CCD photometry and long-term optical variability of PKS 2155-304

被引:12
作者
Zhang, YH [1 ]
Xie, GZ [1 ]
机构
[1] CHINA CTR ADV SCI & TECHNOL,WORLD LAB,BEIJING 100080,PEOPLES R CHINA
来源
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS SUPPLEMENT SERIES | 1996年 / 116卷 / 02期
关键词
BL Lacertae objects; general individual (PKS 2155-304);
D O I
10.1051/aas:1996114
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The paper presents the first evidence for long-term optical variability and colour behaviour of the X-ray-selected BL Lacertae object PKS 2155-304, which is the first example of its class. Our results show that the amplitude of the optical variations of PKS 2155-304 has been only about 1.4 magnitudes from its photometric history; no significant correlation between brightness and colours is found for PKS 2155-304. Our recent CCD photometry of PKS 2155-304 during September-October 1993 and July 1994 showed that it was the same brightness state as that in November 1991 (Smith et al. 1992).
引用
收藏
页码:289 / 293
页数:5
相关论文
共 22 条
[1]  
ALLEN RG, 1993, APJ, V403, P601
[2]   SIMULTANEOUS OPTICAL AND INFRARED POLARIZATION MEASUREMENTS OF BLAZARS [J].
BRINDLE, C ;
HOUGH, JH ;
BAILEY, JA ;
AXON, DJ ;
HYLAND, AR .
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 1986, 221 (03) :739-768
[3]   THE OPTICAL VARIABILITY OF PKS-2155-304 [J].
CARINI, MT ;
MILLER, HR .
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 1992, 385 (01) :146-150
[4]   THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE BL LACERTAE OBJECT PKS 2155-304 [J].
FALOMO, R ;
PESCE, JE ;
TREVES, A .
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 1993, 411 (02) :L63-L66
[5]   OPTICAL AND X-RAY-PROPERTIES OF THE NEWLY DISCOVERED BL LACERTAE OBJECT PKS 2155-304 (=H2155-304) [J].
GRIFFITHS, RE ;
TAPIA, S ;
BRIEL, U ;
CHAISSON, L .
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 1979, 234 (03) :810-&
[6]  
HAMUY M, 1987, ASTRON ASTROPHYS SUP, V68, P383
[7]   OPTICAL POLARIMETRY AND PHOTOMETRY OF X-RAY SELECTED BL-LACERTAE OBJECTS [J].
JANNUZI, BT ;
SMITH, PS ;
ELSTON, R .
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES, 1993, 85 (02) :265-291
[8]  
KIDGER M, 1992, ASTRON ASTROPHYS, V264, P32
[9]  
MEAD ARG, 1990, ASTRON ASTROPHYS SUP, V83, P183
[10]   THE OPTICAL VARIABILITY AND SPECTRUM OF PKS 2155-304 [J].
MILLER, HR ;
MCALISTER, HA .
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 1983, 272 (01) :26-28