Spitzer Space Telescope - Directors Discretionary Time Proposal #269


AGN Spectral Energy Distributions of GLAST Telescope Network Program
Objects II

Principal Investigator: Jeff Adkins
           Institution: Deer Valley High School

Co-Investigators: 
Linda Stefaniak, Allentown High School                                
Steve Rapp, Linwood Holton Governor's School                          
Mark Lacy, Spitzer Science Center                                     

Science Category: AGN/Quasars/Radio Galaxies 
 Observing Modes: IracMap MipsPhot 
  Hours Approved: 0.4 

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.