X-ray properties of Zw 229.015 comma a Seyfert 1 AGN in the Kepler field

The Seyfert 1 galaxy Zw 229.015 is an anonymous, unstudied AGN near the galacticplane, but by virtue of being in the Kepler field of view it will have the mostprecise, longterm optical light curve of any AGN ever. As such, the AGN is theideal candidate for reverberation/echo mapping studies and will be the target ofsuch an investigation in 2011 and 2012. However, there is almost nothing knownabout the Xray properties of this AGN: Zw 229 has never been the focus of atargeted observation and has only been detected in the RASS. In AO10 ourintention is simply to characterize the Xray properties and behavior of Zw 229.We propose three observations of Zw 229 over the course of AO10 to measure theobject.s Xray spectrum and determine its long and shorttime scale spectral variability. truncated!, Please see actual data for full text [truncated!, Please see actual data for full text]