Multi-wavelength facilities and contacts

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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.

To go back to the EGal wikipage, use this link

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, time can be allocated 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

Program

Filters/Energy range

Webpage

Contact information

Notes

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)