NICER observation list: Target ID 463804

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
Processing		 Date of
Processing		 Public
date
4638040101 47.972 -76.863 293.440 -37.555 59314.5201 59314.5919 404.0 52 5 VALIDATED 59324.8 59328
4638040301 47.977 -76.867 293.443 -37.551 59321.4745 59321.4870 364.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59332.7 59335
4638040401 47.982 -76.864 293.439 -37.552 59324.1243 59324.1394 89.0 52 8 VALIDATED 59339.9 59338
4638040501 47.984 -76.864 293.439 -37.552 59327.0972 59327.1086 72.0 52 5 VALIDATED 59336.8 59341
4638040601 47.981 -76.864 293.439 -37.552 59331.5556 59331.8866 218.0 52 5 VALIDATED 59341.9 59345
4638040801 47.984 -76.864 293.439 -37.552 59338.8900 59338.8979 442.0 52 9 VALIDATED 59357.6 59352
4638040901 47.985 -76.863 293.438 -37.553 59341.9881 59342.0002 884.0 52 7 VALIDATED 59351.6 59356
4638041001 47.982 -76.864 293.439 -37.553 59345.6663 59345.6791 571.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59356.7 59359
4638041101 47.990 -76.862 293.436 -37.553 59349.3428 59349.3535 171.0 52 7 VALIDATED 59359.7 59363
4638041201 47.981 -76.861 293.437 -37.555 59351.9922 59352.0012 514.0 52 5 VALIDATED 59361.7 59366
4638041301 47.981 -76.864 293.440 -37.552 59317.6157 59317.6899 1234.0 52 7 VALIDATED 59330.1 59331
4638041302 47.977 -76.863 293.439 -37.554 59356.0684 59356.0845 938.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59368.0 59370
4638041401 47.967 -76.866 293.444 -37.553 59359.0495 59359.1174 0.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59369.8 59373
4638041501 47.970 -76.863 293.441 -37.555 59366.6993 59366.7120 936.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59376.8 59380
4638041601 47.978 -76.864 293.440 -37.553 59367.2171 59367.2292 0.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59376.9 59381
4638041701 47.978 -76.864 293.440 -37.553 59370.2694 59370.2799 638.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59379.7 59384
4638041901 47.978 -76.865 293.440 -37.553 59377.6824 59377.6935 838.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59387.7 59391
4638042001 47.963 -76.864 293.443 -37.555 59380.3799 59380.3880 613.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59389.7 59394
4638042101 47.970 -76.866 293.443 -37.553 59384.3146 59384.3280 755.0 52 5 VALIDATED 59393.3 59398
4638042201 47.982 -76.865 293.440 -37.552 59387.0995 59387.1076 0.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59397.9 59401
4638042301 47.982 -76.864 293.439 -37.552 59391.6831 59391.6928 416.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59404.9 59405
4638042401 47.985 -76.864 293.439 -37.552 59394.3951 59394.4046 510.0 52 5 VALIDATED 59405.0 59408
4638042501 47.982 -76.864 293.440 -37.552 59397.4259 59397.4394 710.0 52 3 VALIDATED 59407.9 59411
4638042601 47.982 -76.864 293.439 -37.552 59400.8275 59400.9002 1044.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59410.9 59414
4638042701 47.995 -76.864 293.436 -37.551 59405.2157 59405.2227 553.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59415.8 59419
4638042801 47.989 -76.864 293.437 -37.552 59408.3766 59408.3856 213.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59418.7 59422
4638042901 47.981 -76.864 293.439 -37.553 59412.5100 59412.5235 36.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59422.6 59426
4638043001 47.982 -76.864 293.439 -37.552 59415.6632 59415.6782 860.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59425.7 59429
4638043101 47.981 -76.864 293.439 -37.553 59419.0248 59419.0542 1850.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59428.7 59433
4638043201 47.982 -76.864 293.439 -37.553 59422.6512 59422.6667 568.0 52 8 VALIDATED 59471.7 59436
4638043301 47.982 -76.865 293.440 -37.552 59426.4436 59426.4523 669.0 52 8 VALIDATED 59472.0 59440
4638043401 47.980 -76.864 293.439 -37.553 59429.6057 59429.6153 731.0 52 5 VALIDATED 59466.2 59443
4638043501 47.980 -76.864 293.440 -37.553 59433.3535 59433.3650 789.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59467.1 59447
4638043601 47.975 -76.863 293.440 -37.554 59436.3292 59436.3391 189.0 52 4 VALIDATED 59467.3 59450
4638043701 47.978 -76.864 293.440 -37.553 59439.4949 59439.5042 709.0 52 7 VALIDATED 59468.2 59453
4638043801 47.977 -76.864 293.440 -37.553 59442.9829 59442.9949 975.0 52 7 VALIDATED 59471.0 59456
4638043901 47.970 -76.864 293.442 -37.554 59447.6775 59447.6889 599.0 52 7 VALIDATED 59471.2 59461
4638044001 47.977 -76.865 293.441 -37.552 59450.1980 59450.2148 725.0 52 6 VALIDATED 59471.3 59464