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1652+398 (MRK 501)

Coordinates 
R.A. = 16:53:52.2167, Dec. = +39:45:36.609 (2000.0) 
z = 0.033663

Field of view is 10’x10′

GASP suggested stars: 1 2 4 6

Comparison stars

Star U B V R I
1 14.23 (0.02) 13.55 (0.03) 12.61 (0.02) 12.11 (0.02) 11.63 (0.01)
2 14.62 (0.02) 14.10 (0.03) 13.23 (0.02) 12.79 (0.02) 12.34 (0.01)
3   15.98 (0.04) 15.24 (0.02) 14.80 (0.02) 14.322 (0.009)
4 16.116 (0.045) 16.05 (0.05) 15.30 (0.02) 14.96 (0.02) 14.546 (0.004)
5   16.27 (0.04) 15.51 (0.02) 15.08 (0.02)  
6 17.756 (0.180) 16.82 (0.05) 15.67 (0.04) 14.99 (0.04) 14.373 (0.015)

comparison stars from Villata et al., 1998, A&AS 130, 305 
U and I data of Stars 1 2 from Smith, Jannuzi & Elston, 1991, ApJS 77, 67

U and I data of Stars 3 4 6 from González-Pérez, Kidger & Martín-Luis, 2001, AJ 122, 2055

IMPORTANT: we recommend to use 7.5 arcsec for the aperture radius, which allows us to optimize the subtraction of the host galaxy contribution in the following data analysis.