Optical monitoring of quasars - I. Variability

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 309, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 803-816

  Garcia, Aurea ^a   Sodré Jr , Laerte ^a   Jablonski, Francisco J ^b   Terlevich, Roberto J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Galaxies: Active; Methods: Statistical; Quasars: General; Techniques: Photometric

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; PHOTOMETRY;

CCD DETECTORS; DIFFERENTIAL PHOTOMETRY; GALAXIES ACTIVE; METHODS:STATISTICAL; OPTICAL MONITORING; PHOTOMETRIC MONITORING; PHOTOMETRICS; QUASARS:GENERAL; RED SHIFT; TECHNIQUES: PHOTOMETRIC;

LUMINANCE;

EID: 0039511338     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02884.x     Document Type: Article

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