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J/A+AS/117/475      BVRcIc photometry of 10 blazars (Fiorucci+, 1996)
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Automatic optical monitoring of 10 blazars.
      Fiorucci M., Tsoti G.
     <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 117, 475 (1996)>
     =1996A&AS..117..475F      (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
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ADC_Keywords: BL Lac objects ; Photometry, UBV 
Keywords: galaxies: active - BL Lacertae objects: general

Description:
    We report the BVR_c_I_c_  data for  10 blazars  observed in  the first
    phase of a  long-term  photometric  monitoring  program  of  about  30
    objects. The  observations were  carried out  with a  0.40-m automatic
    imaging telescope, recently developed by  our  group  at  the  Perugia
    University  Observatory. During our period of observation 1215+303 and
    1424+240 were at their highest values of magnitude, while 0754+100 and
    0829+043  displayed large amplitude flares.  We further report optical
    data  of Mrk 501 during the same period in which TeV {gamma}-rays were
    detected by  the Whipple Observatory.  
    For a description  of the (RI)c photometric system, see e.g. the 
    General Catalog of Photometry Data <GCPD/54>.

File Summary:
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  FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe             80        .   This file
table2             75      238   List of BVRcIc data
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  8  A8    ---     Name      Blazar name
  10- 19  A10   ---     Date      UT date
  21- 30  F10.2 d       HJD       Heliocentric Julian date
      32  A1    ---   l_Bmag      Limit flag on B magnitude
  33- 37  F5.2  mag     Bmag      ? B magnitude
  39- 42  F4.2  mag   e_Bmag      ? rms uncertainty on B magnitude
  44- 48  F5.2  mag     Vmag      ? V magnitude
  50- 53  F4.2  mag   e_Vmag      ? rms uncertainty on V magnitude
  55- 59  F5.2  mag     Rcmag     ? Cousins Rc magnitude
  61- 64  F4.2  mag   e_Rcmag     ? rms uncertainty on Rc magnitude
  66- 70  F5.2  mag     Icmag     ? Cousins Ic magnitude
  72- 75  F4.2  mag   e_Icmag     ? rms uncertainty on Ic magnitude
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(End)                                         Patricia Bauer [CDS]   26-Mar-1996

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