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June 2009

Below is the observing plan and procedures for June 2009. Please direct any questions to Dr. Carini

1. Blazar Monitoring: Please observe in RA order, from west to east. Objects with an asterix (*) are highest priority, i.e. every effort to get an observation of that source, at the expense of the others, should be made. Remember exposures are 240 seconds in R.

Object RA DEC Notes
0502+675 5h07m56.2s +67o 37’24”  
*0528+134 05h30m56.4s +13o 31’55”  
BL 0647+250 06h50m46.6s +25 03 00 0.203  
*PKS 0716+714 07h21m53.4s +71o 20’36”  
PKS 0735+178 07h38m07.4s +17o 42’19”  
OI 090.4 07h57m06.6s +09o 56’35”  
0816.0-0736 08h16m01.7s -07o 36’16”   
J 0831+0429  08h31m48.9s +04 29 39 0.180  
*OJ 287 08h54m48.9s +20o 06’31”  
*1ES 0806+524 08h09m49.2s +52 18 58  
1RXS J0910+33 09h10m37.0s +33 29 25 0.354  
*J 1058+5628 10h58m37.7s +56 28 11 0.144  
*MKN 421 11h04m27.38s +38°12’31.8”  
MKN 180 11h36m26.4s +70°09’27.4”  
RXJ 1117.1+2014 11h17m06.2s +20 14 07 0.139  
1156+295 11h59m32.07s +29°14’42” Use 11:59:43.4, 29:13:36 epoch 2004.2 
ON 325 12h17m52.1s +30°07’01”  
*2A 1218+304 12h21m21.0s +30°10’37”  
*ON 231 12h21m31.7s +28°13’59”  
*3C 273 12h29m06.7s +02°03’09”  
1231.7+2848 12h31m46.8s +28°48’03”  
*3C 279 12h56m11.1s +05°47’22”  
1308+326 13h10m28.6s  +32°20’44” try 300s usually faint
OQ 530 14h19m46.6s +54 23’15”  
*1426+428 14h28m32.6s +42 40’21”

very faint object, may need 300s exposures

PG 1553+113 15h55m43.0s +11 11’24”  
1611+343 16h13m41.06s +34 12’47.91”  
3C 345 16h42m58.8s +39 48’7”  
*MKN 501 16h53m52.3s +39 45’36.7”  
I ZW 187 17h28m18.6s +50°13’10”  
3C 371 18h06m50.7s +69°49’28”  
*1ES 1959+650 19h59m59.85s +65°08’54.7”  
*BL Lac 22h02m43.3s +42°16’40”  
*3C 454.3 22h53m57.7s +16°08’54”  
*1ES 2344+514 23h47m04.8s +51°42’17.87”