Study of the blazar AO 0235+164 during the multi-wavelength observation period from October 2008 to February 2009

AO 0235+164 is one of the most studied and monitored BL Lac objects in the sky. Since the launch of Fermi, the source has been monitored in the gamma-ray band by Fermi Large Area Telescope. Starting in October 2008, AO 0235+164 showed an increasing activity in gamma-rays that led to a multi-wavelength campaign with instruments in the radio, near-infrared, optical, UV and X-ray bands. We present here the results of the analysis of the multi-wavelength data collected during the flaring period: the high variability properties of this source and the SED built from radio frequencies to gamma-rays are shown, and are interpreted in the context of well-known blazar emission models [Ackermann, M. et al. 2012, ApJ 751, 159].