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We present the results of a temporal and spectral study of the BL Lacertae object OJ 287 in optical, UV, and X-ray bands with observations performed by Swift satellite during September 2019--March 2020. In this period, the source showed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-24 Nibedita Kalita , Alok C. Gupta , Minfeng Gu

We are carrying out a dense monitoring of the blazar OJ 287 with Swift since late 2015 as part of our project MOMO (Multiwavelength Observations and Modeling of OJ 287). This is the densest existing monitoring of OJ 287 involving X-ray and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-22 S. Komossa , D. Grupe , L. C. Gallo , A. Gonzalez , S. Yao , A. R. Hollett , M. L. Parker , S. Ciprini

The gamma-ray blazar OJ 287 was in a high activity state during December 2015 - February 2016. Coinciding with this high brightness state, we observed this source for photometry on 40 nights in R-band and for polarimetry on 9 epochs in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-08 Suvendu Rakshit , C. S. Stalin , S. Muneer , S. Neha , Vaidehi S. Paliya

We present a comprehensive multi-wavelength investigation of BL Lac object OJ 287 using Swift and Fermi observatories spanning 2008-2025. The source exhibits significant flux variability across optical-UV, X-ray, and $\gamma$-ray regimes,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-22 Navaneeth P K , Gopal Bhatta , Sangeetha Kizhakkekalam

We present analyses of Suzaku XIS light curves and spectra of the BL Lac object OJ 287 with observations positioned primarily around proposed recurrent optical outbursts. The first two observations were performed in 2007 April 10 - 13…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-06 Dongtao Zhou , Zhongli Zhang , Alok C. Gupta , Pankaj Kushwaha , Paul J. Wiita , Minfeng Gu , Haiguang Xu

We present a multi-wavelength spectral and temporal investigation of OJ 287 emission during its strong optical-to-X-ray activity between July 2016 - July 2017. The daily $\gamma$-ray fluxes from \emph{Fermi}-LAT are consistent with no…

We present recent optical photometric observations of the blazar OJ 287 taken during September 2015 -- May 2016. Our intense observations of the blazar started in November 2015 and continued until May 2016 and included detection of the…

We present a multi-wavelength spectral and temporal analysis of the blazar OJ 287 during its recent activity between December 2015 -- May 2016, showing strong variability in the near-infrared (NIR) to X-ray energies with detection at…

We report on a recent multi-band optical photometric and polarimetric observational campaign of the blazar OJ 287 which was carried out during September 2016 -- December 2017. We employed nine telescopes in Bulgaria, China, Georgia, Japan,…

The variability of blazars in the X-ray and optical regions informs both the physics of their emitting region and places demands on the observer if a program requires that the object be bright or faint. The extensive simultaneous X-ray and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-31 Kaitlyn E. Moo , Joel N. Bregman , Mark T. Reynolds

Optical-UV synchrotron spectrum has been argued to be the primary driver of the majority of X-ray spectral changes in the BL Lacertae object OJ 287 during its low and intermediate X-ray flux state. Here, we focus on the lowest recorded…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-10 Pankaj Kushwaha

We report the re-emergence of a new broadband emission through a detailed and systematic study of the multi-wavelength spectral and temporal behavior of OJ 287 after its first-ever reported VHE activity in 2017 to date, which includes the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-03 Pankaj Kushwaha , Main Pal , Nibedita Kalita , Neeraj Kumari , Sachindra Naik , Alok C Gupta , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , Minfeng Gu

Based on our dedicated Swift monitoring program, MOMO, OJ 287 is one of the best-monitored blazars in the X-ray--UV--optical regime. Here, we report results from our accompanying, dense, multi-frequency (1.4--44 GHz) radio monitoring of OJ…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-01 S. Komossa , A. Kraus , D. Grupe , A. G. Gonzalez , M. A. Gurwell , L. C. Gallo , F. K. Liu , I. Myserlis , T. P. Krichbaum , S. Laine , U. Bach , J. L. Gomez , M. L. Parker , S. Yao , M. Berton

We present optical monitoring of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary Swift J1858.6-0814 during its 2018-2020 outburst and subsequent quiescence. We find that there was strong optical variability present throughout the entire outburst…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-13 L. Rhodes , D. M. Russell , P. Saikia , K. Alabarta , J. van den Eijnden , A. H. Knight , M. C. Baglio , F. Lewis

We present X-ray intraday variability, cross-correlated variability, and power spectrum density analysis of the binary black hole blazar candidate OJ 287. The X-ray pointed observations of the source were carried out on eight occasions by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-09 Tao Huang , Alok C. Gupta , Lang Cui , Ashutosh Tripathi , Yongfeng Huang , P. U. Devanand , Xiang Liu

We present a comprehensive analysis of all XMM-Newton spectra of OJ 287 spanning 15 years of X-ray spectroscopy of this bright blazar. We also report the latest results from our dedicated Swift UVOT and XRT monitoring of OJ 287 which…

OJ 287 is a well-studied binary black hole system, that occasionally exhibits bright X-ray and optical flares. Here we present a detailed spectral study of its second brightest X-ray flare observed during 2019-2020 using archival Swift and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-22 Raj Prince , Gayathri Raman , Rukaiya Khatoon , Aditi Agarwal , Varun , Nayantara Gupta , Bożena Czerny , Pratik Majumdar

We report on long-term multi-wavelength monitoring of blazar Mrk 421 by the GASP-WEBT collaboration and Steward Observatory, and by the Swift and Fermi satellites. We study the source behaviour in the period 2007-2015, characterized by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 M. I. Carnerero , C. M. Raiteri , M. Villata , J. A. Acosta-Pulido , V. M. Larionov , P. S. Smith , F. D'Ammando

The blazar AO 0235+164 was claimed to show a quasi-periodic behaviour in the radio and optical bands. Moreover, an extra emission component contributing to the UV and soft X-ray flux was detected, whose nature is not yet clear. A predicted…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. M. Raiteri , M. Villata , V. M. Larionov , M. F. Aller , U. Bach

We present {\it AstroSat} soft X-ray, near-UV (NUV), and far-UV (FUV) observations of a blazar, OJ~287, carried out in 2017, 2018, and 2020. The simultaneous observations with NuSTAR in 2017 provide a broad-band look encompassing NUV, FUV,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-03 K. P. Singh , P. Kushwaha , A. Sinha , Main Pal , G. Dewangan , A. Agarwal
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