[vsolj-alert 106] Brightening of 3C279

[Taichi Kato <tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>]

Brightening of 3C279

　光学激変クエーサーとして知られる3C279が非常に明るくなっていることが
　報告されています。この数日で大きく増光しているようで、時間変動も含めた
　観測が望まれます。以下 Balonek からの緊急呼掛けです。

Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 04:36:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Thomas Balonek <TBALONEK@CENTER.COLGATE.EDU>
Subject: 3C279 up

Multi-wavelengthers:
     I managed to get two images of 3C279 at low altitude and some clouds this
morning, but I have faith in the results:  3C279 is brightest I've seen it - R
magnitudes:
1998    04      01.3      14.00
1998    04      07.2      13.92
1998    04      13.1      13.76
1998    04      14.0      13.67
1998    04      18.2      14.30
1998    04      19.1      14.41
1998    04      21.2      14.18
1998    04      22.2      14.19
1998    04      23.2      14.05
1998    04      24.2      13.92
1998    04      25.1      14.03
1998    04      27.2      13.95
1998    04      28.2      13.81
1998    05      03.3      13.13 -- brightest I've seen

I am unable to put an updated graph on the web tonight due to network problems,
but the data above can be added by hand to what's on my web page!

It is clearly worth following in optical, and perhaps other wavelengths.

    Tom

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