Kevin Schmidt

Opportunities for Multiwavelength Analysis with the Radio Telescope Astropeiler(pdf)

Multiwavelength analysis gives insights into emission processes and the variability of extragalactic sources. Many telescopes, constrained by small fields of view, can only observe single targets. This limits the usable observation time significantly, leading to a lack of simultaneously-recorded data for multiwavelegth analysis. The radio telescope Astropeiler, having ceased regular scientific operations, has an abundance of observation time. This allows the flexible collection of data specifically for multiwavelength analysis. In cases where observation time is limited, such as for imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, this flexibility gives the opportunity to make simultaneous measurements in other wavelengths. This talk discusses the feasibility of observing extragalactic sources with the radio telescope Astropeiler, based on measurements of flat-spectrum radio quasars.