VERITAS DETECTION of γ-RAY FLARING ACTIVITY from the BL LAC OBJECT 1ES 1727+502 during BRIGHT MOONLIGHT OBSERVATIONS

This research is supported by grants from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Smithsonian Institution, by NSERC in Canada, by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI 10/RFP/AST2748) and by STFC in the U.K