| Canonical Name: | IC 310 |
| TeVCat Name: | TeV J0316+413 |
| Other Names: | MAGIC J0317+413 |
| Source Type: | AGN (unknown type) |
| R.A.: | 03 16 43.0 (hh mm ss) |
| Dec.: | +41 19 29 (dd mm ss) |
| Gal Long: | 150.18 (deg) |
| Gal Lat: | -13.73 (deg) |
| Distance: | z=0.0189 |
| Flux: | 0.025 (Crab Units) |
| Energy Threshold: | 100 GeV |
| Spectral Index: | |
| Extended: | No |
| Discovery Date: | 2010-03 |
| Discovered By: | MAGIC |
| TeVCat SubCat: | Default Catalog |
Source Notes:
Source position and its uncertainty:
From
Mariotti et al.(2010):
- RA (J2000): 03 16 43.0
- Dec (J2000): +41 19 29
- no information available on positional uncertainty
Source Association:
Fermi:
Neronov et al.
- this source is detected by Fermi with 6 sigma significance
in the energy range 30 GeV < E< 300 GeV.
MAGIC
ATel
- "The emission position is consistent with the head-tail radio galaxy
IC310 (z=0.0189, RA: 03 16 43.0 Dec: +41 19 29, J2000) located
in the outer region of the Perseus cluster of galaxies (Abell 426)."
Classification:
Initially, this source was classified as an AGN of unknown type in
TeVCat. It was updated (121113) to a HBL based on its
classification in the
Fermi 2nd AGN Catalog (Ackermann et al. 2012).
Subsequently (181016), it has been re-classified as an AGN of unknown type
due to the discussion in
Rieger & Levinson (2018).
From
Gendron-Marsolais et al. (2020):
- "Two new distinct, narrowly collimated jets are visible in IC 310,
consistent with a highly projected narrow-angle tail radio galaxy
infalling into the cluster. We show how this is in agreement with
its blazar-like behaviour, implying that blazars and bent-jet radio
galaxies are not mutually exclusive.
From
Rieger & Levinson (2018):
- The authors provide an overview of the source properties in the
context of a discussion of its classification:
- "The source ... has shown extreme VHE variability during a strong
flare in November 2012, revealing VHE flux variations on timescales as
short as delta-t of 5 minutes"
- "The 2012 VHE flare spectrum appears compatible with a single, hard
power law of photon index of approx. -2 (and possibly as low as
approx. -1.5) over a range from 70 GeV to 8.3 TeV, with no indications
of any internal absorption."
- "The source can reach high VHE flux levels, corresponding to an
isotropic-equivalent luminosity of 2 ×10e44 erg s−1."
- "IC 310 is commonly believed [e.g.,
Aleksic et al., 2014] to harbour
a black hole of mass 3 ×10e8 M_solar [but see also
Berton et al., 2015,
for a ten times smaller estimate] and has for some time been
classified as a head-tail RG."
- "The apparent lack of jet bending along with more recent indications
for a one-sided pc-scale radio jet inclined at an angle of < approx. 38 deg
suggests, however, that IC 310 is a transitional source at the borderline
dividing low-luminosity RGs and BL Lac objects
Kadler et al. (2012)."
- "The extreme VHE variability along with the high VHE power and the
hard gamma-ray spectrum are surprising findings for a misaligned
source."
- "IC 310 has subsequently (post - Nov 2017) shown a rather low TeV
emission state with a steeper spectrum (index approx. -2.4) measured
up to approx. 3 TeV and with little evidence for variability. The
multi-wavelength SED during this state appears to be satisfactorily
reproducible with a one-zone SSC model using parameters that are
comparable to those found for other misaligned, gamma-ray emitting AGN
[13]."
From
The
MAGIC Collaboration et al. (2013):
- "The rapid variability measured in gamma rays and X-rays confirms
the blazar-like behavior of the source. The spectral behavior measured
in both energy bands suggest IC 310 could be linked to extreme HBL
objects. The apparent luminosity of IC 310 is a few orders of
magnitude lower than other extreme HBLs however and, atypical for an
HBL, it harbors a kiloparsec-scale radio structure. Thus, IC 310 could
be a peculiar type of a HBL."
