Blazar B2 1420+32, QSO B1420+326, OQ 334 is in eruption at about 14.7 mag

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American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Mon, 07/01/2024 - 14:00

This is a nice target! There will probably be an AAVSO alert about this soonish, but I'd suggest to observe this one ASAP.

Some info:

ATEL: https://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=16681 "A strong optical flaring from the Seyfert 1 Galaxy OQ 334 (B2 1420+326)"

SIMBAD: https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=QSO+B1420%2B326&submit=SIMBAD+search

Clear Skies!

HB

 

Affiliation
Unione Astrofili Italiani (Italy) (UAI)
I got the following results…

I got the following results in V and R and I just uploaded them:

Band V
JD 2460496.43069
UTC 2024/07/04 22:20:12
Magnitude 15.624
Uncertainty 0.042

Band R
JD 2460496.43281
UTC 2024/07/04 22:23:15
Magnitude 15.288
Uncertainty 0.039

Regards,
Livia (MLID)