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<ri:Resource created="2026-08-10T12:39:57Z" status="active" updated="2026-08-10T11:41:50Z" version="1.2" xmlns:ri="http://www.ivoa.net/xml/RegistryInterface/v1.0" xmlns:vr="http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VOResource/v1.0" xmlns:vs="http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VODataService/v1.1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VOResource/v1.0 http://vo.ari.uni-heidelberg.de/docs/schemata/VOResource.xsd http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VODataService/v1.1 http://vo.ari.uni-heidelberg.de/docs/schemata/VODataService.xsd" xsi:type="vs:CatalogService"><title>NGT optical monitoring of the blazar OJ 287</title><shortName>J/ApJS/281/44</shortName><identifier>ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/281/44</identifier><curation><publisher ivo-id="ivo://CDS">CDS</publisher><creator><name>Yuan Y.-H.</name></creator><creator><name>Chen Q.-M.</name></creator><creator><name>Liu Y.-T.</name></creator><creator><name>Liang B.-Y.</name></creator><creator><name>Yang W.-X.</name></creator><creator><name>Ou L.-J.,Chen G.-H.</name></creator><date role="Updated">2026-08-10T11:41:50Z</date><date role="Created">2026-08-10T12:39:57Z</date><contact><name>CDS support team</name><address>CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France</address><email>cds-question@unistra.fr</email></contact></curation><content><subject>active-galactic-nuclei</subject><subject>bl-lacertae-objects</subject><subject>photometry</subject><subject>visible-astronomy</subject><description>We present a comprehensive multiband optical monitoring and spectral analysis of the blazar OJ 287, conducted using the 1.26m National Astronomical Observatory-Guangzhou University Infrared/Optical telescope (NGT). During an intensive 17 day observational campaign from 2022 December to 2023 January, we obtained 2716 high-quality photometric observations (929 in the g band, 887 in the r band, and 900 in the i band). The data reveal significant variability across all bands. Our main findings are as follows. (1) Significant magnitude variations were detected: {Delta}m_g_=0.945+/-0.048mag (g band), {Delta}m_r_=0.648+/-0.023mag (r band), and {Delta}m_i_=0.945+/-0.051mag (i band). (2) Numerous intraday variability (IDV) events were identified, with characteristic parameters ({Delta}m, {Delta}T, and VR={Delta}m/{Delta}T) showing consistent patterns between the g and r bands but distinct behavior in the i band. (3) Successful modeling of intraday light curves using a multi-Gaussian function, yielding brightening ({Delta}T_b_') and dimming ({Delta}T_d_') timescales, and revealing an average peak separation of {Delta}Tc=42.96+/-0.99 minutes that appears to be frequency independent. (4) Development of a novel radiation framework suggesting that the observed IDV phenomena originate from multiple components-with the frequency-independent variations attributable to the central black hole, while frequency-dependent variations stem from jet and accretion disk processes.</description><source format="bibcode">2025ApJS..281...44Y</source><referenceURL>https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJS/281/44</referenceURL><type>Catalog</type><contentLevel>Research</contentLevel><relationship><relationshipType>IsServedBy</relationshipType><relatedResource ivo-id="ivo://CDS.VizieR/TAP">TAP VizieR generic service</relatedResource></relationship><relationship><relationshipType>related-to</relationshipType><relatedResource ivo-id="ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/116/403">J/A+AS/116/403 : VRI photometry of stars in 12 BL Lac objects (Fiorucci+, 1996)</relatedResource><relatedResource ivo-id="ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/450/39">J/A+A/450/39 : BVRI photometry of 8 red blazars (Gu+, 2006)</relatedResource><relatedResource ivo-id="ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/132/1256">J/AJ/132/1256 : BATC e, i and m photometry of OJ 287 (Wu+, 2006)</relatedResource><relatedResource ivo-id="ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/716/30">J/ApJ/716/30 : SED of Fermi bright blazars (Abdo+, 2010)</relatedResource><relatedResource ivo-id="ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/559/A20">J/A+A/559/A20 : Historical outbursts of OJ287 (Hudec+, 2013)</relatedResource><relatedResource ivo-id="ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/213/26">J/ApJS/213/26 : Optical light curves of PHL1811 and 3C273 (Fan+, 2014)</relatedResource><relatedResource ivo-id="ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/226/20">J/ApJS/226/20 : X-ray, opt. &amp; radio SEDs of Fermi blazars (Fan+, 2016)</relatedResource><relatedResource ivo-id="ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/837/45">J/ApJ/837/45 : 2006-2012 Rc-band &amp; 4.8GHz obs. of AO 0235+164 (Fan+, 2017)</relatedResource><relatedResource ivo-id="ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/229/21">J/ApJS/229/21 : VRI monitoring of the QSO 3C 273 in 2005-2016 (Xiong+, 2017)</relatedResource><relatedResource ivo-id="ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/157/95">J/AJ/157/95 : Optical variability of OJ 287 in 2016-2017 (Gupta+, 2019)</relatedResource><relatedResource ivo-id="ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/269/60">J/ApJS/269/60 : Optical monitoring from 2020-2022 of BL Lac (Yuan+, 2023)</relatedResource></relationship></content><rights>https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.html</rights><capability><interface xsi:type="vr:WebBrowser"><accessURL use="full">https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/281/44</accessURL><mirrorURL title="VizieR at IUCAA: Pune, India">https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/281/44</mirrorURL><mirrorURL title="VizieR at SAAO: SAAO, South Africa">http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/281/44</mirrorURL></interface></capability><capability><interface xsi:type="vs:ParamHTTP"><accessURL use="base">https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJS/281/44</accessURL><mirrorURL title="VizieR at IUCAA: Pune, India">https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJS/281/44</mirrorURL><mirrorURL title="VizieR at SAAO: SAAO, South Africa">http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJS/281/44</mirrorURL><queryType>GET</queryType><resultType>text/xml+votable</resultType></interface></capability><capability standardID="ivo://ivoa.net/std/TAP#aux"><interface xsi:type="vs:ParamHTTP" role="std"><accessURL use="base">https://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tap</accessURL></interface></capability><coverage><footprint ivo-id="ivo://ivoa.net/std/moc"/><waveband>Optical</waveband></coverage><tableset><schema><name>default</name><table><name>J/ApJS/281/44/table2</name><description>NGT g, r, and i band observations of OJ 287</description><column><name>recno</name><description>Record number assigned by the VizieR team. 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