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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)…

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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

We present an optical-to-radio study of the BL Lac object S4 0954+658 observations during 1998-2023. The measurements were obtained with the SAO RAS Zeiss-1000 1-m and AS-500/2 0.5-m telescopes in 2003-2023, with the RATAN-600 radio…

Linear time series analysis, mainly the Fourier transform based methods, has been quite successful in extracting information contained in the ever-modulating light curves (Lcs) of active galactic nuclei, and thereby contribute in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-06 Gopal Bhatta , Radim Pánis , Zdeněk Stuchlík

We selected a sample of 24 XMM-Newton light curves (LCs) of four high energy peaked blazars, PKS 0548-322, ON 231, 1ES 1426+428 and PKS 2155-304. These data comprise continuous light curves of 7.67h to 18.97h in length. We searched for…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Haritma Gaur , Alok C. Gupta , Pawel Lachowicz , Paul J. Wiita

We monitored the BL Lac object S5 0716+714 in the optical band during October 2008, December 2008 and February 2009 with a best temporal resolution of about 5 minutes in the BVRI bands. Four fast flares were observed with amplitudes ranging…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 H. Poon , J. H. Fan , J. N. Fu

Quasars are variable on timescales from days to years in UV/optical, and generally appear bluer while they brighten. The physics behind the variations in fluxes and colors remains unclear. Using SDSS g and r band photometric monitoring data…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Yu-Han Sun , Jun-Xian Wang , Xiao-Yang Chen , Zhen-Ya Zheng

We have performed a new search for DPVs of short period in the ASAS catalog (Pojmanski, G., 1997), focusing on those stars with orbital periods between 2 to 3 days which also show variations in their brightness. From a total of 244 objects,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-26 J. A. Rosales , R. E Mennickent

Various quasi-periods for the long-term variability of the radio emission, optical emission, and structural position angle of the inner part of the parsec-scale jet in the blazar 0716+714 have been detected. The relationships between these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-22 Marina S. Butuzova

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 have monitored the BL Lacertae object S5 0716+714 in the optical bands during 2012 January and February with long time spans on intraday timescales ($>$5 hr) and high time resolutions. During this monitoring period, the object shows…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-19 Shanwei Hong , Dingrong Xiong , Jinming Bai

We present our optical photometric observations of three TeV blazars, PKS 1510-089, PG 1553+113 and Mrk 501 taken using two telescopes in India, one in Bulgaria, one in Greece and one in Serbia during 2012 - 2014. These observations covered…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-24 Alok C. Gupta , A. Agarwal , J. Bhagwan , A. Strigachev , R. Bachev , E. Semkov , H. Gaur , G. Damljanovic , O. Vince , Paul J. Wiita

The period-change behaviour of 134 RR Lyrae stars in the globular cluster Messier 3 (M3) is investigated on the ~120-year time base of the photometric observations. The mean period-change rates (\beta \approx 0.01 d Myr^-1) of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 J. Jurcsik , G. Hajdu , B. Szeidl , K. Oláh , J. Kelemen , Á. Sódor , A. Saha , P. Mallick , J. Claver

We investigate the temporal and colour variability of 897 blazars, comprising 455 BL Lacertae objects (BL Lacs) and 442 Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars (FSRQs), selected from the Roma-BZCAT catalogue, using the multi-band light curves from the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-22 Vibhore Negi , Ravi Joshi , Krishan Chand , Hum Chand , Paul Wiita , Luis C. Ho , Ravi S. Singh

Thorough analysis of the multicolour CCD observations of the RRab-type variable, CZ Lacertae is presented. The observations were carried out in two consecutive observing seasons in 2004 and 2005 within the framework of the Konkoly Blazhko…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Á. Sódor , J. Jurcsik , B. Szeidl , M. Váradi , A. Henden , K. Vida , Zs. Hurta , K. Posztobányi , I. Dékány , A. Szing

We present the results of our power spectral density analysis for the BL Lac object OJ\,287, utilizing the {\it Fermi}-LAT survey at high-energy $\gamma$-rays, {\it Swift}-XRT in X-rays, several ground-based telescopes and the {\it Kepler}…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-29 A. Goyal , L. Stawarz , S. Zola , V. Marchenko , M. Soida , K. Nilsson , S. Ciprini , A. Baran , M. Ostrowski , P. J. Wiita , Gopal-Krishna , A. Siemiginowska , M. Sobolewska , S. Jorstad , A. Marscher , M. F. Aller H. D. Aller T. Hovatta , D. B. Caton , D. Reichart , K. Matsumoto , K. Sadakane , K. Gazeas , M. Kidger , V. Piirola , H. Jermak , F. Alicavus , K. S. Baliyan , A. Baransky , A. Berdyugin , P. Blay , P. Boumis , D. Boyd , Y. Bufan , M. Campas Torrent , F. Campos , J. Carrillo Gomez , J. Dalessio , B. Debski , D. Dimitrov , M. Drozdz , H. Er , A. Erdem , A. Escartin Perez , V. Fallah Ramazani , A. V. Filippenko , E. Gafton , F. Garcia , V. Godunova , F. Gomez Pinilla , M. Gopinathan , J. B. Haislip , S. Haque , J. Harmanen , R. Hudec , G. Hurst , K. M. Ivarsen , A. Joshi , M. Kagitani , N. Karaman , R. Karjalainen , N. Kaur , D. Kozie l-Wierzbowska , E. Kuligowska , T. Kundera , S. Kurowski , A. Kvammen , A. P. LaCluyze , B. C. Lee , A. Liakos , J. Lozano de Haro , I. Mohammed , J. P. Moore , M. Mugrauer , R. Naves Nogues , A. W. Neely , W. Ogloza , S. Okano , U. Pajdosz , J. C. Pandey , M. Perri , G. Poyner , J. Provencal , T. Pursimo , A. Raj , B. Rajkumar , R. Reinthal , T. Reynolds , J. Saario , S. Sadegi , T. Sakanoi , J. L. Salto Gonzalez , Sameer , A. Heung , O. Simon , M. Siwak , T. Schweyer , F. C. Soldan Alfaro , E. Sonbas , J. Strobl , L. O. Takalo , L. Tremosa Espasa , J. R. Valdes , V. V. Vasylenko , F. Verrecchia , J. R. Webb , M. Yoneda , M. Zejmo , W. Zheng , P. Zielinski , J. Janik , V. Chavushyan , C. C. Cheung , M. Giroletti

We perform correlation and periodicity search analyses on long-term multi-band light curves of the FSRQ 1510-089 observed by the space-based Fermi--Large Area Telescope in gamma-rays, the SMARTS and Steward Observatory telescopes in optical…

We present the analysis results of flux and spectral variability of the blazar OP 313 across intra-night to short-term timescales using BVRI photometric data, gathered over 25 nights from Nov 2024 to May 2025, using two optical telescopes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-11 P. U. Devanand , Alok C. Gupta , Karan Dogra , Shubham Kishore , Tushar Tripathi

Blazars are known for their extreme variability across the electromagnetic spectrum. Variability at very short timescales can push the boundaries between competing models offering us much needed discriminating power. This is particularly…

Due to their almost featureless optical/UV spectra, it is challenging to measure the redshifts of BL Lacs. As a result, about 50% of gamma-ray BL Lacs lack a firm measurement of this property, which is fundamental for population studies,…