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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

We monitored BL Lacertae simultaneously in the optical B, V, R and I bands for 13 nights during the period 2012-2016. The variations were well correlated in all bands and the source showed significant intraday variability (IDV). We also…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-06-23 Nankun Meng , Jianghua Wu , James R. Webb , Xiaoyuan Zhang , Yan Dai

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

In the present paper we report the detection of intra-night variability in some of the RQQSOs and one LDQ. To study intra-night variability, we carried out photometric monitoring of seven RQQSOs and one LDQ in Johnson V-passband using 1.2…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. C. Gupta , U. C. Joshi

We present the results obtained from our campaign to characterize the intra-night-optical variability properties of blazars detected by the {\it Fermi} Large Area Telescope. This involves R-band monitoring observations of a sample of 18…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-16 K. Subbu Ulaganatha Pandian , A. Natarajan , C. S. Stalin , Ashwani Pandey , S. Muneer , B. Natarajan

The aim of our observations is to investigate the intranight variability properties and the spectral variability of BL Lacertae. 799 optical multi-band observations were intensively made with the Beijing-Arizona-Taiwan-Connecticut (BATC)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-11 Shao Ming Hu , J. H. Wu , G. Zhao , X. Zhou

Based on a recently started programme, we report the first search for intranight optical variability among radio-quiet weak-line-quasars (RQWLQs). Eight members of this class were observed on 13 nights in the R-band, such that each source…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-08 Gopal-Krishna , Ravi Joshi , Hum Chand

We monitored BL Lacertae in the B, V, R and I bands for 14 nights during the period of 2016-2018. The source showed significant intraday variability on 12 nights. We performed colour-magnitude analysis and found that the source exhibited…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-08 Tian Li , Jianghua Wu , Nankun Meng , Yan Dai , Xiaoyuan Zhang

Although well established for BL Lac objects and radio-loud quasars, the occurrence of intra-night optical variability (INOV) in radio-quiet quasars is still debated, primarily since only a handful of INOV events with good statistical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-06-01 A. Goyal , Gopal-Krishna , Ram Sagar , G. C. Anupama , D. K. Sahu

Variability is one of the extreme observational properties of BL Lacertae objects. AO 0235+164 is a well studied BL Lac through the whole electro-magnetic wavebands. In the present work, we show its optical R band photometric observations…

We observed the prototype blazar, BL Lacertae, extensively in optical and radio bands during an active phase in the period 2010--2013 when the source showed several prominent outbursts. We searched for possible correlations and time lags…

We present results from four years of twice-weekly 15 GHz radio monitoring of about 1500 blazars with the Owens Valley Radio Observatory 40 m telescope. Using the intrinsic modulation index to measure variability amplitude, we find that,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-01-16 Joseph L. Richards , Talvikki Hovatta , Walter Max-Moerbeck , Vasiliki Pavlidou , Timothy J. Pearson , Anthony C. S. Readhead

Optical light curves of bright BL Lac objects, in particular those having the SED synchrotron peak at frequencies lower than 10E14 Hz, are characterized by long-term trends with time scales of a few decades. These variations are probabily…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Massaro , F. Mantovani

We present the results of a comparative study of the intra-night optical variability (INOV) characteristics of radio-loud and radio-quiet quasars, which involves a systematic intra-night optical monitoring of seven sets of high luminosity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. S. Stalin , Gopal-Krishna , Ram Sagar , Paul J. Wiita

We select a sample of 10 radio-quiet quasars with confirmed intranight optical variability and with available X-ray data. We compare the variability properties and the broad band spectral constraints to the predictions of intranight…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 B. Czerny , A. Siemiginowska , A. Janiuk , A. C. Gupta

We report results from a 1 week multi-wavelength campaign to monitor the BL Lac object S5 0716+714 (on December 9-16, 2009). In the radio bands the source shows rapid (~ (0.5-1.5) day) intra-day variability with peak amplitudes of up to ~…

In this presentation, we report the results of intraday variability in the optical (BVRI bands) and hard X-ray band (3-79 keV) in a number of blazars. In the optical microvariability studies of the blazars S5 0716+714 and BL Lac, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-18 Gopal Bhatta

BL Lac objects detected at TeV energies preferentially belong to the subclass called 'high-frequency-peaked' BL Lacs (HBLs). Parsec-scale radio jets in these TeV-HBLs often show dominant, slow moving radio knots that are at most mildly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-28 Vibhore Negi , Gopal-Krishna , Hum Chand , Silke Britzen

Eight optical and four radio observatories have been intensively monitoring the BL Lac object 0716+714 in the last years: 4854 data points have been collected in the UBVRI bands since 1994, while radio light curves extend back to 1978. Many…

Well-sampled optical and radio light curves of BL Lacertae in B, V, R, I bands and 4.8, 8.0, 14.5 GHz from 1968 to 2014 were presented in this paper. A possible $1.26 \pm 0.05$ yr period in optical bands and a $7.50 \pm 0.15$ yr period in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Y. C. Guo , S. M. Hu , C. Xu , C. Y. Liu , X. Chen , D. F. Guo , F. Y. Meng , M. T. Xu , J. Q. Xu