DOI

  • T. B. Pyatunina
  • D. C. Gabuzda
  • S. G. Jorstad
  • N. A. Kudryavtseva
  • M. F. Aller
  • H. D. Aller
  • H. Teräsranta

Our earlier joint analysis of light curves for the blazar 0059+581 at 4.8, 8, 14.5, 22, and 37 GHz with high-resolution VLBI images led us to suggest that the activity in this source develops in cycles, or periods, with a duration of about four years, with a "typical scenario" for the development of the source's activity taking place over a cycle. Based on this analysis, we predicted in 2002 that a new superluminal component would be ejected from the core of this source in a structural position angle ∼170° no later than by the end of 2003. A 43-GHz VLBI image obtained on September 14, 2003, as part of a program to monitor the structure of reference sources used for a radio astronomical coordinate system, convincingly confirms the correctness of this prediction. This is the first time in the history of radio astronomy that a new superluminal component has been detected at a predicted time and in a predicted structural position angle.

Язык оригиналаанглийский
Страницы (с-по)468-482
Число страниц15
ЖурналAstronomy Reports
Том50
Номер выпуска6
DOI
СостояниеОпубликовано - июн 2006

    Предметные области Scopus

  • Астрономия и астрофизика
  • Космические науки и планетоведение

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