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1996A&A...305L..17S - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 305, L17-20 (1996/1-2)

Confirmation of the 12-year optical outburst cycle in blazar OJ 287.

SILLANPAEAE A., TAKALO L.O., PURSIMO T., LEHTO H.J., NILSSON K., TEERIKORPI P., HEINAEMAEKI P., KIDGER M., DE DIEGO J.A., GONZALEZ-PEREZ J.N., RODRIGUEZ-ESPINOSA J.M., MAHONEY T., BOLTWOOD P., DULTZIN-HACYAN D., BENITEZ E., TURNER G.W., ROBERTSON J.W., HONEYCUTT R.K., EFIMOV Yu.S., SHAKHOVSKOY N., CHARLES P.A., SCHRAMM K.J., BORGEEST U., VON LINDE J., WENEIT W., KUEHL D., SCHRAMM T., SADUN A., GRASHUIS R., HEIDT J., WAGNER S., BOCK H., KUEMMEL M., HEINES A., FIORUCCI M., TOSTI G., GHISELLINI G., RAITERI C.M., VILLATA M., DE FRANCESCO G., BOSIO S. and LATINI G.

Abstract (from CDS):

A large monitoring project, OJ-94, was set up with the aim of monitoring the blazar OJ 287 during the predicted optical outburst (in fall 1994, Sillanpaa et al. 1988) and simultaneously to collect a large data base for a small sample of blazars. Through this campaign we have obtained the best ever obtained optical light curve for any extragalactic object. The most prominent feature in the OJ 287 light curve is the large outburst in September-December 1994, the peak occurring at the beginning of November. This outburst occurred almost exactly at the predicted time.

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Journal keyword(s): sources: blazars - variability - individual: OJ 287 (OHIO J 287)

Simbad objects: 1

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