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LAT 3FGL Catalog Aperture Photometry Lightcurves

We provide here aperture photometry light curves of all sources in the Fermi Large Area Telescope Third Source Catalog (3FGL) with 30 day time resolution. The light curves and plots will generally be updated weekly. We also plot power spectra of the light curves for periods between 65 days and the length of the light curve, with a frequency oversampling of a factor of 5.

Some caveats:

• These light curves are intended to provide a quick way to inspect gross features in the long-term light curves. They are unlikely to be directly useful for detailed scientific analysis.
• They are not background subtracted.
• The apertures will contain photons from nearby sources.

A thread describing the steps involved in aperture photometry of LAT data can be found here. A script to perform aperture photometry (aperture.pl) is available here.

The columns in the data files are:

1. Time of center of bin (MJD)
2. Count rate in the aperture in photons cm^-2 s^-1
3. Count rate error based on the observed number of photons. This is used in the plots
4. Half-width of the time bin in days.
5. Count rate error based on the relative exposure of the time bin.
6. Exposure in cm^2 s.
7. Line number. This will not be present in later versions of these files.

The aperture photometry used:

• 1 degree radius apertures
• 100 MeV to 200 GeV
• Data are P8 Source class (evclass=128), front+back (evtype=3)
• A zenith limit of 105 degrees.
• A rock limit of 90 degrees. (i.e. no filtering on this.)
• A bore-sight limit of 180 degrees. (i.e. no filtering on this.)
• Times when a source was closer than 5 degrees from the Sun are excluded.

For caveats on period detection in LAT light curves please see here.

