Target of Opportunity Proposals in Period 67

This list of OPC approved Target of Opportunity Proposals (ToOs) is updated every observing period. The ESO ToO Policy is available from a separate document.
Please note that when activating the observations, the ToO requests have to be fully documented, indicating the trigger of the requested observations. Observing time is only granted up to the indicated maximum of allocated time

165.H-0464

van den Heuvel, Frontera, Hjorth, Castro-Tirado, Greiner, Vreeswijk, Rol, Pedersen, Pian, Gorosabel, Palazzi, Masetti, Kouveliotou, Wijers, Fruchter, Wiklind, Jaunsen, Courbin, Augusteijn, Boer, Atteia, Ricker, Piro, Heise, Hurley, Danziger (Large Programme with ToO status):

'The Physics of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) and the Nature of their Hosts'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1-ANTU/ FORS120h
B
UT2-KUEYEN/ FORS25h
C
UT1-ANTU/ ISAAC20h
D
UT2-KUEYEN/ UVES5h
E
NTT/ SOFI30h
G
1.5mD/ DFOSC0.6n
H
2.2m/ WFI6h
I
3.6m/ EFOSC218h

 

67.D-0168

Lazzati, Covino, Fiore, Ghisellini, di Serego Alighieri, Stella, Zerbi:

'Search for Supernovae in Failed Gamma-Ray Burst Optical Afterglows'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT2-KUEYEN / FORS2 or UT1-ANTU / FORS19h
B
UT1-ANTU / ISAAC6h

 

67.D-0200

Chaty, Haswell, Hynes, Cui, Ogley, Shrader, Charles, Horne:

'IR Observations of Black Hole X-ray Transients during Outburst: Coordinated NTT/RXTE/HST Observations'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
NTT / SOFI12h

 

67.D-0227Lundqvist, Leibundgut, Baron, Fransson, Nomoto, Sollerman::

'Early evolution of a bright Supernova'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT2/UVES9.5h

 

67.D-0399

Covino, Cimatti, Di Serego, Ghisellini, Kawai, Israel, Lazzati, Ortolani, Pasquini, Richer, Saracco, Spada, Stella, Tagliaferri, Zerbi:

'Variable Polarization of Gamma Ray Burst Optical Afterglows: Evidence of Beaming'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1-ANTU / FORS112h

 

67.A-0505

Fiore, Savaglio, Fontana, Stella, Antonelli, Menna, Ghisellini, Lazzati, Covino, Marconi:

'A flash in the dark: probing interstellar and intergalactic matter through UVES TOO observations of GRBs afterglows'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT2-KUEYEN / FORS20.2h
B
UT2-KUEYEN / UVES7h

 

67.A-0508

Sackett, Menzies, Albrow, Hauschildt, Planet Collaboration:

'Spectroscopic Mapping of the Atmospheres of Bulge Giants using Microcaustics'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT2-KUEYEN / UVES14h

 

67.D-0517

Baade, Wang, Fransson, Höflich, Wheeler:

'Polarimetry of Supernovae - Probing the Origin of Asymmetric Explosions'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1-ANTU / FORS117h

 

67.D-0594

Turatto, Altavilla, Benetti, Cappellaro, Danziger, Della Valle, Pastorello, Mazzali, Patat, Rigon:

'Understanding Nearby, Type Ia Supernovae for their use as distance indicators'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
1.5D / DFOSC1n
B
NTT / SOFI6h

 

67.C-0613

Haissinski, Glicenstein, Moniez, Fouque, Milsztajn:

'Spectroscopic observations of exotic microlensing events discovered by EROS'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1-ANTU / FORS13h