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 (richardb777 at hotmail.fr) | |
| GC 0109+224 (S2 0109+22) | 18.024 | 22.744 | BL Lac | Some | Stefano Ciprini (stefano.ciprini.asdc at gmail.com) | TeV detected |
| B0218+357 (S3 0218+35) | 35.273 | 35.937 | Blazar - lensed | OVRO, Metsahovi | Teddy Cheung (teddy.cheung at nrl.navy.mil), Sara Buson (sara.buson at gmail.com) | TeV detection, lensed |
| AO 0235+164 | 39.662 | 16.616 | BL Lac | many | Silvia Raino (Silvia.Raino at ba.infn.it), Bindu Rani (bindu.rani at nasa.gov) | |
| NGC 1275 (Perseus A, 3C 84) | 49.951 | 41.512 | Radio Galaxy | Teddy Cheung (teddy.cheung at nrl.navy.mil), Jun Kataoka (kataoka.jun at waseda.jp) | TeV detected | |
| PKS 0454-234 | 74.263 | -23.414 | fsrq | Some | Dario Gasparrini (dario.gasparrini at ssdc.asi.it) | detected almost every day |
| PKS 0521-36 | 80.741 | -36.458 | SSRQ/BLRG | many, TANAMI | Filippo D'Ammando (dammando at ira.inaf.it) | |
| S5 0716+71 | 110.473 | 71.343 | BL Lac | many | Bindu Rani (bindu.rani at nasa.gov) | TeV, LAT bright, variable, well-monitored |
| PKS 0805-07 | 122.064 | -7.852 | FSRQ | Several | Stefano Ciprini (stefano.ciprini.asdc at gmail.com) | |
| S5 0836+71 | 130.352 | 70.895 | FSRQ | many | Dave Thompson (david.j.thompson at nasa.gov) Monica Orienti (orienti at ira.inaf.it) | z > 2, flaring |
| OJ 287 | 133.704 | 20.109 | BL Lac | many | Stefano Ciprini (stefano.ciprini.asdc at gmail.com), Elizabeth Ferrara (elizabeth.c.ferrara at nasa.gov), Bindu Rani (bindu.rani at nasa.gov) | TeV detected |
| Mrk 421 | 166.114 | 38.209 | BL Lac | many | David Paneque (dpaneque at mppmu.mpg.de) | long-term campaign, TeV |
| Ton 599 (OM 295, 4C +29.45) | 179.882 | 29.245 | FSRQ | many | Stefano Ciprini (stefano.ciprini.asdc at gmail.com), Dave Thompson (david.j.thompson at nasa.gov) | TeV detected |
| 3C 273 | 187.278 | 2.052 | FSRQ | many | Richard Britto (richardb777 at hotmail.fr) | |
| ON 246 | 187.55 | 25.301 | FSRQ | Sara Buson (sara.buson at gmail.com) | ||
| M 87 | 187.706 | 12.391 | Radio Galaxy | Teddy Cheung (teddy.cheung at nrl.navy.mil), Marcello Giroletti (giroletti at ira.inaf.it) | MWL activities summarized here: (non-LAT team) M87 ToO proposal | |
| 3C 279 | 194.047 | -5.789 | FSRQ | many | Greg Madejski (madejski@slac.stanford.edu) Masaaki Hayashida (masaaki.hayashida@hepburn.s.chiba-u.ac.jp) | TeV, fast variability |
| Cen A | 201.365 | -43.019 | Radio galaxy | TANAMI, SMA | Jeff Magill (jmagill at umd.edu), Roopesh Ojha (roopesh.ojha at gmail.com) | TeV detected |
| PKS 1502+106 | 226.104 | 10.494 | FSRQ | many radio, Catalina, ROBOPOL, Kanata | Stefano Ciprini (stefano.ciprini.asdc at gmail.com) | |
| PKS 1510-089 | 228.170 | -8.830 | FSRQ | many | Monica Orienti (orienti at ira.inaf.it), Filippo D'Ammando (dammando at ira.inaf.it), Dario Gasparrini (dario.gasparrini at ssdc.asi.it) | highly variable, TeV |
| PKS 1424-41 | 228.768 | -25.952 | FSRQ | many, TANAMI | Sara Buson (sara.buson at gmail.com), Roopesh Ojha (roopesh.ojha at gmail.com) | bright flares, PeV neutrino coincidence |
| B2 1520+31 | 230.541 | 31.737 | fsrq | many | Dario Gasparrini (dario.gasparrini at ssdc.asi.it) | detected almost every day |
| PG 1553+113 (timing) | 238.929 | 11.190 | BL Lac | many | Sara Cutini (sarac13 at gmail.com), Stefano Ciprini (stefano.ciprini.asdc at gmail.com) | possible periodicity |
| PG 1553+113 (GeV/TeV connection) | 238.929 | 11.190 | BL Lac | many | David Sanchez, Deirdre Horan | TeV detected |
| 3C 345 (1641+399) | 250.745 | 39.810 | FSRQ | many, primarily VLBA | Frank Schinzel (fsch at unm.edu), Sara Buson (sara.buson at gmail.com) | following second active period during Fermi |
| Mrk 501 | 253.468 | 39.760 | BL Lac | many | David Paneque (dpaneque at mppmu.mpg.de) | long-term campaign, TeV |
| PKS 1830-211 | 278.416 | -21.061 | FSRQ | SMA | Stefano Ciprini (stefano.ciprini.asdc at gmail.com), Sara Buson (sara.buson at gmail.com) | lensed |
| 1ES 1959+650 | 299.999 | 65.148 | BL Lac | Sara Buson (sara.buson at gmail.com) | TeV | |
| CTA 102 | 338.152 | 11.731 | FSRQ | many | Filippo D'Ammando (dammando at ira.inaf.it), Sara Buson (sara.buson at gmail.com) | large flares, optical-IR/gamma-ray correlation |
| 3C 454.3 | 343.491 | 16.148 | FSRQ | many | Benoit Lott (lott at cenbg.in2p3.fr) | biggest flares |
MAGNs | MAGNs | Graziano Chiaro (grazchiaro at gmail.com) | MAGNs soft variability study by bayesian block statitstics |