Abstract
BL Lac object Mrk 421 was observed in optical bands from 2009 April to 2012 May with the 1.0-m telescope at Weihai Observatory of Shandong University. Microvariability was analysed by C and F tests, but no significant microvariability was detected during our observations.
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This research was partially supported by NSFC under grant Nos 11143012, 11203016, 10778619 and 10778701, and by the NSF of Shandong Province, under grant No. ZR2012AQ008.
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Chen, X., Hu, S.M. & Guo, D.F. Microvariability Detection of Mrk 421. J Astrophys Astron 35, 465–466 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12036-014-9254-4
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