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Optical, near-infrared, and radio observations of the BL Lac object PKS2155-304 were obtained simultaneously with a continuous UV/EUV/X-ray monitoring campaign in 1994 May. Further optical observations were gathered throughout most of 1994.…

Observations of unidentified EGRET sources were made with the Whipple 10m imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope between Fall 1999 and Spring 2001. During this period, a high resolution 490 pixel camera with 4 degree field of view was…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 S. Fegan , The VERITAS collaboration

The BL Lacertae object PKS 2155-304 was observed by the Infrared Space Observatory in May and June 1996, during a multiwavelength campaign. These are the first observations in the mid- and far-infrared bands since IRAS. In the observing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Bertone , G. Tagliaferri , G. Ghisellini , A. Treves , P. Barr , A. Celotti , M. Chiaberge , L. Maraschi

The results of VLBI total intensity (I) and linear polarization (P) observations at 6cm are presented for ten radio bright BL Lacertae objects. These images complete first-epoch polarization observations for the 1-Jy sample of northern BL…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. C. Gabuzda , A. B. Pushkarev , T. V. Cawthorne

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

We present the most continuous data base of optical $BVR_{c}I_{c}$ observations ever published on the BL Lacertae object GC 0109+224, collected mainly by the robotic telescope of the Perugia University Observatory in the period November…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Ciprini , G. Tosti , C. M. Raiteri , M. Villata , M. A. Ibrahimov , G. Nucciarelli , L. Lanteri

We analyze images of BL Lacertae objects obtained with the {\it Hubble Space Telescope} WFPC2 and the F814W filter. The nine objects cover a redshift range of 0.19 to 0.997. The relatively deep images are sufficient to detect galaxies at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. E. Pesce , C. M. Urry , M. O'Dowd , R. Scarpa , R. Falomo , A. Treves

Near--infrared, optical and ultraviolet quasi--simultaneous observations of 11 BL Lacertae objects are reported. For all but one source the dereddened spectral flux distribution in the $8\cdot10^{13}-2\cdot10^{15}$ Hz frequency range can be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 E. Pian , R. Falomo , R. Scarpa , A. Treves

We present the results of the first systematic long-term multi-color optical monitoring of the BL Lacertae object 1ES 0806+52.4. The monitoring was performed in multiple passbands with a 60/90 cm Schmidt telescope from December 2005 to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Zhongyi Man , Xiaoyuan Zhang , Jianghua Wu , Xu Zhou , Qirong Yuan

We present an analysis of the spectral properties observed in X-rays from active galactic nucleus BL Lacertae using RXTE, Suzaku, ASCA, BeppoSAX, and Swift observations. The total time covered by these observations is approximately 20…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-28 Lev Titarchuk , Elena Seifina

Context: BL Lacertae objects have been the targets for numerous recent multiwavelength campaigns, continuum spectral variability studies, and theoretical spectral and variability modeling. A meaningful interpretation of the results of such…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. D. Finke , J. C. Shields , M. Boettcher , S. Basu

Since 1997, BL Lacertae has undergone a phase of high optical activity, with the occurrence of several prominent outbursts. Starting from 1999, the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT) consortium has organized various multifrequency…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 M. Villata , C. M. Raiteri , V. M. Larionov , M. G. Nikolashvili , M. F. Aller

We present results of multi-wavelength (MWL) observations of the high-frequency-peaked BL Lacertae (HBL) object 1ES 0806+524 (z=0.138). Triggered by a high optical state, very high energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) observations were carried out…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 K. Berger , C. Schultz , E. Lindfors R. Rheinthal , A. Stamerra , F. Tavecchio , S. Buson , F. D'Ammando , T. Hovatta

BL Lacertae is not only archetypical of an entire class of jet-dominated active galactic nuclei, blazars, but also one of the most active and rapidly changing objects in this class. In the fall of 2024 (September--November), BL Lacertae…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-11 Rumen Bachev , Milen Minev , Anton Strigachev , Alexander Kurtenkov

This paper describes the database of optical spectra of BL Lacertae (BLL) objects ZBLLAC available at the URL https://web.oapd.inaf.it/zbllac/. At the present date, it contains calibrated spectra for 295 BLL. For about 35% of them, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-21 M. Landoni , R. Falomo , S. Paiano , A. Treves

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…

In November 1999 we carried out VLBI observations of several quasars and BL Lacertae objects at 1.66 GHz. Six antennas participated in the experiment (Bear Lakes, Svetloe, Pushchino, Noto, HartRAO, and Seshan). The results for six sources…

We report on ESO Very Large Telescope optical spectroscopy of 42 BL Lacertae objects of unknown redshift. Nuclear emission lines were observed in 12 objects, while for another six we detected absorption features due to their host galaxy.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 B. Sbarufatti , A. Treves , R. Falomo , J. Heidt , J. Kotilainen , R. Scarpa

Our recent progress on time-dependent modeling of the multiwavelength spectra and variability of blazars with leptonic and hadronic jet models is reviewed. Special emphasis is placed on X-ray spectral variability of low-frequency peaked…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Boettcher