Impact of seeing and host galaxy into the analysis of photo-polarimetric microvariability in blazars

• Published in: Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin) Vol. 607
• Main Authors: Sosa, M. S., von Essen, C., Andruchow, I., Cellone, S. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg EDP Sciences 01.11.2017
• Subjects: Active galactic nuclei; BL Lacertae objects: individual: 1ES 1959+650; BL Lacertae objects: individual: HB89 2201+044; Blazars; Depolarization; Fluxes; Galaxies; galaxies: active; Night; Photometry; Photopolarimetry; Polarimetry; Polarization; Radiation; Space telescopes; Stars & galaxies; techniques: photometric; techniques: polarimetric; Variability

Blazars, a type of Active Galactic Nuclei, present a particular orientation of their jets close to the line of sight. Their radiation is thus relativistically beamed, giving rise to extreme behaviors, specially strong variability on very short timescales (i.e., microvariability). Here we present sim...