Discovery and identification of two gamma-ray blazars at low galactic   latitude with VERITAS
  We report on the discovery of two gamma-ray sources at E > 200 GeV with VERITAS: RX J0648.7+1516 and VER J0521+211. Both sources are located at low galactic latitudes (|b| < 10 deg), and were previously classified as active galactic nuclei of unknown type. The discovery and characterization of gamma-ray emission together with follow-up optical spectroscopy permitted the identification of RX J0648.7+1516 and VER J0521+211 as BL Lac-type blazars. In the case of RX J0648.7+1516, a spectroscopic redshift of z = 0.179 was derived. 
M. Errando (for the VERITAS Collaboration)
astro-ph.HE astro-ph.CO