Spitzer Space Telescope Research Program for Teachers and Students

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AGN Spectral Energy Distributions of GLAST Telescope Network Program Objects - Round 2 The Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) has a proposed observing list that includes AGNs and Polars bright enough to be observed optically by amateurs and students. This observing list is maintained by the "GLAST Telescope Network" (GTN) and includes a number of objects that have yet to be observed by the Spitzer Space Telescope. In the first year of the Spitzer Teacher Observing Program, our project observed one of these objects (4C 29.45) with the Spitzer MIPS and the IRAC instruments as well as ground based instruments. These observations were used to determine its Spectral Energy Distribution (SED), which was compared to a model of disk emission in order to determine if there was a component of the SED due to synchrotron radiation induced by the jets. In this proposal we will observe another target from the list and expand our efforts to create simultaneous observations through radio telescopes, optical telescopes (large and small), and other instruments as the opportunity arises. Lead Teacher: Jeff Adkins Deer Valley High School Antioch, CA Participating Teachers: Dr. Steve Rapp Linwood Holton Governor's School, Abingdon, VA Linda Stefaniak Allentown High School, Allentown, NJ Support Scientist: Dr. Mark Lacy Spitzer Science Center, Pasadena, CA Proposal News Observer Support Site Proposal - MS word file AOR