.10+/-0.06, and 0.68+/-0.05yr are obtained for 3C 273 based on the data in the present work combined with historical works.
4742. Optical light curves of SN 2016hnk
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/896/165
Title:
Optical light curves of SN 2016hnk
Short Name:
J/ApJ/896/165
Date:
03 Dec 2021 13:26:38
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present observations and modeling of SN 2016hnk, a Ca-rich supernova (SN) that is consistent with being the result of a He-shell double-detonation explosion of a C/O white dwarf. We find that SN2016hnk is intrinsically red relative to typical thermonuclear SNe and has a relatively low peak luminosity (M_B_=-15.4mag), setting it apart from low-luminosity SNe Ia. SN 2016hnk has a fast-rising light curve that is consistent with other Ca-rich transients (t_r_=15days). We determine that SN 2016hnk produced 0.03+/-0.01M_{sun}_ of ^56^Ni and 0.9+/-0.3M_{sun}_ of ejecta. The photospheric spectra show strong, high-velocity CaII absorption and significant line blanketing at {lambda}<5000{AA}, making it distinct from typical (SN 2005E-like) Ca-rich SNe. SN 2016hnk is remarkably similar to SN 2018byg, which was modeled as a He-shell double-detonation explosion. We demonstrate that the spectra and light curves of SN 2016hnk are well modeled by the detonation of a 0.02M_{sun}_ helium shell on the surface of a 0.85M_{sun}_ C/O white dwarf. This analysis highlights the second observed case of a He-shell double-detonation and suggests a specific thermonuclear explosion that is physically distinct from SNe that are defined simply by their low luminosities and strong [CaII] emission.
4743. Optically bright AGN in ROSAT-FSC
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/414/487
Title:
Optically bright AGN in ROSAT-FSC
Short Name:
J/A+A/414/487
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
To build a large, optically bright, X-ray selected AGN sample we have correlated the ROSAT-FSC (<IX/29>) catalogue of X-ray sources with the USNO (<I/252>) catalogue limited to objects brighter than O=16.5 and then with the APS (<VII/214>) database. Each of the 3212 coincidences was classified using the slitless Hamburg spectra. 493 objects were found to be extended and 2719 starlike. Using both the extended objects and the galaxies known from published catalogues we built up a sample of 185 galaxies with O(APS)<17.0mag, which are high-probability counterparts of RASS-FSC X-ray sources. 130 galaxies have a redshift from the literature and for another 34 we obtained new spectra. The fraction of Seyfert galaxies in this sample is 20%. To select a corresponding sample of 144 high-probability counterparts among the starlike sources we searched for very blue objects in an APS-based color-magnitude diagram. Forty-one were already known AGN and for another 91 objects we obtained new spectra, yielding 42 new AGN, increasing their number in the sample to 83. This confirms that surveys of bright QSOs are still significantly incomplete. On the other hand we find that, at a flux limit of 0.02ct/s and at this magnitude, only 40% of all QSOs are detected by ROSAT.
4744. Optically bright post-AGB population of LMC
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/530/A90
Title:
Optically bright post-AGB population of LMC
Short Name:
J/A+A/530/A90
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We construct a catalogue of the optically bright post-AGB stars in the LMC. The sample forms an ideal testbed for stellar evolution theory predictions of the final phase of low- and intermediate-mass stars, because the distance and hence luminosity and also the current and initial mass of these objects is well constrained.
4745. Optically red galaxies in H-ATLAS/GAMA
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/456/2221
Title:
Optically red galaxies in H-ATLAS/GAMA
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/456/2221
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We combine Herschel/SPIRE submillimetre (submm) observations with existing multiwavelength data to investigate the characteristics of low-redshift, optically red galaxies detected in submm bands. We select a sample of galaxies in the redshift range 0.01<=z<=0.2, having >5{sigma} detections in the SPIRE 250{mu}m submm waveband. Sources are then divided into two sub-samples of red and blue galaxies, based on their UV-optical colours. Galaxies in the red sample account for ~4.2 per cent of the total number of sources with stellar masses M*>~10^10^M_{sun}_. Following visual classification of the red galaxies, we find that >~30 per cent of them are early-type galaxies and >~40 per cent are spirals. The colour of the red-spiral galaxies could be the result of their highly inclined orientation and/or a strong contribution of the old stellar population. It is found that irrespective of their morphological types, red and blue sources occupy environments with more or less similar densities (i.e. the {Sigma}_5_ parameter). From the analysis of the spectral energy distributions of galaxies in our samples based on MAGPHYS, we find that galaxies in the red sample (of any morphological type) have dust masses similar to those in the blue sample (i.e. normal spiral/star-forming systems). However, in comparison to the red-spirals and in particular blue systems, red-ellipticals have lower mean dust-to-stellar mass ratios. Besides galaxies in the red-elliptical sample have much lower mean star formation/specific star formation rates in contrast to their counterparts in the blue sample. Our results support a scenario where dust in early-type systems is likely to be of an external origin.
