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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 September 2023
We present an observational multiwavelength campaign during 2018–19 for PBC J2333.9–2343, a giant radio galaxy with a bright central core associated to a blazar nucleus, whose structure could be due to a significant jet reorientation. We report flux increases by a factor of two or more on timescales shorter than a month, resembling flaring events. The cross correlation between the NIR and optical bands shows quasi-simultaneous variations arising from the jet. The optical variability properties of PBC J2333.9–2343 are more comparable to a sample of blazars than to non-blazar AGN. The SED of the nucleus shows two peaks, with a derived jet angle of 3 degrees, also typical of a blazar. Therefore, we confirm the presence of a blazar-like core in the center of this galaxy.