NICER observation list: Target ID 561507

Abstract

A recent 5-month NICER monitoring campaign of 4 'quiescent' Swift-BAT blazars reveals that variations in the 0.3-2 keV band are detected on three distinct timescales, but that the fractional variability is <25% and decreases on longer timescales, implying low-amplitude variability for all sources and showing very little to no variability on monthly timescales, which is in stark contrast to previous studies that show that blazars are highly variable in the X-rays over a wide range of timescales. As a follow-up to this campaign, we propose multi-cycle NICER observations of these 4 BAT blazars as well as of 2 additional blazars whose variability is not detected by the BAT, in order to characterize the long-term variability, search for flares, and obtain high-quality time-averaged spectra.
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5615070101 342.947 -32.103 14.820 -63.612 60038.3023 60038.3127 86.0 42 4 VALIDATED 60048.2 60232
5615070201 342.947 -32.103 14.820 -63.612 60042.2356 60042.2479 0.0 42 8 VALIDATED 60057.9 60236
5615070701 342.948 -32.104 14.818 -63.613 60057.9894 60058.0025 1018.0 46 7 VALIDATED 60068.2 60252
5615070801 342.953 -32.106 14.812 -63.617 60062.1122 60062.1266 1014.0 48 6 VALIDATED 60072.9 60256
5615070901 342.952 -32.105 14.816 -63.616 60066.4334 60066.4438 742.0 48 5 VALIDATED 60076.8 60260
5615071001 342.951 -32.104 14.817 -63.615 60070.3027 60070.3163 964.0 48 4 VALIDATED 60081.5 60264
5615071101 342.947 -32.104 14.817 -63.612 60074.0414 60074.0567 919.5 51 5 VALIDATED 60088.0 60268
5615071201 342.949 -32.104 14.818 -63.613 60077.9792 60077.9907 479.0 51 1 VALIDATED 60082.2 60271
5615071301 342.948 -32.104 14.818 -63.613 60082.3090 60082.3296 979.0 51 3 VALIDATED 60094.5 60276
5615071401 342.948 -32.104 14.818 -63.613 60085.5437 60085.5556 194.0 51 3 VALIDATED 60096.7 60279
5615071601 342.949 -32.104 14.816 -63.613 60093.4690 60093.4771 623.0 51 5 VALIDATED 60105.3 60287
5615071701 342.948 -32.104 14.818 -63.613 60097.3319 60097.3405 573.0 51 5 VALIDATED 60109.7 60291
5615071801 342.948 -32.104 14.818 -63.613 60101.1400 60101.1509 444.0 51 4 VALIDATED 60111.9 60295
5615071901 342.948 -32.103 14.819 -63.613 60105.0037 60105.0123 95.0 51 4 VALIDATED 60115.4 60299
5615072001 342.948 -32.103 14.819 -63.613 60109.6498 60109.6671 1315.0 51 4 VALIDATED 60121.7 60303
5615072101 342.948 -32.103 14.819 -63.612 60113.9116 60113.9202 642.0 51 5 VALIDATED 60125.9 60307
5615072201 342.948 -32.099 14.829 -63.613 60116.8771 60116.8869 722.0 51 5 VALIDATED 60129.4 60310
5615072301 342.950 -32.099 14.828 -63.615 60121.4589 60121.4670 586.0 51 3 VALIDATED 60132.0 60315
5615072401 342.947 -32.099 14.828 -63.612 60124.9445 60124.9486 274.0 51 4 VALIDATED 60135.7 60318
5615072402 342.947 -32.101 14.825 -63.612 60125.0088 60125.0130 276.0 51 4 VALIDATED 60135.7 60319
5615072601 342.948 -32.103 14.819 -63.613 60133.8039 60133.8778 0.0 42 4 VALIDATED 60145.0 60327
5615072602 342.949 -32.105 14.814 -63.613 60134.0683 60134.1995 0.0 42 4 VALIDATED 60145.1 60328
5615072801 342.953 -32.107 14.810 -63.617 60141.2197 60141.2278 442.2 51 4 VALIDATED 60152.6 60335
5615072901 342.949 -32.103 14.820 -63.614 60145.2231 60145.2327 61.0 51 2 VALIDATED 60157.7 60339
5615073001 342.949 -32.103 14.818 -63.613 60149.4074 60149.4176 784.0 51 4 VALIDATED 60163.9 60343
5615073101 342.948 -32.104 14.818 -63.612 60153.2257 60153.2338 118.0 51 4 VALIDATED 60164.5 60347
