Rapid Optical Flares in the Blazar OJ 287 on Intraday Timescales with TESS

We have analyzed the optical light curves of the blazar OJ 287 obtained with the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite over about 80 days from 2021 October 13 to December 31, with an unprecedented sampling of 2 minutes. Although significant variability has been found during the entire period, we hav...

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Published in:	The Astrophysical Journal
Main Authors:	Shubham Kishore, Alok C. Gupta, Paul J. Wiita
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Subjects:	Blazars Active galactic nuclei BL Lacertae objects Jets
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad0b80