2011A&A...531A..38A

We present the results of an observational photo-polarimetry campaign of the blazar PG1553+113 at optical wavelengths. The blazar was recently detected at very high energies (>100GeV) by the HESS and MAGIC γ-ray Cherenkov telescopes. Our high-temporal resolution data show significant variations in the linear polarization percentage and position angle at inter-night time-scales, while at shorter (intra-night) time-scales both parameters varied less significantly, if at all. Changes in the polarization angle seem to be common in γ-ray emitting blazars. Simultaneous differential photometry (through the B and R bands) shows no significant variability in the total optical flux. We provide B and R magnitudes, along with a finding chart, for a set of field stars suitable for differential photometry.