Blazar 1ES 1959+650 in optical high state   object         date (UTC)      mag      comment   -------------------------------------------------- 1959+650     20230717.874    14.17V     active (1) 1959+650     20230805.109    14.06V     active (1) 1959+650     20230812.952    13.99V     active (1) --------------------------------------------------

The optical high state corresponds well with strong X-ray activity detected by Swift-XRT (see Atel #16186).

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(1) 30cm-Refl. + CCD + V-Johnson (remote)

Stefan Karge (SKA) http://quasar.square7.ch/fqm/1959+650.html _______________________________________________