Accepted DDT Requests in Period 86

285.A-5015

Hjorth, Frederiksen, Paraficz:

'MG 2016+112 as a cosmic ruler: time delay measurement'

Obs. Run

Instrument Time Allocated

B

FORS2 1.0 h

 

286.D-5005

Smartt, Chornock:

'An “ultra-bright” supernova found by Pan-STARRS-1 at z=1.38'

Obs. Run

Instrument Time Allocated

A

HAWKI 1.0 h

B

HAWKI 1.0 h

C

HAWKI 2.0 h

 

286.D-5007

Kervella, Perrin, Verhoelst, Chiavassa, Ridgway, Lacour, Cami, Haubois, Lai:

'Spatially resolved mid-infrared imaging of the envelope of Betelgeuse to understand red supergiant mass-loss: a test of feasilibity with VISIR'

Obs. Run

Instrument Time Allocated

A

VISIR 1.0 h

 

286.C-5009

Orton, Fletcher, Mousis:

'Testing the Diminished Vortex Strength of Jupiter's Little Red Spot'

Obs. Run

Instrument Time Allocated

A

VISIR 0.8 h

 

286.D-5012

Burderi, Di Salvo, Testa, DÁntona, Menna:

'IR observation of the newly discovered transient X-ray pulsar IGR J17480-2446 in Terzan 5 with the NACO camera at the VLT'

Obs. Run

Instrument Time Allocated

A

NACO 4.0 h

 

286.D-5018

Bauer, Clochiatti, Maund, Phillips, Morrell:

'Spectropolarimetric Follow-up of the Luminous type IIn SN 2010jl'

Obs. Run

Instrument Time Allocated

A

FORS2 0.6 h

B

FORS2 1.0 h

 

286.C-5019

Alvarez-Candal, Pinilla-Alonso, Licandro, Melita, Lazzaro, Dumas, Hasselmann:

'Unveiling the surface composition of the retrograde centaur 2008 YB{3}'

Obs. Run

Instrument Time Allocated

A

XSHOOTER 1.7 h

 

286.A-5021

Carlstrom, Bazin, Mohr, Stanford, Desai, Zenteno, Brodwin, Ruel, High, Stubbs, Holzapfel, Foley:

'The Most Massive Known z > 1 Galaxy Cluster: a Potential Challenge to the LCDM Paradigm'

Obs. Run

Instrument Time Allocated

A

FORS2 3.0 h

 

286.C-5024

Kasper, Apai:

'Confirmation of a planetary mass companion candidate'

Obs. Run

Instrument Time Allocated

A

NACO 2.0 h

 

286.A-5025

Venemans, McMahon, Warren, Hewett:

'Another step nearer the Dark Ages; probing the high redshift Universe with the first z~7 quasar'

Obs. Run

Instrument Time Allocated

A

XSHOOTER 6.0 h

 

286.B-5027

Schirmer, Fosbury, Raiter, Holhjem, Cardwell:

'FORS2 spectroscopy of an extremely rare and peculiar emission line galaxy'

Obs. Run

Instrument Time Allocated

A

FORS2 0.6 h

 

286.A-5028

Hainaut, Beletsky, Boffin, Christensen, Hook, Saviane:

'ESO's Cosmic Gems: confirming ESO's leading role in world astronomical outreach through a DDT programme'

Obs. Run

Instrument Time Allocated

A

FORS2 3.0 h

B

FORS2 12.0 h

C

VIMOS 2.0 h

D

WFI 0.5 n

E

FORS2 3.0 h

G

VIMOS 2.0 h

 

286.D-5030

Parsons, Marsh, Gaensicke, Pyrzas:

'Measuring the mass and radius of a brown dwarf and a helium core white dwarf'

Obs. Run

Instrument Time Allocated

A

XSHOOTER 4.0 h

 

286.D-5036

Perrin, Kervella, Haubois, Lacour, Chiavassa, Ridgway, Verhoelst, Plez, Freytag, Lai, Patru, Mérand:

'Convective cells at the surface of Betelgeuse: complementary measurements to P86 successful visitor mode measurements.'

Obs. Run

Instrument Time Allocated

A

AMBER 0.2 n

 

286.D-5037

Cornelisse, Casares, Steeghs, Campana, Charles, Muñoz Darias, DÁvanzo, Israel, O'Brien, Stella:

'Determining the true nature of the X-ray transient MAXI J0556-332'

Obs. Run

Instrument Time Allocated

A

XSHOOTER 2.0 h

 

286.C-5038

Baldovin Saavedra, Audard, Carmona:

'Accurate radial velocity measurements to constrain the origin of detected [Ne II] emission.'

Obs. Run

Instrument Time Allocated

A

UVES 2.4 h

 

286.C-5042

Luhman, Burgasser, Bochanski:

'Photometry and Astrometry of a Candidate for the Coolest Known Brown Dwarf'

Obs. Run

Instrument Time Allocated

A

HAWKI 1.5 h

 

286.A-5043

Chiaberge, Norman, Capetti:

'A massive radio galaxy at z~ 7?'

Obs. Run

Instrument Time Allocated

A

ISAAC 4.0 h

 

286.A-5044

Petitjean, Noterdaeme, Srianand, Maureira, Fynbo, Lopez, Ledoux:

' Towards unravelling the galaxy-DLA connection: a double-peaked Lyman-a emission in an extremely strong Damped Lyman-a system at z~2.2'

Obs. Run

Instrument Time Allocated

A

XSHOOTER 4.0 h

 

286.D-5045

Bonifacio, Caffau, Spite, Spite, Fran\c cois, Monaco, Cayrel:

'SDSSJ1029+1729: the most metal-poor star known, is it a first generation star?'

Obs. Run

Instrument Time Allocated

A

UVES 6.0 h

 

286.D-5046

Pasquini, Cacciari, Mauas, Käufl:

'Direct measurement of He abundance variations in Globular Cluster Red Giants'

Obs. Run

Instrument Time Allocated

A

CRIRES 2.0 h

B

UVES 1.2 h

 

286.A-5047

Kneib, Richard, Paraficz, Stark, Limousin:

'Probing Re-Ionization with the Redshift Measurement of a z~7.5 Arc Strongly Lensed by the Massive MS0451-03 Cluster'

Obs. Run

Instrument Time Allocated

A

XSHOOTER 3.0 h

 

 Last update: March 14, 2011