4746. Optically selected BL Lac objects from SDSS-DR7
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/139/390
Title:
Optically selected BL Lac objects from SDSS-DR7
Short Name:
J/AJ/139/390
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a sample of 723 optically selected BL Lac candidates from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 (SDSS DR7) spectroscopic database encompassing 8250deg^2^ of sky; our sample constitutes one of the largest uniform BL Lac samples yet derived. Each BL Lac candidate has a high-quality SDSS spectrum from which we determine spectroscopic redshifts for ~60% of the objects. Redshift lower limits are estimated for the remaining objects utilizing the lack of host galaxy flux contamination in their optical spectra; we find that objects lacking spectroscopic redshifts are likely at systematically higher redshifts.
4747. Optically thick absorbers near luminous quasars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/651/61
Title:
Optically thick absorbers near luminous quasars
Short Name:
J/ApJ/651/61
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
With close pairs of quasars at different redshifts, a background quasar sight line can be used to study a foreground quasar's environment in absorption. We search 149 moderate-resolution background quasar spectra from Gemini, Keck, the MMT, and the SDSS to survey Lyman limit systems (LLSs) and damped Ly{alpha} systems (DLAs) in the vicinity of 1.8<z<4.0 luminous foreground quasars. A sample of 27 new quasar-absorber pairs is uncovered with column densities 10^17.2^cm^-2^<NH<10^20.9^cm^-2^ and transverse (proper) distances of 22h^-1^kpc<R<1.7h^-1^Mpc from the foreground quasars.
4748. Optically Variable Quasars in AllWISE/PS1
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/JAD/24.3
Title:
Optically Variable Quasars in AllWISE/PS1
Short Name:
J/other/JAD/24.3
Date:
22 Feb 2022
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
This catalog presents a sample of 229236 optically variable quasar candidates identified in the AllWISE and Pan-STARRS1 data releases at 2-sigma and 3-sigma variability levels. Mid-IR bands (3.4, 4.6, 12 and 22um) are selected from the AllWISE data release, and 5 optical bands (grizy) are from Pan-STARRS1. 127350 quasars are found to be variable at the 3-sigma level.
4749. Optical microvariability in radio-quiet quasars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/133/303
Title:
Optical microvariability in radio-quiet quasars
Short Name:
J/AJ/133/303
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We report the results of a study of optical microvariability in radio-quiet and radio-intermediate quasars. Observations were obtained on a total of seven objects: five radio-quiet quasars and two radio-intermediate quasars. No microvariability was detected in either the radio-quiet or radio-intermediate objects in our sample, despite intensive monitoring for several consecutive nights. In one object, PG 1257+346, evidence for interday variability was detected. We examined a sample of 117 radio-quiet objects found in the literature that have been studied for microvariability. This sample is discussed in terms of classification, redshift distribution, R (the ratio of the radio [5GHz] flux to the optical [4400{AA}] flux), optical magnitude, luminosity, and observing strategy.
4750. Optical microvariability of S5 0716+714
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/185/511
Title:
Optical microvariability of S5 0716+714
Short Name:
J/ApJS/185/511
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We monitored the BL Lac object S5 0716+714 in the optical band during 2008 October and December and 2009 February with a best temporal resolution of about 5 minutes in the BVRI bands. Four fast flares were observed with amplitudes ranging from 0.3 to 0.75mag. The source remained active during the whole monitoring campaign, showing microvariability in all days except for one. The overall variability amplitudes are {Delta}B~0.89, {Delta}V~0.80, {Delta}R~0.73, and {Delta}I~0.51mag. Typical timescales of microvariability range from 2 to 8hr. The overall V-R color index ranges from 0.37 to 0.59. Strong bluer-when-brighter chromatism was found on internight timescales. However, a different spectral behavior was found on intranight timescales. A possible time lag of ~11 minutes between B and I bands was found on one night. The shock-in-jet model and geometric effects can be applied to explain the source's intranight behavior.