Flaring Sources in the Aperture Photometry Lightcurves

RA Range:
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3FGLJ1602.8-1924 Data	3FGLJ1603.7-6011 Data	3FGLJ1603.7+1106 Data
3FGLJ1603.9-4903 Data	3FGLJ1604.4-4442 Data	3FGLJ1604.6+5714 Data
3FGLJ1606.1+5630 Data	3FGLJ1607.0+1551 Data	3FGLJ1607.9-2040 Data
3FGLJ1608.6+1029 Data	3FGLJ1610.6-3956 Data	3FGLJ1610.8-6649 Data
3FGLJ1611.9+1404 Data	3FGLJ1612.4-3100 Data	3FGLJ1613.4-4222 Data
3FGLJ1613.8+3410 Data	3FGLJ1614.5-2231 Data	3FGLJ1615.3-5146e Data
3FGLJ1615.6-4450 Data	3FGLJ1615.8+4712 Data	3FGLJ1616.2-5054e Data
3FGLJ1616.4+4631 Data	3FGLJ1616.8-2300 Data	3FGLJ1616.8-5343 Data
3FGLJ1616.8+4111 Data	3FGLJ1616.8+5846 Data	3FGLJ1617.3-2519 Data
3FGLJ1617.4-5846 Data	3FGLJ1617.7-7717 Data	3FGLJ1617.8+5137 Data
3FGLJ1618.8+5520 Data	3FGLJ1619.0-5014c Data	3FGLJ1619.1+7538 Data
3FGLJ1620.0-5101 Data	3FGLJ1620.8-4928 Data	3FGLJ1620.8-5149 Data
3FGLJ1621.1-2331 Data	3FGLJ1622.9-0312 Data	3FGLJ1622.9-5004 Data
3FGLJ1624.1-4700 Data	3FGLJ1624.2-3957 Data	3FGLJ1624.2-4041 Data
3FGLJ1624.8-4233 Data	3FGLJ1625.0+5651 Data	3FGLJ1625.1-0021 Data
3FGLJ1625.2-2845 Data	3FGLJ1625.6-2058 Data	3FGLJ1625.7-2527 Data
3FGLJ1625.9+4125 Data	3FGLJ1626.0-2951 Data	3FGLJ1626.1+3512 Data
3FGLJ1626.2-2428c Data	3FGLJ1626.2-4911 Data	3FGLJ1626.3-4406 Data
3FGLJ1626.4-7640 Data	3FGLJ1627.8+3217 Data	3FGLJ1628.0-3203 Data
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3FGLJ1628.2-2431c Data	3FGLJ1628.2+7703 Data	3FGLJ1628.4-4546 Data
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3FGLJ1630.2+3733 Data	3FGLJ1630.3-4346 Data	3FGLJ1630.3-6126 Data
3FGLJ1630.6+8232 Data	3FGLJ1630.7+5222 Data	3FGLJ1630.8+1047 Data
3FGLJ1632.4-4820 Data	3FGLJ1632.8+3838 Data	3FGLJ1633.0-4746e Data
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3FGLJ1637.6-3449 Data	3FGLJ1637.7+4715 Data	3FGLJ1637.8+7325 Data
3FGLJ1637.9+5719 Data	3FGLJ1638.6-4654 Data	3FGLJ1639.4-5146 Data
3FGLJ1639.8+4125 Data	3FGLJ1640.4-4634c Data	3FGLJ1640.6-4917 Data
3FGLJ1640.6+3945 Data	3FGLJ1640.9+1142 Data	3FGLJ1641.1-4619c Data
3FGLJ1641.5-2856 Data	3FGLJ1641.5-5319 Data	3FGLJ1641.8-0619 Data
3FGLJ1642.4+8045 Data	3FGLJ1642.9+3950 Data	3FGLJ1643.6-0642 Data
3FGLJ1643.6-5002 Data	3FGLJ1644.4+2632 Data	3FGLJ1644.6-0911 Data
3FGLJ1645.2-5747 Data	3FGLJ1645.7-2149 Data	3FGLJ1645.9-5420 Data
3FGLJ1645.9+6336 Data	3FGLJ1646.9-1332 Data	3FGLJ1647.1-6438 Data
3FGLJ1647.4+4950 Data	3FGLJ1648.0+4230 Data	3FGLJ1648.3-4611 Data
3FGLJ1648.5-4829 Data	3FGLJ1648.6-5635 Data	3FGLJ1649.4+5238 Data
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3FGLJ1650.2-5044 Data	3FGLJ1650.3-4600 Data	3FGLJ1650.8+0830 Data
3FGLJ1651.5-4626 Data	3FGLJ1651.6+7219 Data	3FGLJ1652.2-4649 Data
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3FGLJ1655.1-4644 Data	3FGLJ1655.5-4748 Data	3FGLJ1655.7-4712 Data
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3FGLJ1657.7+4807 Data	3FGLJ1658.3+6149 Data	3FGLJ1658.4-5323 Data
3FGLJ1659.0-0142 Data	3FGLJ1659.4+2631 Data	3FGLJ1659.7-3132 Data
3FGLJ1700.1+6829 Data	3FGLJ1700.4-4019c Data	3FGLJ1701.1-4930 Data
3FGLJ1701.2-3006 Data	3FGLJ1701.3-5216 Data	3FGLJ1701.4-4654 Data
3FGLJ1702.0-5414 Data	3FGLJ1702.1-2524 Data	3FGLJ1702.1-4623 Data
3FGLJ1702.6+3116 Data	3FGLJ1702.8-5656 Data	3FGLJ1703.6-2850 Data
3FGLJ1703.6-6211 Data	3FGLJ1703.9-4843 Data	3FGLJ1704.0+7646 Data
3FGLJ1704.1+1234 Data	3FGLJ1704.4-0528 Data	3FGLJ1705.5-4128c Data
3FGLJ1705.5+0948 Data	3FGLJ1705.5+7134 Data	3FGLJ1707.8+5626 Data
