Spitzer Space Telescope - Directors Discretionary Time Proposal #239


AGN Spectral Energy Distributions of GLAST Telescope Network Program
Objects

Principal Investigator: Jeff Adkins
           Institution: Deer Valley High School

Co-Investigators: 
Linda Stefaniak, Allentown High School                                
Steve Rapp, Linwood Holton Governor's School                          
Doris Daou, 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.  Our project will observe one of these objects with the
Spitzer MIPS and the IRAC instruments to determine their Spectral
Energy Distribution (SED), which will be compared to a computer model
of disk emission in order to determine what component of the SED is
due to the disk and what component is due to synchrotron radiation
induced by the jets.  In addition we will observe our program objects
prior to, simultaneously with, and after Spitzer observes them.  This
gives a direct connection from Spitzer research to student activities
in the classroom.