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Optical-Infrared Continuum Spectra and Polarization of Quasars: An Outburst in 3C 279 During 1987–88

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

Thomas J. Balonek ,
Paul A. Heckert ,
Richard Elston ,
Paul S. Smith  and
Michael L. Sitko
Thomas J. Balonek
Affiliation:
Colgate University, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Hamilton, NY 13346 USA
Paul A. Heckert
Affiliation:
Western Carolina University, Dept. of Chemistry and Physics, Cullowhee, NC 28723 USA
Richard Elston
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Paul S. Smith
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Michael L. Sitko
Affiliation:
University of Cincinnati, Dept. of Physics, Cincinnati, OH 45221 USA

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We have observed a period of rapid and intense optical-infrared brightness and polarization variability in the quasar 3C 279. The observations were obtained as part of an ongoing study of the optical-infrared continuum evolution in a sample of optically violent variable (OVV) quasars and BL Lacertae objects. Simultaneous broadband UBVRI photometric and polarimetric observations are used to study the optical continuum spectral evolution and wavelength dependent linear polarization and to search for broad near-ultraviolet continuum spectral components.

Type
Part 7: Dust, Molecules, Infrared and MM Radiation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 134: Active Galactic Nuclei , 1989 , pp. 385 - 386
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1989 

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