Multi-wavelength facilities and contacts

This wikipage will serve as a summary of available multi-wavelength facilities that can be contacted in case of needing broadband follow-up observations of ToO/observing campaigns.

Information on monitoring/automatically running programs that may contain blazar data for sources of interest is also included here.

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Facilities with possibility of ToO/follow up

X-rays

Instrument	Filters/Energy range	Webpage	Contact information	Notes
Swift-XRT	0.2-10 keV	https://www.swift.psu.edu/toop/request.php	--	ToOs through ToO form in the webpage link
XMM-Newton	0.1-10 keV	https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/too-alert	--	ToOs through ToO form in the webpage link
NuSTAR	3-79 keV	https://nustarsoc.caltech.edu/NuSTAR_Public/GO/GOsubmit.php	--	ToOs through ToO form in the webpage link

UV

Instrument	Filters/Energy range	Webpage	Contact information	Notes
Swift-UVOT	b, v, u, w1, m2, w2	https://www.swift.psu.edu/toop/request.php	--	ToOs through ToO form in the webpage link

Optical

Instrument	Size	Filters/Energy range	Webpage	Contact information	Notes
Las Cumbres	0.4m, 1.0m	Johnson-Cousins/Bessell UBVRI SDSS/PanSTARRS u’g’r’i’zsYw	https://lco.global/about/	Jose Acosta Pulido (jose.acosta@iac.es) Jorge Otero Santos (joteros@iaa.es)	Only photometry, schedule relatively flexible, running blazar monitoring program by Jose Acosta and Jorge Otero
IAC80	0.8m	Johnson UBVRI Sloan grizy	https://www.iac.es/es/observatorios-de-canarias/telescopios-y-experimentos/iac80-telescope	Jose Acosta Pulido (jose.acosta@iac.es) Jorge Otero Santos (joteros@iaa.es)	Only photometry, running blazar monitoring program by Jose Acosta and Jorge Otero
Sierra Nevada Observatory	0.9m, 1.5m	UBVRI	https://www.osn.iaa.csic.es/en	Jorge Otero Santos (joteros@iaa.es) Iván Agudo (iagudo@iaa.es)	BVRI photo-polarimetry (most of the photometry at the 1.5m, polarimetry at the 0.9m), time can be allocated through the MAPCAT program (https://home.iaa.csic.es/~iagudo/research/MAPCAT/MAPCAT.html)
Calar Alto Observatory	2.2m	UBVRI	http://www.caha.es	Jorge Otero Santos (joteros@iaa.es) Iván Agudo (iagudo@iaa.es)	Very limited nights and ToO triggers, time can be allocated through the MAPCAT program (https://home.iaa.csic.es/~iagudo/research/MAPCAT/MAPCAT.html)
Tuorla monitoring	XXX	R	https://users.utu.fi/kani/1m/index.html	XXX	Regular monitoring, possibility of increased cadence during interesting events
Kanata	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX
Liverpool telescope	2.0m	IO:O (SDSS ugriz, Bessell BV) RISE (V+R filter) MOPTOP (BVRI and open) SPRAT (4020–8100Å spectroscopy) LIRIC (R, also IR)	https://telescope.livjm.ac.uk/PropInst/Reactive/	ltphase1@ljmu.ac.uk (questions about applying for time on the LT or to ask about time allocation policies) ltsupport_astronomer@ljmu.ac.uk (questions on preparing LT observations using the Phase 2 GUI, data retrieval and telescope use, and for any other general questions)	Relatively fast reaction through the Reactive Time form of the link. Photometry with IO:O, LIRIC and MOPTOP, polarimetry with MOPTOP, spectroscopy with SPRAT
NOT	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX

IR

Instrument	Size	Filters/Energy range	Webpage	Contact information	Notes
Canica	2.1m	JHK	https://astro.inaoep.mx/en/observatories/oagh/near-infrared-imaging-camera-canica	Luis Carrasco ()	Blazar observations by Luis Carrasco, contact directly for collaboration/data
Liverpool Telescope	2.0m	J, FELH1500 (15200-16700Å)	https://telescope.livjm.ac.uk/web_submission/	ltphase1@ljmu.ac.uk (questions about applying for time on the LT or to ask about time allocation policies) ltsupport_astronomer@ljmu.ac.uk (questions on preparing LT observations using the Phase 2 GUI, data retrieval and telescope use, and for any other general questions)	Relatively fast reaction through the Reactive Time form of the link.
Kanata	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX

Radio/mm

Instrument	Size	Filters/Energy range	Webpage	Contact information	Notes
SMA	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX
Effelsberg	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX
IRAM	30m	3.5mm, 1.3mm	https://iram-institute.org/observatories/30-meter-telescope/	Iván Agudo (iagudo@iaa.es)	Limited observing nights, it may be possible to allocate time through the POLAMI program (see https://polami.iaa.es)
Metsahövi	14m	37 GHz	https://www.aalto.fi/en/metsahovi-radio-observatory/active-galaxies	agn-metsahovi@aalto.fi	Regular monitoring, possibility of increased cadence during interesting events, data requests to the contact email

Monitoring programs to look for archival data and/or automatic observations

List of monitoring programs wiht automatic observations and/or archival data on blazars. Some of these programs have already stopped operations.

For X-rays and UV check Swift/NuSTAR databases as all the data are public.

Optical

Program	Filters/Energy range	Webpage	Contact information	Notes
(TOP-)MAPCAT	X	X	--	Currently running (since XXXX)
Tuorla monitoring	X	X	--	Currently running (since XXXX)
IAC monitoring	X	X	--	Currently running (since XXXX)
WEBT	X	X	--	Currently running (since XXXX)
ASAS-SN	Sloan g, Johnson V	https://asas-sn.osu.edu	--	Currently running (since 2011) Supernova database, monitors the sky, aperture photometry of blazars available
ZTF	X	X	--	Currently running (since XXXX)
ATLAS	X	X	--	Currently running (since XXXX)
SMARTS	X	X	--	Currently running (since XXXX)
Steward Observatory	X	X	--	Currently running (since XXXX)
CATALINA Sky Survey	X	X	--	Currently running (since XXXX)
KAIT	X	X	--	Currently running (since XXXX)
AAVSO	X	X	--	Currently running (since XXXX)

Radio/mm

Program	Filters/Energy range	Webpage	Contact information	Notes
POLAMI	X	X	--	Currently running (since XXXX)
MOJAVE	X	X	--	Currently running (since XXXX)
OVRO	15 GHz	https://sites.astro.caltech.edu/ovroblazars/	Sebastian Kiehlmann (skiehl@physics.uoc.gr)	Currently running (since XXXX), data available upon request to the contact provided
BEAM-ME (VLBA-BU-BLAZAR)	43 GHz	https://www.bu.edu/blazars/BEAM-ME.html	Alan Marscher (marscher@bu.edu)	Currently running (since 2009)