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3FGLJ1709.7-4429 Data	3FGLJ1709.9+4624 Data	3FGLJ1710.6-4317 Data
3FGLJ1711.5-5029 Data	3FGLJ1711.6+8846 Data	3FGLJ1712.6+2932 Data
3FGLJ1713.5-3945e Data	3FGLJ1714.0+0748 Data	3FGLJ1714.1-2029 Data
3FGLJ1714.5-3832 Data	3FGLJ1714.6-3327 Data	3FGLJ1715.4-4028 Data
3FGLJ1715.7+6837 Data	3FGLJ1716.6-2812 Data	3FGLJ1716.7-8112 Data
3FGLJ1717.4-5157 Data	3FGLJ1717.6-4404 Data	3FGLJ1717.6-5802 Data
3FGLJ1717.8-3342 Data	3FGLJ1718.0-3726 Data	3FGLJ1718.1-3056 Data
3FGLJ1718.1-3825 Data	3FGLJ1719.2-2433 Data	3FGLJ1719.2+1744 Data
3FGLJ1719.3+1206 Data	3FGLJ1720.3-0428 Data	3FGLJ1720.7+0711 Data
3FGLJ1721.4-5253 Data	3FGLJ1721.8-3919 Data	3FGLJ1722.7-0415 Data
3FGLJ1722.7+1014 Data	3FGLJ1722.7+6104 Data	3FGLJ1722.9-4529 Data
3FGLJ1723.5-5609 Data	3FGLJ1723.6-3646 Data	3FGLJ1723.7-7713 Data
3FGLJ1723.9+4004 Data	3FGLJ1725.0-0513 Data	3FGLJ1725.0+1152 Data
3FGLJ1725.1-2832 Data	3FGLJ1725.3+5853 Data	3FGLJ1725.7-3555c Data
3FGLJ1726.6-3530c Data	3FGLJ1727.1+4531 Data	3FGLJ1727.4+0634 Data
3FGLJ1727.6-0654 Data	3FGLJ1727.7-2637 Data	3FGLJ1728.0-4606 Data
3FGLJ1728.0-6446 Data	3FGLJ1728.0+1217 Data	3FGLJ1728.3+5013 Data
3FGLJ1728.5+0428 Data	3FGLJ1729.0+6049 Data	3FGLJ1729.5-2824 Data
3FGLJ1729.7-2408 Data	3FGLJ1729.9-0859 Data	3FGLJ1730.5+0023 Data
3FGLJ1730.6-0357 Data	3FGLJ1730.6+3711 Data	3FGLJ1731.8-3001 Data
3FGLJ1731.9+5428 Data	3FGLJ1732.4-2709 Data	3FGLJ1732.5-3130 Data
3FGLJ1732.5-5048 Data	3FGLJ1732.7+5914 Data	3FGLJ1733.0-1305 Data
3FGLJ1733.5-2811 Data	3FGLJ1733.5-3941 Data	3FGLJ1733.8-6056 Data
3FGLJ1734.3+3858 Data	3FGLJ1734.7-2930 Data	3FGLJ1735.4-1118 Data
3FGLJ1736.0-2701 Data	3FGLJ1736.0+2033 Data	3FGLJ1736.2-4444 Data
3FGLJ1736.4+0634 Data	3FGLJ1736.5-2839 Data	3FGLJ1737.3-3214c Data
3FGLJ1737.9-2511 Data	3FGLJ1739.0+8716 Data	3FGLJ1739.4+4955 Data
3FGLJ1739.9-3124c Data	3FGLJ1740.3+4736 Data	3FGLJ1740.3+5211 Data
3FGLJ1740.4+5347 Data	3FGLJ1740.5-2642 Data	3FGLJ1740.5-2726 Data
3FGLJ1740.5-2843 Data	3FGLJ1740.8-1933 Data	3FGLJ1740.8-6755 Data
3FGLJ1741.1-3053 Data	3FGLJ1741.4+0938 Data	3FGLJ1741.5+1351 Data
3FGLJ1741.9-2054 Data	3FGLJ1741.9-2539 Data	3FGLJ1742.2+5947 Data
3FGLJ1742.4-7237 Data	3FGLJ1742.6-3321 Data	3FGLJ1743.9-1310 Data
3FGLJ1743.9+1934 Data	3FGLJ1744.1-7619 Data	3FGLJ1744.3-0353 Data
3FGLJ1744.5-1133 Data	3FGLJ1744.5-2506 Data	3FGLJ1744.7-2252 Data
3FGLJ1744.7-3043 Data	3FGLJ1744.8-1557 Data	3FGLJ1744.9-1725 Data
3FGLJ1745.1-3011 Data	3FGLJ1745.3-2903c Data	3FGLJ1745.4-0754 Data
3FGLJ1745.4+4721 Data	3FGLJ1745.5+1017 Data	3FGLJ1745.6-2859c Data
3FGLJ1745.7+3952 Data	3FGLJ1746.3-2851c Data	3FGLJ1746.6+0433 Data
3FGLJ1746.8-3240 Data	3FGLJ1747.0-2828 Data	3FGLJ1747.0-3506 Data
3FGLJ1747.1+0139 Data	3FGLJ1747.2-2958 Data	3FGLJ1747.3+0324 Data
3FGLJ1747.6-4037 Data	3FGLJ1747.7-2904 Data	3FGLJ1748.0-2447 Data
3FGLJ1748.0+2701 Data	3FGLJ1748.0+3405 Data	3FGLJ1748.3-2815c Data
3FGLJ1748.5-3912 Data	3FGLJ1748.6+7005 Data	3FGLJ1748.9-2021 Data
3FGLJ1749.1+4322 Data	3FGLJ1749.2-2911 Data	3FGLJ1749.6-3133 Data
3FGLJ1749.7-0305 Data	3FGLJ1750.2-3704 Data	3FGLJ1750.9-2220 Data
3FGLJ1751.5+0939 Data	3FGLJ1753.5-5010 Data	3FGLJ1753.6-4447 Data
3FGLJ1754.0-2538 Data	3FGLJ1754.0-2930 Data	3FGLJ1754.0-3321 Data
3FGLJ1754.1+3212 Data	3FGLJ1754.3-6424 Data	3FGLJ1756.3+5523 Data
3FGLJ1756.9+7032 Data	3FGLJ1757.1+1533 Data	3FGLJ1757.4+6536 Data
3FGLJ1757.7-6030 Data	3FGLJ1757.8-3126 Data	3FGLJ1758.8-2346 Data
3FGLJ1758.8-2402 Data	3FGLJ1758.8-4108 Data	3FGLJ1759.1-4822 Data
3FGLJ1759.2-3848 Data	3FGLJ1759.6-2141 Data

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