Exceptional outburst of the blazar CTA 102 in 2012: the GASP–WEBT campaign and its extension

Russian RFBR [15-02-00949]; St. Petersburg University [6.38.335.2015, 6.42.1113.2016]; NASA [NNX08AV65G, NNX10AO59G, NNX10AU15G, NNX11AO37G, NNX11AQ03G, NNX14AQ58G, NNX09AU10G, NNX12AO93G]; Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) [AYA2013-40825-P]; MINECO; NSF; BU; Lowell Observatory; Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Sciences [DO 02-137 (BIn-13/09)]; Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences [F2-FA-F027]

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