Initial Light Curve of Q2237+0305
Abstract
We present CCD photometry for the gravitationally lensed quasar system 2237+0305, in optical passbands from B through R, taken over a time period of more than 3 yr. These data provide new information about the probable microlensing event reported in Irwin et al. [AJ, 98, 1989 (1989)]; the rise time of this feature is approximately 26 days. Four additional independent brightness changes in the quasar images are detected.
- Publication:
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The Astronomical Journal
- Pub Date:
- July 1991
- DOI:
- 10.1086/115856
- Bibcode:
- 1991AJ....102...34C
- Keywords:
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- Gravitational Lenses;
- Light Curve;
- Quasars;
- Astrometry;
- Astronomical Models;
- Astronomical Photometry;
- Caustics (Optics);
- Magnitude;
- Spiral Galaxies;
- Astrophysics;
- GRAVITATIONAL LENSES