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Round 2 - AGN Spectral Energy Distributions of
GLAST Telescope Network Program Objects
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Abstract
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.
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