Multi-color Near Infra-red Intra-day and Short Term Variability of the Blazar S5 0716+714

dc.creatorGupta, Alok C.
dc.creatorCha, Sang-Mok
dc.creatorLee, Sungho
dc.creatorJin, Ho
dc.creatorPak, Soojong
dc.creatorCho, Seoung-hyun
dc.creatorMoon, Bongkon
dc.creatorPark, Youngsik
dc.creatorYuk, In-Soo
dc.creatorNam, Uk-won
dc.creatorKyeong, Jaemann
dc.date2008-09-19
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:18:37Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:18:37Z
dc.descriptionIn this paper, we report results of our near-infrared (NIR) photometric variability studies of the BL Lacertae object S5 0716+714. NIR photometric observations spread over 7 nights during our observing run April 2-9, 2007 at 1.8 meter telescope equipped with KASINICS (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute Near Infrared Camera System) and J, H, and Ks filters at Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory (BOAO), South Korea. We searched for intra-day variability, short term variability and color variability in the BL Lac object. We have not detected any genuine intra-day variability in any of J, H, and Ks passbands in our observing run. Significant short term variability ~ 32.6%, 20.5% and 18.2% have been detected in J, H, Ks passbands, respectively, and ~ 11.9% in (J-H) color.
dc.description24 pages, 3 figures, 4 tables, Accepted for Publication to Astronomical Journal
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0809.3295
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0809.3295
dc.identifierAstronomical Journal, 136, 2359-2366 (2008)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/0004-6256/136/6/2359
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/174246
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleMulti-color Near Infra-red Intra-day and Short Term Variability of the Blazar S5 0716+714
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