AVA AGN Variability Archive

3C 120

Simbad | NED | Bentz DB

RA (h:m:s)    DEC (d:m:s)       RA (deg)     DEC (deg):
04:33:11.10   +05:21:15.62       68.29623      5.35434

Basic Information

Redshift 0.03301
E(B-V) 0.256 Schlafly & Finkbeiner (2011)
E(B-V) 0.298 Schlegel et al., (1998)
NH 10.307 x1020 cm-2 HI4PI Collaboration et al. (2016)
E(B-V) 0.130 Watson (2011)
Black Hole Mass 7.75 M⊙ Bentz & Katz (2015)
log(L5100) 44.01 erg/s Bentz & Katz (2015)
log(LBol) 45.21 erg/s kbol=15.85, Netzer (2019)
LEdd 0.222 (caution)
Lag u-g days (theoretical)
Lag u-zs days (theoretical)

Photometric Data Summary

Facility Cadence
(days)		 Start
(MJD)		 End
(MJD)
LCO 0.82 2016-12-28 2018-04-09

Spectroscopic Data Summary

Facility Cadence
(days)		 Epochs Start
(MJD)		 End
(MJD)
LCO 2.03 78 2017-03-07 2018-03-31

Data Citation

  • Hlabathe et al 2020, MNRAS, 497, 2910

    • Please use this reference if you use the this object data.

    Photometric Light curves


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    Photometry breakdown

    • LCO B V u g r i z -- --
      #Epochs 0 552 73 490 484 464 448 -- --
      Mean Mag (AB)
      Last 10 days      		 0.00 14.62 15.30 14.93 14.15 14.05 13.89 -- --