AVENGe - Advances in Very-High Energy Astrophysics with Next-Generation Cherenkov Telescopes

Session

CTA+/MWL/Synergies

May 31, 2023, 10:20 AM

Roma

131. Multi-wavelength context of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Elena Pian (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

5/31/23, 10:20 AM

134. Blazar monitoring by the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT) Collaboration

Claudia Maria Raiteri (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

5/31/23, 10:40 AM

Oral contribution

Born in 1997 to provide an optical follow-up of gamma-loud blazars observed by the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT) is a large collaboration including several tens of astronomers around the northern hemisphere who monitor blazars mainly in the optical (including polarimetry), but also in the radio and near-infrared bands. Since 2000 the Collaboration has...