Optical and near-IR brightening of the blazar 3C 66A detected by the GASP

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With reference to ATel #1753 announcing the detection of >100 GeV gamma-ray emission from the blazar 3C 66A in September 25 – October 1, the GLAST- AGILE Support Program (GASP) of the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT) reports on the observation of an optical and near-IR brightening of the source occurred in the same period: from R ~ 14.3 on September 24 to R ~ 13.7 on September 30, while the J mag varied from about 12.8 to 12.3.

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