The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회보)
- Volume 44 Issue 1
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- Pages.73.4-73.4
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- 2019
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- 1226-2692(pISSN)
The medium-band observation of the neutrino source, TXS 0506+056
- Hwang, Sungyong (Astronomy Program, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
- Im, Myungshin (Astronomy Program, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
- Taak, Yoonchan (Astronomy Program, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
- Paek, Insu (Astronomy Program, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
- Choi, Changsu (Astronomy Program, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
- Shin, Suhyun (Astronomy Program, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
- Ji, Tae-Geun (School of Space Research and Institute of Natural Sciences, Kyung Hee University)
- Published : 2019.04.10
Abstract
The TXS0506+056 is a blazar and counterpart of the neutrino event IceCube-170922A. It is the first time that the neutrino event and flaring event in electromagnetic wave (EM) coincided. We observed TXS0506+056 with medium-bands in optical using 0.25m and 2.1m telescope at McDonald observatory about a month after the neutrino event. We tracked the variability of SED of the target for three weeks, and our observation showed no abrupt variability in optical range during this period. We concluded that a month after the neutrino event, the TXS0506+056 became less active and shows no feature of the energetic event. We also concluded that the medium-bands are well suited for tracking SEDs of objects. Our result demonstrates the potential of the wide-field 0.25m telescope (5.5 deg^2) for finding transient objects and track the variability of sources like AGNs.
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