Recent optical activity of the blazar B2 1811+31
Abstract
B2 1811+31 (R.A.=18 13 35.2027 Dec.=+31 44 17.620, J2000.0) is a BL Lac object at a redshift of z=0.117 (Giommi et al. 1991, ApJ, 378, 77) that has recently been detected as flaring in the high-energy and very-high-energy gamma-ray bands by the Fermi-LAT and MAGIC Collaborations respectively (ATels #14060,#14090).
- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- October 2020
- Bibcode:
- 2020ATel14103....1B
- Keywords:
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- Request for Observations;
- AGN;
- Blazar;
- Transient