The blazar PKS 1510-089 is in high optical state

Astronomer’s Telegram #14797

S. S. Savchenko, E. N. Kopatskaya, E. G. Larionova

We perform optical photometric and polarimetric monitoring of a sample of gamma-bright blazars using 0.7-m AZT-8 telescope (Crimean Astrophysical Observatory), within the frames of GASP/WEBT project. We report that the blazar PKS 1510-089 (z=0.36) is active in optical, reaching R=14.15 at JD=2459413.2689 with the degree of linear polarization of 25.0%. According to our data, this is the brightest state of this source since the middle of 2015. We plan to continue the monitoring of this object. The nightly updated light curve for this object can be found on our website.