The intra-day optical monitoring of BL Lacerate object 1ES 1218+304 at its highest X-ray flux level

2021 
We here report a monitor of the BL Lac object 1ES 1218+304 in both B- and R-bands by the GWAC-F60A telescope in eight nights, when it was triggerd to be at its highest X-ray flux in history by the VERITAS Observatory and Swift follow-ups. Both ANOVA and $\chi^2$-test enable us to clearly reveal an intra-day variability in optical wavelengths in seven out of the eight nights. A bluer-when-brighter chromatic relationship has been clearly identified in five out of the eight nights, which can be well explained by the shock-in-jet model. In addtion, a quasi-periodic oscilation phenomenon in both bands could be tentatively identified in the first night. A positive delay between the two bands has been revealed in three out of the eight nights, and a negative one in the other nights. The identfied minimum time delay enables us to estimate the $M_{\mathrm{BH}}=2.8\times10^7 \rm M_{\odot}$that is invalid.
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