Blazar in the constellation Cetus
4C +01.02The blazar 4C +01.02.
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch ) Constellation Cetus Right ascension 01h 08m 38.771s [ 1] Declination +01° 35′ 00.317″[ 1] Redshift 2.099000[ 1] Heliocentric radial velocity 629,264km/s Distance 10.663Gly (3.269Mpc ) Apparent magnitude (V)18.39 Apparent magnitude (B)18.54 Characteristics Type HPQ, FSRQ; blazar[ 1] Notable features Gamma-ray blazar Other designations PKS 0106+01, PC 0106+0119,LEDA 2818340, PKS B0106+013, OC +012, PB 06280,IRCF J010838.7+013500, WMAP 081, G4Jy 0125, 0106+013[ 1]
4C +01.02 is ablazar [ 2] located in theconstellation ofCetus . It has a highredshift of (z) 2.099,[ 3] [ 4] with its distance estimated to be 10.663 billion light-years.[ 1] It was first discovered as a faintastronomical radio source byastronomers in 1965 and subsequently identified with its quasi-stellar counterpart.[ 5] This object hosts asuperluminal jet[ 6] and has aradio spectrum that is classified as flat.[ 3] [ 7]
4C +01.02 is found to be violently variable on theelectromagnetic spectrum with its bright state exceeding 1050 erg s−1 .[ 8] It has displayed severalgamma ray outbursts which were detected on 14 September 2013 and on December 20, 2014.[ 9] [ 10] When shown on a 7-day gamma-raylight curve , 4C +01.02 showed long periods of flaring activity between September 23, 2014 and August 24, 2017 while the 2-day light curve revealed there are 14 flaring components showing the greatest possibleintegral flux of (2.5 ± 0.2) x 10−6 ph cm−2 s−1 . A short variability was also identified, which was 0.66 ± 0.08 days.[ 3] Additional gamma-ray activity was observed by theLarge Area Telescope in March and September 2022.[ 11] [ 12] Simultaneously, 4C +01.02 also reached a high optical state in the same month.[ 13]
4C +01.02 is classified as a core-dominated quasar. It has a radio core measuring 2milliarcseconds .[ 14] There is a much weaker feature located southwest from the core.[ 15] A strongjet can be seen pointing in a southerly direction displaying amagnetic field which is parallel with the jet's direction via a 8.5GHz radio image.[ 16] When observed byHubble and theChandra X-ray Observatory , the jet displaysX-ray emission that follows itstrajectory in an S-shaped path and subsequently becoming brighter.[ 17] Superluminal motion was also detected in the jet components.[ 18]
The centralsupermassive black hole mass of 4C +01.02 is estimated to be 3 billionMʘ based on the constraint of itsaccretion disk component.[ 19] Additionally in 2024, its gamma emission was found displayingquasi-periodic oscillation with a period of either 253 or 286 days.[ 20] [ 21]
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