Proposal code

v118

Proposal title

Superluminal motion in the BL Lac object OT081

The

Investigators and their

Affiliations

P.I. Iguchi Satoru National Astronomical Observatory (NAO), Japan
Kameno Seiji NAO, Japan
Kawaguchi Noriyuki NAO, Japan
Horiuchi Sinji NAO, Japan
Fujisawa Kenta ISAS, Japan
Kimura Moritaka Tokyo University, Japan

Proposal Abstract

Many BL Lac objects have been observed highty variable radio flux. There are some objects observed superluminal motion. OJ287 and BL LAC itself in such objects are known that the advent of a new knot component coincides with a burst. Other objects except them are hardly known such phenomenon because almost BL Lac objects are unresolvable at the Globall VLBI Array. The resolution of VSOP has better than of VLBI, so that we consider that if VSOP observations are carried out, some BL Lac objects are detected the structure like OJ287 and BL LAC. Therefore we select OT081 as BL Lac object which has been observed highty variable radio flux, and is resolvable at VSOP observation. There is also a possibility that the structure of OT081 differes from the structure like OJ287 and BL LAC.

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