Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aas...21543420p&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #434.20; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.378
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The nature of blazar variability is a test of the standard model of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). To be useful, measurements of blazar intensity must be compared to standard stars that have been tied into a standard photometric system. To aid the long-term study of blazars, we have measured BVRI magnitudes for six to eight comparison stars near the eight northern Very High Energy (VHE) blazars published by Horan & Weekes (2008). Our magnitudes have been tied into the standard stars published by Landolt (2009). The stars we have measured bracket the expected range of magnitudes between active and inactive phases of the blazars. Preliminary analysis of our results indicates an RMS error better than 0.02 magnitudes in all bands. Our measurements of comparison stars generally agree very well with previously published values. We are grateful to Brigham Young University and the National Science Foundation for their financial support.
Joner Michael D.
Moody Joseph Ward
Pace Cameron
Pearson Ruth
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