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.

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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/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 XXX 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