This Very Important Project (VIP) list is intended as part of the LAT legacy program. These are AGN of special interest. The concept is to have someone watch each one closely, encourage multi wavelength studies, and possibly even organize full multi wavelength campaigns. These are ones for which we will make a particular effort to cooperate with anyone doing studies.
Source Common Name | R.A. | Dec. | Class | Monitoring programs | Leaders | Notes/rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4C +01.02 | 17.1804 | 1.579 | FSRQ | several | Richard Britto | |
| GC 0109+224 (S2 0109+22) | 18.0242696 | 22.7441072 | BL Lac | Some | Stefano Ciprini | |
| B0218+357 (S3 0218+35) | 35.273 | 35.937 | Blazar - lensed | OVRO, Metsahovi | Teddy Cheung, Sara Buson MAGIC team | TeV detection, lensed |
| AO 0235+164 | 39.66220878 | 16.61646514 | BL Lac | many | Silvia Rain, Bindu Rani | |
| NGC 1275 (Perseus A, 3C 84) | 49.951 | 41.512 | Radio Galaxy | Teddy Cheung, Jun Kataoka | TeV detected | |
| PKS 0454-234 | 74.263246 | -23.41445 | fsrq | Some | Dario Gasparrini | detected almost every day |
| PKS 0521-36 | 80.741 | -36.458 | SSRQ/BLRG | many, TANAMI | Filippo D'Ammando | |
| S5 0716+71 | 110.473 | 71.343 | BL Lac | many | Bindu Rani | TeV, LAT bright, variable, well-monitored |
| PKS 0805-07 | 122.0647333 | -7.8527458 | FSRQ | Several | Stefano Ciprini | |
| S5 0836+71 | 130.352 | 70.8950 | FSRQ | many | Dave Thompson Monica Orienti | z > 2, flaring |
| OJ 287 | 133.704 | 20.1090 | BL Lac | many | Stefano Ciprini, Elizabeth Ferrara, Bindu Rani | |
| Mrk 421 | 166.114 | 38.2090 | BL Lac | many | David Paneque | long-term campaign |
| Ton 599 (OM 295, 4C +29.45) | 179.8826413 | 29.2455075 | FSRQ | many | Stefano Ciprini, Dave Thompson | |
| 3C 273 | 187.278 | 2.05200 | FSRQ | many | Richard Britto | |
| ON 246 | 187.5587054 | 25.3019822 | FSRQ | Sara Buson | ||
| M 87 | 187.706 | 12.391 | Radio Galaxy | Teddy Cheung, Marcello Giroletti | MWL activities summarized here: (non-LAT team) M87 ToO proposal | |
| 3C 279 | 194.047 | -5.78900 | FSRQ | many | Greg Madjeski Masaaki Hayashida | TeV, fast variability |
| Cen A | 201.3650633 | -43.0191125 | Radio galaxy | TANAMI, SMA | Jeff Magill, Roopesh Ojha | |
| PKS 1502+106 | 226.104 | 10.4940 | FSRQ | many radio, Catalina, ROBOPOL, Kanata | Stefano Ciprini | |
| PKS 1510-089 | 228.170 | -8.83000 | FSRQ | many | Monica Orienti, Filippo D'Ammando, Dario Gasparrini | highly variable, TeV |
| PKS 1424-41 | 228.768 | -25.9526 | FSRQ | many, TANAMI | Sara Buson, Roopesh Ojha | bright flares, PeV neutrino coincidence |
| B2 1520+31 | 230.54163 | 31.73732 | fsrq | many | Dario Gasparrini | detected almost every day |
| PG 1553+113 (timing) | 238.929 | 11.1900 | BL Lac | many | Sara Cutini, Stefano Ciprini | possible periodicity |
| PG 1553+113 (GeV/TeV connection) | 238.929 | 11.1900 | BL Lac | many | David Sanchez, Deirdre Horan | |
| 3C 345 (1641+399) | 250.745 | 39.8103 | FSRQ | many, primarily VLBA | Frank Schinzel, Sara Buson | following second active period during Fermi |
| Mrk 501 | 253.468 | 39.7600 | BL Lac | many | David Paneque | long-term campaign |
| PKS 1830-211 | 278.416 | -21.0610 | FSRQ | SMA | Stefano Ciprini, Sara Buson | lensed |
| 1ES 1959+650 | 299.999384 | 65.148514 | BL Lac | Sara Buson | TeV | |
| CTA 102 | 338.152 | 11.7310 | FSRQ | many | Filippo D'Ammando, Sara Buson | large flares, optical-IR/gamma-ray correlation |
| 3C 454.3 | 343.491 | 16.1480 | FSRQ | many | Benoit Lott | biggest flares |
MAGNs | MAGNs | Graziano Chiaro | MAGNs soft variability study by bayesian block statitstics |