| Canonical Name: | 1ES 0806+524 |
| TeVCat Name: | TeV J0809+523 |
| Other Names: | VTS J0809+522 |
| Source Type: | HBL |
| R.A.: | 08 09 59 (hh mm ss) |
| Dec.: | +52 19 00 (dd mm ss) |
| Gal Long: | 166.25 (deg) |
| Gal Lat: | 32.94 (deg) |
| Distance: | z=0.138 |
| Flux: | 0.018 (Crab Units) |
| Energy Threshold: | 300 GeV |
| Spectral Index: | 2.65 |
| Extended: | No |
| Discovery Date: | 2008-12 |
| Discovered By: | VERITAS |
| TeVCat SubCat: | Default Catalog |
Source Notes:
Source position and its uncertainty:
From
Acciari et al. (2009):
- RA (J2000): 08h 09m 59s +/- 9s (stat)
- Dec (J2000): 52d 19' +/- 2' (stat)
- systematic angular uncertainty of 100"
Spectral Properties:
From
Aleksic et al. (2015):
- Spectral index (high state): 2.97 +/- 0.29
- Spectral index (low state): 2.65 +/- 0.36
From
Acciari et al. (2009):
- Spectral index: 3.6 +/- 1.0(stat) +/- 0.3(syst)
Distance:
- the redshift of z = 0.138 comes from
Bade et al. (1998)
Seen by: VERITAS, MAGIC
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Optical Variability of the TeV Blazar 1ES 0806+524 on Diverse Timescales
Pandey, Ashwani et al., arXiv e-prints parXiv:2001.02398 (2020) [LINK]
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Multi-TeV Flaring from High-energy Blazars: An Evidence of the Photohadronic Process
Sahu, Sarira et al., ApJ 884 pL17 (2019) [LINK]
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Long-term optical monitoring of TeV emitting blazars. I. Data analysis
Nilsson, K. et al., A&A 620 pA185 (2018) [LINK]
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MAGIC detection of short-term variability of the high-peaked BL Lac object 1ES 0806+524
MAGIC Collaboration et al., ArXiv e-prints p (2015) [LINK]
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VERITAS long-term (2006-2014) observations of the BL Lac object 1ES 0806+524
Cerruti, M. and for the VERITAS Collaboration, ArXiv e-prints p (2015) [LINK]
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Studying flux variability of the BL Lac object 1ES0806+524 with MAGIC in a multi-wavelength context
Berger, K. et al., ArXiv e-prints p (2013) [LINK]
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MAGIC observes a very high energy gamma-ray flare from 1ES0806+524
Mariotti, M., The Astronomer's Telegram 3192 p1-+ (2011) [LINK]
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Rapid optical variability of TeV blazars
Gopal-Krishna et al., ArXiv e-prints p (2011) [LINK]
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Overview of the results from extra-galactic observations with the MAGIC telescopes
Berger, K. and for the MAGIC Collaboration, ArXiv e-prints p (2011) [LINK]
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VHE Blazar Discoveries with VERITAS
Wystan Benbow for the VERITAS Collaboration, ArXiv e-prints p (2011) [LINK]
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Discovery of Very High Energy Gamma-ray Radiation from the BL Lac 1ES 0806+524
Acciari, V. et al., ApJ 690 pL126-L129 (2009) [LINK]
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