NICER observation list: Target ID 463803

Abstract

A time-domain variability analysis of 117 blazars in the Swift-BAT 105-month catalog reveals that a significant portion (~30%) exhibit very low fractional variability (<20%) on a monthly timescale, which is deeply at odds with previous studies that show that blazars are highly variable in the X-rays on a wide range of timescales. However, the BAT data are not sensitive to changes on shorter timescales or lower amplitude variability. We propose NICER observations of four 'quiescent' BAT blazars whose variability is not detected by the BAT to determine if a subset of this population show variability at lower amplitudes and shorter timescales. The higher sensitivity per unit time of NICER and its scheduling flexibility make it an ideal instrument with which to carry out this investigation.
Obsid RA DEC l b Start End Exposure Number of
Modules		 Number of
Processing		 Status of
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4638030101 143.626 -17.356 250.181 24.750 59276.0662 59276.0775 582.0 52 2 VALIDATED 59282.0 59290
4638030201 143.624 -17.354 250.178 24.750 59279.1015 59279.1125 687.0 52 3 VALIDATED 59283.7 59293
4638030301 143.624 -17.354 250.178 24.750 59283.1072 59283.1236 1192.0 52 3 VALIDATED 59293.8 59297
4638030501 143.626 -17.356 250.180 24.750 59290.4133 59290.4231 675.0 52 3 VALIDATED 59295.9 59304
4638030601 143.632 -17.358 250.186 24.753 59293.3854 59293.3951 582.0 52 3 VALIDATED 59297.6 59307
4638030701 143.628 -17.356 250.182 24.751 59297.4537 59297.4641 191.0 52 3 VALIDATED 59301.7 59311
4638030801 143.630 -17.358 250.185 24.752 59300.1637 59300.1740 585.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59322.7 59314
4638030901 143.629 -17.355 250.182 24.752 59304.1643 59304.1762 822.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59315.8 59318
4638031001 143.629 -17.356 250.183 24.752 59306.8743 59306.8917 1370.0 52 7 VALIDATED 59318.0 59320
4638031101 143.627 -17.356 250.182 24.751 59311.1342 59311.1433 590.0 52 5 VALIDATED 59320.9 59325
4638031201 143.626 -17.356 250.181 24.750 59313.9745 59313.9806 340.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59324.8 59327
4638031202 143.626 -17.356 250.181 24.750 59314.0390 59314.0449 335.0 52 5 VALIDATED 59324.8 59328
4638031301 143.626 -17.356 250.181 24.750 59317.0745 59317.0819 583.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59327.0 59331
4638031401 143.626 -17.356 250.181 24.750 59320.9475 59320.9618 730.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59332.6 59334
4638031501 143.625 -17.356 250.181 24.750 59323.9826 59324.2056 3435.0 52 8 VALIDATED 59339.9 59338
4638031601 143.626 -17.358 250.183 24.749 59328.2447 59328.2576 556.0 52 5 VALIDATED 59337.8 59342
4638031701 143.627 -17.359 250.184 24.748 59331.5386 59331.5556 1059.0 52 5 VALIDATED 59341.9 59345
4638031702 143.630 -17.357 250.184 24.752 59332.8352 59332.8479 349.0 52 8 VALIDATED 59344.7 59346
4638031801 143.627 -17.358 250.184 24.750 59335.1549 59335.1640 702.0 52 5 VALIDATED 59344.8 59349
4638031901 143.627 -17.357 250.183 24.750 59339.2229 59339.2333 692.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59348.7 59353
4638032001 143.626 -17.356 250.181 24.749 59331.4843 59331.5012 926.0 52 5 VALIDATED 59341.9 59345
4638032002 143.627 -17.357 250.182 24.751 59342.9023 59342.9164 769.0 52 7 VALIDATED 59353.7 59356
4638032101 143.626 -17.356 250.181 24.750 59346.2752 59346.2896 1135.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59356.7 59360
4638032201 143.625 -17.356 250.180 24.750 59349.0352 59349.0428 444.0 52 8 VALIDATED 59360.7 59363
4638032301 143.625 -17.356 250.180 24.750 59353.1815 59353.1898 637.0 52 5 VALIDATED 59362.7 59367
4638032401 143.623 -17.353 250.176 24.749 59356.0056 59356.0227 1296.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59368.0 59370
4638032501 143.625 -17.355 250.180 24.750 59360.1523 59360.1616 667.0 52 8 VALIDATED 59374.7 59374
4638032601 143.626 -17.355 250.180 24.750 59363.1766 59363.1894 1016.0 52 4 VALIDATED 59372.8 59377
4638032701 143.630 -17.353 250.182 24.755 59367.7007 59367.7104 458.0 52 7 VALIDATED 59377.6 59381
4638032801 143.626 -17.356 250.181 24.750 59369.2551 59369.3266 729.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59378.7 59383
4638033201 143.628 -17.355 250.181 24.752 59384.6845 59384.6933 0.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59394.7 59398
4638033301 143.626 -17.356 250.181 24.750 59388.3637 59388.3762 0.0 49 6 VALIDATED 59398.9 59402
4638033401 143.625 -17.356 250.181 24.750 59391.4748 59391.4933 230.0 49 6 VALIDATED 59404.9 59405
4638033501 143.624 -17.354 250.178 24.750 59495.7657 59495.7736 457.0 47 7 VALIDATED 59505.6 59509
4638033601 143.624 -17.355 250.179 24.750 59498.2255 59498.2447 1514.0 47 6 VALIDATED 59507.7 59512
4638033701 143.626 -17.356 250.181 24.750 59501.0715 59501.0852 922.0 49 6 VALIDATED 59510.6 59515
4638033801 143.625 -17.356 250.180 24.750 59505.1229 59505.1345 325.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59514.7 59519
4638033901 143.626 -17.354 250.179 24.751 59508.2877 59508.2993 191.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59518.8 59522
4638034001 143.627 -17.353 250.180 24.753 59516.9475 59516.9604 958.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59527.7 59530
4638034101 143.631 -17.358 250.186 24.752 59519.3497 59519.3706 1671.0 52 7 VALIDATED 59534.1 59533
4638034201 143.631 -17.356 250.185 24.753 59523.1566 59523.1722 1028.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59533.1 59537
4638034301 143.627 -17.355 250.181 24.751 59526.4493 59526.4655 590.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59537.0 59540
4638034302 143.626 -17.355 250.181 24.750 59530.2023 59530.2130 656.0 52 5 VALIDATED 59543.0 59544
4638034601 143.626 -17.356 250.181 24.750 59537.3067 59537.3204 586.0 52 3 VALIDATED 59548.0 59551
4638034701 143.625 -17.356 250.181 24.749 59540.5312 59540.5410 791.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59553.7 59554
4638034702 143.625 -17.356 250.181 24.749 59541.3792 59541.6423 740.0 52 5 VALIDATED 59551.8 59555
4638034703 143.625 -17.356 250.181 24.749 59542.0900 59542.4817 1008.0 52 5 VALIDATED 59551.9 59556
4638034801 143.626 -17.356 250.181 24.750 59543.9530 59543.9708 1423.0 52 5 VALIDATED 59553.8 59557
4638034901 143.626 -17.359 250.183 24.748 59547.1048 59547.1347 1509.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59556.7 59561
4638035001 143.625 -17.357 250.181 24.749 59550.9373 59550.9448 584.0 52 7 VALIDATED 59560.6 59564