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BL Lac has entered an active state since 2020, with multiwavelength observations revealing intense flares. In this study, we conducted 12-night multicolor optical monitoring using an 85 cm telescope from 2020 September to 2024 June and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-05 Hanxiao Xia , Ziming Wang , Jianghua Wu , Yue Fang , Shiyu Du

We use optical photometric and polarimetric data of BL Lacertae that cover a period of 22 years to study the variability of the source. The long-term observations are employed for establishing parameters of a stochastic model consisting of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-17 D. A. Blinov , V. A. Hagen-Thorn

We present new BeppoSAX observations of seven BL Lacertae objects selected from the 1 Jy sample plus one additional source. The collected data cover the energy range 0.1 - 10 keV (observer's frame), reaching ~ 50 keV for one source (BL…

Aims: Intranight variation (or microvariation) is a common phenomenon of radio-loud BL Lac objects. However, it is not clear whether the recently found radio-quiet BL Lac objects have the same properties. The occurrence rate of intranight…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-03-18 Yuan Liu , Jin Zhang , Shuang Nan Zhang

This paper reports X-ray spectral observations of a relatively nearby z = 0.048 BL Lacertae (BL Lac) object 1ES1959+650, which is a potential TeV emitter. The observations include 31 short pointings made by the Unconventional Stellar Aspect…

We study spectral variability of 11 ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULX) using archived XMM-Newton and Chandra observations. We use three models to describe the observed spectra; a power-law, a multi-colour disk (MCD) and a combination of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-13 Jari J. E. Kajava , Juri Poutanen

Low-mass X-ray binaries, recycled pulsars, cataclysmic variables and magnetically active binaries are observed as X-ray sources in globular clusters. We discuss the classification of these systems, and find that some presumed active…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Frank Verbunt , Dave Pooley , Cees Bassa

The fourth-DR3 version (4FGL-DR3) of the Fermi/LAT catalogue of $\gamma$-ray sources contains $\sim$ 1000 objects at a galactic latitude |b| > 10$^{\circ}$ which are not identified with an optical counterpart (UGS). We performed a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-20 Alberto Ulgiati , Simona Paiano , Aldo Treves , Renato Falomo , Boris Sbarufatti , Fabio Pintore , Thomas D. Russell , Giancarlo Cusumano

The VERITAS array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes has collected nearly 6000 hours of observations of active galactic nuclei (AGNs). It has detected 39 very-high-energy (VHE, >100 GeV) AGNs at redshifts up to z = 0.9, of which 24…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-09 Orel Gueta

We investigate the nature of the BL Lac candidates in the northern part of the 2BL sample (\cite{Londish02}) searching for optical variability by means of $R_C$ band photometry with the Asiago 1.8 and Loiano 1.5 meter telescopes during…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Nesci , S. Sclavi , E. Massaro

The nature of ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) is not yet fully understood but it can be done in the most efficient way by analyzing its optical emission and environment. We present preliminary results of photometric and spectral studies…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-03 A. Vinokurov , K. Atapin , Y. Solovyeva , A. Sarkisyan , D. Oparin

We present the observational results of multi-colour optical monitoring of eight red blazars from 2003 September to 2004 February. The aim of our monitoring is to investigate the spectral variability as well as the flux variations at short…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Minfeng Gu , C. -U. Lee , Soojong Pak , H. S. Yim , A. B. Fletcher

We present $\gamma$-ray, X-ray, ultraviolet, optical, and near-infrared light curves of 33 $\gamma$-ray bright blazars over four years that we have been monitoring since 2008 August with multiple optical, ground-based telescopes and the…

We investigate the long-term variability exhibited by the X-ray point sources in the starburst galaxy M82. By combining 9 Chandra observations taken between 1999 and 2007, we detect 58 X-ray point sources within the D25 isophote of M82 down…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Yi-Kuan Chiang , Albert K. H. Kong

The MAGIC collaboration observed BL Lacertae for 22.2 hr during 2005 August to December and for 26 hr during 2006 July to September. The source is the historical prototype and eponym of a class of low-frequency peaked BL Lacertae (LBL)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 MAGIC Collaboration , J. Albert

We present a new well defined sample of BL Lac objects selected from the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS). The sample consists of 39 objects with 35 forming a flux limited sample down to f_X = 8 x 10^{-13} cgs, redshifts are known for 33 objects…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. Bade , V. Beckmann , N. G. Douglas , P. D. Barthel , D. Engels , L. Cordis , P. Nass , W. Voges

We have measured multi-band optical flux and colour variations for a sample of 12 low energy peaked blazars on short, day-to-month, timescales. Our sample contains six BL Lacertae objects and six flat spectrum radio quasars. These…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Bindu Rani , Alok C. Gupta , A. Strigachev , R. Bachev , Paul J. Wiita , E. Semkov , E. Ovcharov , B. Mihov , S. Boeva , S. Peneva , B. Spassov , S. Tsvetkova , K. Stoyanov , A. Valcheva

We started a follow-up investigation of the Deep X-ray Radio Blazar Survey objects with declination >-10 deg. We undertook a survey with the EVN at 5GHz to make the first images of a complete sample of weak blazars, aiming at a comparison…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-04-29 F. Mantovani , M. Bondi , K. -H. Mack , W. Alef , E. Ros , J. A. Zensus

We present UBVRI light curves of BL Lacertae from May 2000 to January 2001, obtained by 24 telescopes in 11 countries. More than 15000 observations were performed in that period, which was the extension of the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Massimo Villata , Claudia M. Raiteri

We use optical data from the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) and the Catalina Real-Time Transient Survey (CRTS) to study the variability of gamma-ray detected and non-detected objects in a large population of active galactic nuclei (AGN)…