[vsnet-alert 10829] QSO B0133+47 (= MisV1436): optical polarization

[uemuram at hiroshima-u.ac.jp]

QSO B0133+47 (= MisV1436): optical polarization

    We performed photopolarimetric observations of this object 
last night (17 Dec) with TRISPEC attached to the KANATA telescope.  
Our preliminary analysis shows that it was 
V=15.4(0.1) on 17.50 Dec (UT).  

    The polarization degree of this object was surprisingly high, 
31+/-1 % in V-band.  Since the last September, our team has kept  
photopolarimetric monitorings of a few tens of blazars 
(http://kanatatmp.g.hatena.ne.jp/kanataobslog/).  
The polarization degree of MisV1436 is one of the highest values 
among objects we have observed. 

    We will continue the observation of this object.

Regards,
M. Uemura, M. Yamanaka, Y. Ikejiri, K. Sakimoto, and H. Tanaka
on behalf of the KANATA team