... 2004-2005[*]
For questions regarding the availability of the data presented in this paper, please contact Massimo Villata.
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... Database[*]
http://www.vla.nrao.edu/astro/calib/polar/
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...=12.0[*]
This outburst peak likely represents the most luminous quasar state ever observed: $M_B \sim -31.4$(H0=70 km  $\rm s^{-1}$  $\rm Mpc^{-1}$, $\Omega_{\rm M}=0.3$, $\Omega_\Lambda=0.7$), comparable only to the 3C 279 outburst of 1937 ( $M_{B} \sim -31.2$). For comparison, the bright but nearby quasar 3C 273 has "only'' $M_{B} \sim -26.4$, while the most luminous quasars of the SDSS and of the z>4 sample of Vignali et al. (2003) reach $M_{B} \sim -29.1$ and $M_{B} \sim -30.2$, respectively.
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... (WEBT)[*]
http://www.to.astro.it/blazars/webt/ see e.g. Villata et al. (2004b), Raiteri et al. (2005).
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... from 18 telescopes[*]
Kyoto, Osaka Kyoiku, Lulin, Mt. Maidanak, Abastumani, Crimean, MonteBoo, Catania, Armenzano, Michael Adrian, Torino, Sabadell, Teide (BRT), Roque de los Muchachos (KVA and Liverpool), Foggy Bottom, Kitt Peak (MDM), and San Pedro Martir Observatories.
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... 2001[*]
Multiepoch and multifrequency VLBA monitoring of 3C 454.3 (with polarization) was performed between May and December 2005 (Savolainen et al., in preparation).
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... June 2000[*]
http://www.asdc.asi.it/bepposax/
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Copyright ESO 2006