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20052013
most citedThe unprecedented optical outburst of the quasar 3C 454.3. The WEBT campaign of 2004-2005

186 citations

15 papers

astro-ph.HE2013★ 67 cited

The 72-Hour WEBT Microvariability Observation of Blazar S5 0716+714 in 2009

G. Bhatta, J. R. Webb, H. Hollingsworth +42

Context. The international whole earth blazar telescope (WEBT) consortium planned and carried out three days of intensive micro-variability observations of S5 0716+714 from Februar…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 87 cited

Multi-wavelength Observations of the Flaring Gamma-ray Blazar 3C 66A in 2008 October

LAT collaboration, A. A. Abdo et al., the VERITAS collaboration +4

The BL Lacertae object 3C 66A was detected in a flaring state by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) and VERITAS in 2008 October. In addition to these gamma-ray observations, F-GA…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 101 cited

Multiwavelength observations of 3C 454.3. III. Eighteen months of AGILE monitoring of the "Crazy Diamond"

S. Vercellone, F. D'Ammando, V. Vittorini +110

We report on 18 months of multiwavelength observations of the blazar 3C 454.3 (Crazy Diamond) carried out in July 2007-January 2009. We show the results of the AGILE campaigns whic…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 80 cited

The GASP-WEBT monitoring of 3C 454.3 during the 2008 optical-to-radio and gamma-ray outburst

M. Villata, C. M. Raiteri, M. A. Gurwell +6

Since 2001, the radio quasar 3C 454.3 has undergone a period of high optical activity, culminating in the brightest optical state ever observed, during the 2004-2005 outburst. The…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 85 cited

The correlated optical and radio variability of BL Lacertae. WEBT data analysis 1994-2005

M. Villata, C. M. Raiteri, V. M. Larionov +2

Since 1997, BL Lacertae has undergone a phase of high optical activity, with the occurrence of several prominent outbursts. Starting from 1999, the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WE…

astro-ph2008★ 45 cited

The WEBT Campaign on the Intermediate BL Lac Object 3C66A in 2007-2008

M. Boettcher, K. Fultz

Prompted by a high optical state in September 2007, the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT) consortium organized an intensive optical, near-IR (JHK) and radio observing campaign on…