Distance:
- the redshift of z=0.0189 +/- 0.000033 comes from
Bernardi et al. (2002)
Seen by: MAGIC, LHAASO
-
LHAASO detects rapid variability in TeV Gamma-rays from the galaxy IC 310
Xiang, Guangman et al., The Astronomer's Telegram 16513 p1 (2024) [LINK]
-
LHAASO detection of renewed TeV activity from the radio galaxy IC 310
Xiang, Guangman et al., The Astronomer's Telegram 16540 p1 (2024) [LINK]
-
Probing micro-eV ALPs with future LHAASO observation of AGN gamma-ray spectra
Long, Guangbo et al., arXiv e-prints parXiv:2101.10270 (2021) [LINK]
-
Gamma-Rays from Star Forming Activity Appear to Outshine Misaligned Active Galactic Nuclei
Blanco, Carlos and Linden, Tim, arXiv e-prints parXiv:2104.03315 (2021) [LINK]
-
High-resolution VLA low radio frequency observations of the Perseus cluster: radio lobes, mini-halo, and bent-jet radio galaxies
Gendron-Marsolais, M. et al., MNRAS 499 p5791-5805 (2020) [LINK]
-
Fermi-LAT Observations of Extreme Spectral Variability in IC 310
Graham, J.A. et al., MNRAS p (2019) [LINK]
-
A survey of Active Galaxies with the HAWC Gamma-ray Observatory
Carraminana, Alberto et al., arXiv e-prints parXiv:1908.06831 (2019) [LINK]
-
Radio Galaxies at VHE energies
Rieger, F.M. and Levinson, A., ArXiv e-prints p (2018) [LINK]
-
Modeling the spectral energy distribution of the radio galaxy IC310
Fraija, N. et al., Astroparticle Physics 89 p14-22 (2017) [LINK]
-
First Multi-wavelength Campaign on the Gamma-ray-loud Active Galaxy IC 310
Ahnen, M.L. et al., ArXiv e-prints p (2017) [LINK]
-
High-Energy Gamma Rays and Neutrinos from Nearby Radio Galaxies
Blanco, C. and Hooper, D., ArXiv e-prints p (2017) [LINK]
-
Magnetospheric Gamma-Ray Emission in Active Galactic Nuclei
Katsoulakos, G. and Rieger, F.M., ArXiv e-prints p (2017) [LINK]
-
Gamma-Rays from Non-Blazar AGN
Rieger, F.M., ArXiv e-prints p (2016) [LINK]
-
The EVN view of the highly variable TeV active galaxy IC 310
Schulz, R. et al., ArXiv e-prints p (2015) [LINK]
-
Black Hole Lightning from the Peculiar Gamma-Ray Loud Active Galactic Nucleus IC 310
Eisenacher Glawion, D. et al., ArXiv e-prints p (2015) [LINK]
-
Energetic Gamma Radiation from Rapidly Rotating Black Holes
Hirotani, K. and Pu, H.-Y., ArXiv e-prints p (2015) [LINK]
-
Black hole lightning due to particle acceleration at subhorizon scales
Aleksic, J. et al., Science p (2014) [LINK]
-
Rapid and multi-band variability of the TeV-bright active nucleus of the galaxy IC 310
The MAGIC Collaboration et al., ArXiv e-prints p (2013) [LINK]
-
The Aftermath of an Exceptional TeV Flare in the AGN Jet of IC 310
Eisenacher, D. et al., ArXiv e-prints p (2013) [LINK]
-
The blazar-like radio structure of the TeV source IC310
Kadler, M. et al., ArXiv e-prints p (2012) [LINK]
-
MAGIC detection of renewed activity from the radio galaxy IC 310
Cortina, J., The Astronomer's Telegram 4583 p1 (2012) [LINK]
-
Observation of the Perseus galaxy cluster with the MAGIC telescopes
Lombardi, S. et al., ArXiv e-prints p (2011) [LINK]
-
MAGIC detection of VHE Gamma-ray emission from NGC 1275 and IC 310
Hildebrand et al., ArXiv e-prints p (2011) [LINK]
-
Observation of the Perseus cluster of galaxies with the MAGIC telescopes
Lombardi, S. et al., ArXiv e-prints p (2011) [LINK]
-
Very high-energy gamma-ray emission from head-tail radio galaxy IC 310
Neronov, A. et al., ArXiv e-prints p (2010) [LINK]
-
MAGIC detects VHE gamma-ray emission from IC 310
Mose Mariotti, on behalf of the MAGIC collaboration, ATel 2510 [LINK]
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