Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981aj.....86..653a&link_type=abstract
Astronomical Journal, vol. 86, May 1981, p. 653-661. NASA-supported research.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Astronomical Photography, Light Curve, Quasars, Stellar Spectrophotometry, Brightness, Photographic Plates, Stellar Magnitude
Scientific paper
The data of fifteen quasars are analyzed to determine how well a short-term program of observation can characterize the general optical behavior as compared to a long-term program. Three major research objectives were pursued, namely, to measure archival brightness of the quasars, to compare the brightness observed (mid-1970) to that of the Harvard historical plate collection 1900-1950, and to compare the general behavior during a short-time (two years) to that found over 50 years. Results show that in eight of the 15 quasars the mean magnitude derived from the present short-epoch program differed by 0.11 mag or less from the mean determined in the long-epoch program. The mean difference for all 15 quasars was 0.20 mag. However, in two cases, the short program failed by 0.83 and 0.66 mag, respectively, in predicting the mean brightness. The largest rate of increase in brightness observed was 0.9 mag/day (3C263) and of decrease was 0.44 (3C345), and it is concluded that the rates of decrease and increase in brightness are essentially the same.
Angione John R.
Moore E. P.
Roosen Robert G.
Sievers Jon
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