On the optical variability of the QSO PKS 2128-123

Bibcode
1985AJ.....90...39M
DOI
10.1086/113705
Moles, M.; Garcia-Pelayo, J.; Masegosa, J.; Aparicio, A.
Bibliographical reference

Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 90, Jan. 1985, p. 39-42.

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1985
Number of authors
4
IAC number of authors
0
Citations
8
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8
Description
Although the QSO PKS 2128 - 123 appears as highly variable in the I band, with Delta-I of up to 1.69 mag, it is a moderate amplitude variable object in the other bands of the present UBVRI observations. Excluding these I fluxes, the average continuum is well fitted by a power law when the Balmer continuum contribution, which enters the V band, has been removed. The variability parameter of only about 1 day implies a very compact source for the continuum.
Type
Refereed
Quasars
Extragalactic radio sources
Infrared astronomy

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