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In this paper we present results of a short-term optical monitoring of 13 blazars. The objects were monitored mostly in the R-band for a total of ~ 160 hours between 2006 and 2011. We study the nature of the short-term variations and show…

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We have monitored the BL Lac object S5 0716+714 in five intermediate optical wavebands from 2004 September to 2011 April. Here we present the data that include 8661 measurements which represents one of the largest databases obtained for an…

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We observed the young open cluster NGC 2301 for 14 nights in Feb. 2004 using the orthogonal transfer CCD camera (OPTIC). We used PSF shaping techniques ("square stars") during the observations allowing a larger dynamic range (4.5…

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Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-24 Gustav Holmberg

Context. The international whole earth blazar telescope (WEBT) consortium planned and carried out three days of intensive micro-variability observations of S5 0716+714 from February 22, 2009 to February 25, 2009. This object was chosen due…

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 report the first systematic analysis of single exposures of all optical and ultraviolet (UV) observations performed by the UltraViolet and Optical Telescope (UVOT) on board the {\em Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory} satellite available up…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-09 Filippo D'Ammando

The typical blazar S5 0716$+$714 is very interesting due to its rapid and large amplitude variability and high duty cycle of micro-variability in optical band. We analyze the observations in I, R and V bands obtained with the $1.0m$…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-06 Jingran Xu , Shaoming Hu , James R. Webb , Gopal Bhatta , Yunguo Jiang , Xu Chen , Sofya Alexeeva , Yutong Li

Optical monitoring of S5 0716+714 was performed with a 60/90 Schmidt telescope in 2003 November and December and 2004 January for studying the variability of the object on short timescales. Due to the high brightness of the source we could…

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The one-meter telescope at Weihai Observatory of Shandong University is an f/8 Cassegrain telescope. Three sets of filters, including Johnson--Cousins UBVRI, Sloan Digital Sky Survey u$'$g$'$r$'$i$'$z$'$ and Str\"{o}mgren uvby, are…

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The observation data of blazar 1ES 1426 + 42.8 were obtained using the 1.02 m optical telescope of Yunnan Observatories during $2021$ to $2023$. Intraday variability (IDV) is detected on seven nights. We use the turbulent model to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-12 X. Chang , D. R. Xiong , T. F. Yi , C. X. Liu , G. Bhatta , J. R. Xu , Y. L. Gong

We perform quasi-simultaneous optical multi-band monitoring of BL Lac object S5 0716+714 on seven nights from 2013 to 2016. Intra-day variability (IDV) is found on all seven nights. The source was faintest on JD 2456322 with 14.15 mags and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-06-22 Xiaoyuan Zhang , Jianghua Wu , Nankun Meng

OT 355 (4FGL J1734.3 + 3858) is a relatively rarely studied but highly variable, moderate-redshift (z = 0.975) flat-spectrum radio quasar (blazar). With this work, we aim to study its optical variability on different timescales, which can…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-30 R. Bachev , Tushar Tripathi , Alok C. Gupta , A. Kurtenkov , Y. Nikolov , A. Strigachev , S. Boeva , G. Latev , B. Spassov , M. Minev , E. Ovcharov , W. -X. Yang , Yi Liu , J. -H. Fan

We address the topic of the Intra-Night Optical Variability of the BL Lac object S5 0716+714. To this purpose a long term observational campaign was performed, from 1996 to 2003, which allowed the collection of a very large data set,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 F. Montagni , A. Maselli , E. Massaro , R. Nesci , S. Sclavi , M. Maesano

We report the flux and spectral variability of PG 1553+113 on intra-night (IDV) to short-term timescales using BVRI data collected over 91 nights from 28 February to 8 November 2019 employing ten optical telescopes: three in Bulgaria, two…

This work reports a photometric monitoring of the intermediate polar cataclysmic variable star FO Aqr. This is part of the ongoing OAUNI stellar variability program. Around 1200 individual measurements (or $\sim$ 9 hrs of observations) were…

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