Session H4: Astrophysics and Astronomy I
10:30 AM–11:54 AM, Saturday, October 18, 2008
Union East, 3rd Floor Room: Smiley
Chair: Verne Smith, National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Abstract ID: BAPS.2008.TS4CF.H4.4
Abstract: H4.00004 : VERITAS observation of the Intermediate BL-Lac W Comae
11:06 AM–11:18 AM
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Author:
Michael Newbold
(University of Utah)
The VERITAS imaging air-Cherenkov gamma-ray telescopes, located in southern Arizona at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory observed the intermediate Bl Lacertae object W Comae (z= 0.102) from late 2007 to June of 2008 for 43 hours of data. In the course of this observation a flare was recorded in the TeV spectrum in March 2008. In my talk I will discuss this observation of W Comae and the analysis of the data using the standard GrISU analysis package, I will also briefly discuss the significance of the discovery of this new TeV source.
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