5615073201 342.947 -32.104 14.818 -63.612 60157.4199 60157.4324 678.2 51 3 VALIDATED 60172.3 60351
5615073301 342.948 -32.104 14.817 -63.613 60162.0521 60162.0655 52.0 51 2 VALIDATED 60172.8 60356
5615073401 342.948 -32.104 14.817 -63.613 60165.2317 60165.2394 125.0 42 3 VALIDATED 60178.1 60359
5615073501 342.948 -32.104 14.818 -63.613 60170.5860 60170.5958 559.2 51 4 VALIDATED 60181.9 60364
5615073601 342.949 -32.104 14.817 -63.614 60173.2794 60173.2896 598.0 51 3 VALIDATED 60185.2 60367
5615073701 342.948 -32.103 14.819 -63.613 60177.7350 60177.7431 573.0 51 5 VALIDATED 60189.9 60371
5615073801 342.948 -32.104 14.818 -63.613 60181.6877 60181.6984 568.0 51 4 VALIDATED 60193.0 60375
5615073901 342.949 -32.104 14.817 -63.613 60185.0424 60185.0530 596.0 51 3 VALIDATED 60199.5 60379
5615074001 342.950 -32.097 14.832 -63.614 60189.8666 60189.8748 307.0 51 3 VALIDATED 60203.4 60383
5615074101 342.952 -32.099 14.828 -63.616 60193.4815 60193.4896 573.0 51 3 VALIDATED 60206.3 60387
5615074201 342.948 -32.103 14.818 -63.612 60197.0349 60197.1694 762.5 51 3 VALIDATED 60208.8 60391
5615074401 342.949 -32.103 14.818 -63.613 60205.6998 60205.7079 594.0 51 4 VALIDATED 60217.2 60399
5615074601 342.949 -32.103 14.819 -63.613 60208.9944 60209.0028 629.0 51 3 VALIDATED 60219.3 60403
5615074701 342.949 -32.104 14.818 -63.613 60213.3865 60213.3961 766.2 51 5 VALIDATED 60227.8 60407
5615074801 342.949 -32.103 14.819 -63.613 60217.9025 60217.9111 598.0 51 3 VALIDATED 60228.3 60411
5615074901 342.948 -32.104 14.818 -63.613 60221.5623 60221.6338 597.1 51 4 VALIDATED 60234.8 60415
5615075001 342.947 -32.104 14.817 -63.612 60226.0926 60226.2287 360.0 51 4 VALIDATED 60236.9 60420
5615075101 342.948 -32.104 14.818 -63.613 60229.1352 60229.2049 0.0 51 3 VALIDATED 60240.0 60423
5615075201 342.948 -32.104 14.817 -63.613 60233.3078 60233.3185 810.0 42 4 VALIDATED 60244.0 60427
5615075301 342.948 -32.104 14.817 -63.613 60236.9979 60237.0051 0.0 51 5 VALIDATED 60248.7 60431
5615075401 342.948 -32.104 14.817 -63.613 60241.3215 60241.3289 593.0 51 4 VALIDATED 60251.3 60435
5615075501 342.948 -32.104 14.818 -63.613 60245.0694 60245.0792 480.0 51 3 VALIDATED 60255.7 60439
5615075601 342.949 -32.104 14.817 -63.613 60249.0645 60249.1345 305.0 51 4 VALIDATED 60262.1 60443
5615075701 342.949 -32.104 14.818 -63.613 60253.7787 60253.7903 538.0 51 5 VALIDATED 60268.6 60447
5615075801 342.948 -32.104 14.818 -63.613 60257.8461 60257.9181 470.0 51 4 VALIDATED 60269.2 60451
5615075901 342.948 -32.103 14.819 -63.612 60261.5693 60261.6389 0.0 42 4 VALIDATED 60272.2 60455
5615076001 342.946 -32.100 14.827 -63.611 60264.3464 60264.6079 0.0 42 5 VALIDATED 60287.2 60458
5615076101 342.952 -32.103 14.819 -63.616 60271.7243 60271.7301 349.0 51 3 VALIDATED 60285.6 60465
5615076301 342.952 -32.106 14.812 -63.616 60277.2046 60277.2161 434.8 51 2 VALIDATED 60288.0 60471
5615076401 342.948 -32.106 14.813 -63.613 60280.9025 60280.9720 422.0 50 3 VALIDATED 60292.1 60474
5615076501 342.952 -32.108 14.807 -63.616 60285.2745 60285.2833 579.0 50 3 VALIDATED 60296.3 60479
5615076601 342.949 -32.103 14.819 -63.613 60289.8549 60289.8676 0.0 39 4 VALIDATED 60299.9 60483
5615077201 342.949 -32.102 14.821 -63.614 60313.2224 60313.2914 682.0 50 4 VALIDATED 60324.4 60507
5615077301 342.948 -32.103 14.819 -63.613 60317.8657 60317.9361 351.5 0 4 VALIDATED 60330.0 60511
5615077302 342.949 -32.103 14.820 -63.613 60317.9947 60318.0005 145.0 0 5 VALIDATED 60330.0 60512