Monday, September 15, 2014

Farthest ever detected TeV source (blazar: S3 0218+357)

Gravitationally lensed blazar S3 0218+357 was discovered in TeV band by MAGIC telescope in July 2014. MAGIC observed the source for 3.5 hours during the period of July 23 and July 26, 2014. Preliminary analysis of data resulted in detection of the source with a statistical significant of more than 5 standard deviations. This source is located at the redshift of 0.944. The measured flux is about 15% of Crab flux in the range of 100-200 GeV.

More information in:
http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=6349