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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Contents
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 | R,V | http://james.as.arizona.edu/~psmith/Fermi/ | -- | Fermi-LAT bright blazars, program operated from 2008 to 2018, R- and V-band photo-polarimetry, optical spectroscopy |
| CATALINA Sky Survey | V | http://nesssi.cacr.caltech.edu/DataRelease/ | -- | Second data release available at the provided website (from 2005 to 2013) |
| 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 | 3.5mm, 1.3mm | https://iram-institute.org/observatories/30-meter-telescope/ | Iván Agudo (iagudo@iaa.es) | Currently running (since 2006 with a break the last ~1 year due to upgrades in the telescope), data available upon request to the contact provided |
| MOJAVE | 15 GHz | https://www.cv.nrao.edu/MOJAVE/allsources.html | -- | Currently running (since 1995) |
| OVRO | 15 GHz | https://sites.astro.caltech.edu/ovroblazars/ | Sebastian Kiehlmann (skiehl@physics.uoc.gr) | Currently running (since 2008), 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) |
