MCP Monitoring Requirements and Status

The purpose of this page is to keep track of MCP monitoring needs. We need to monitor sources to (1) measure accelerations and (2) identify flares that make sources more interesting for VLBI.

Sources to be observed monthly

These are sources that we'd like to maintain in our regular monitoring program for the purpose of measuring accelerations.

Source	Date of last observation	Notes
UGC 3789
Mrk 1419
NGC 1194
NGC 6264

Sources of possible interest

Source	Date of last observation	Notes
UGC 9618b
IC 2560
NGC 1320
NGC 6323		target for quick monitoring
NGC 2273		target for quick monitoring

Sources to be observed semiannually

These are sources that don't quite make the top cut in terms of distance candidates, but we should observe them periodically in order to assess whether changes in the maser profile warrant more detailed observations. CfA sources should be added by someone.

Source	Date of last observation	Notes
NGC 3393		Well studied by CfA team. More observations needed?
IC 485
J1658+3923
Mrk 34
NGC 5728
SBS 1344+527
UGC 6093
UGC 9639

-- JimBraatz - 31 Jul 2007