Optical and Gamma-Ray Variability of the vRL NLSy1 Galaxy, 1H 0323+342
Abstract
1H 0323+342 was one of the first vRLNLSy1 galaxies detected at gamma-rays with the Fermi-LAT and is one of the brightest of this class observed at optical wavelengths. We report the results of monitoring the optical flux, polarization and the gamma-ray flux of 1H 0323+342 during the past ~5 years. In some cases, the optical flux has been monitored on timescales as short as ~minutes simultaneously with two telescopes, demonstrating, for the first time, the reality of microvariability events with durations as short as ~15 min for this object.
- Publication:
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Galaxies
- Pub Date:
- January 2017
- DOI:
- 10.3390/galaxies5010007
- Bibcode:
- 2017Galax...5....7M
- Keywords:
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- blazar;
- narrow line seyfert 1 galaxy;
- gamma-ray source