Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-06-10
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
31 pages, 16 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/307961
CCD observations of the gravitational lens system Q0957+561A,B in the BVRI bands are presented in this paper. The observations, taken with the 82 cm IAC-80 telescope, at Teide Observatory, Spain, were made from the beginning of 1996 February to 1998 July, as part of an on-going lens monitoring program. Accurate photometry was obtained by simultaneously fitting a stellar two-dimensional profile on each component by means of DAOPHOT software. This alternative method equals and even improves the results obtained with previous techniques. The final dataset is characterized by its high degree of homogeneity as it was obtained using the same telescope and instrumentation during a period of almost 3 years. The resulting delay, obtained with a new method, the delta2-test, is of 425 +/- 4 days, slightly higher than the value previously accepted (417 days), but concordant with the results obtained by Pelt et al. (1996); Oscoz et al. (1997); Pijpers (1997); and Goicoechea et al. (1999).
Alcalde David
Gil-Merino Rodrigo
Goicoechea Luis Julian
Licandro Javier
Mediavilla Evencio
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