Target of Opportunity Proposals in Period 71

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.

71.A-0165

Fiore, Savaglio, Fontana, Marconi, Stella, Antonelli, Di Paola, Stratta, Chincarini, Ghisellini, Saracco, Lazzati, Covino, Zerbi, Tagliaferri, Campana, Perna, Vietri, Frontera, Mereghetti, Meurs:

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

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1 / FORS10.2h
B
UT2 / UVES9.0h

 

71.C-0452

Boattini, West, Hainaut, Boehnhardt, Carpino, D'Abramo, Hahn, Forti, Michelsen, Scholl, Pravec, Asher:

'Rapid-response astronometry of faint potentially hazardous asteroids'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT4 / FORS24.0h

 

71.D-0033

Lundqvist, Leibundgut, Mattila, Sollerman, Baron, Ehrenfreund, Fransson, Nomoto:

'Early evolution of a bright supernova'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT2 / UVES10.0h

 

71.D-0073

Chaty, Mignani, Mirabel, Haswell:

'Target of Oportunity infrared and optical observations of galactic X-ray transients during outburst'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
NTT / SOFI20.0h
B
NTT / EMMI12.0h

 

71.D-0141

Baade, Wang, Höflich, Wheeler:

'Polarimetry of supernovae - probing the origin of asymmetric explosions'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1 / FORS129.0h

 

71.D-0179

Covino, Cimatti, Costa, Della Valle, di Serego, Fiore, Ghisellini, Goldoni, RIBOTS team, Israel, Lazzati, Malesani, Mereghetti, Mirabel, PRice, HETE-II team, ROssi, Stella, Tagliaferri, Vietri, REM team:

'Measuring the geometry and dynamics of GRB jets via the time and wavelength dependence of optical linear polarization'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1 / FORS112.0h
B
UT1 / FORS13.0h
C
UT1 / ISAAC4.0h
D
UT4 / NACO5.0h

 

71.D-0198

Della Valle, Gilmozzi, Mason, Matteucci, Mazzali, Pasquini, Williams:

'Spectral evolution of Galactic and Magellanic Clouds Novae'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
2.2m / FEROS18.0h

 

71.D-0211

Reimer, Greiner, Park, Kaufer, Hartmann, Williams, Klose, Rau:

'Very rapid high-resolution spectroscopy and polarimetry of GRB afterglows'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1 / FORS120.0h
B
UT2 / UVES10.0h

 

71.D-0281

Turatto, Hillebrandt, Benetti, Canal, Cappellaro, Leibundgut, Lundqvist, Mazzali, Meikle, Patat, Pastorello, Ruiz-Lapuente, Smartt, Spyromilio, Walton, Zampieri, European Supernova Collaboration:

'Detailed study of the physics of nearby type Ia supernovae'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
3.6m / EFOSC24.0h
B
2.2m / FEROS6.0h
C
2.2m / WFI15.0h
D
NTT / SOFI25.5h
E
UT1 / FORS14.0h

 

71.D-0355

van den Heuvel, Hjorth, Wijers, Castro-Tirado, Fruchter, Greiner, Kaper, Kouveliotou, Pian, Fynbo, Gorosabel, Klose, Palazzi, Tanvir, Vreeswijk, Wiklind, Boer, Gehrels, Hurley:

'Gamma-Ray Bursts as extreme physics laboratories and cosmological tools'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1 / FORS131.5h
B
UT4 / FORS211.5h
C
UT1 / ISAAC15.0h
D
UT2 / UVES8.0h
E
3.6m / EFOSC240.0h
F
NTT / SOFI36.0h
G
NTT / SUSI220.0h
H
NTT / EMMI20.0h
I
2.2m / WFI12.0h

 

71.D-0517

Beaulieu, Sackett, Brillant, Cassan, Coutures, Jorgensen, Hauschildt, Horne, Kubas, Kane, Wambsganss, Caldwell, Menzies, Thurl, Collaboration:

'Spectroscopic mapping of the atmospheres of bulge giants using microcaustics'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT2 / UVES20.0h

 

71.D-0581

Tanvir, Wiklind, Hjorth, Wijers, Castro-Tirado, Fruchter, Greiner, Kaper, Kouveliotou, Pian, Fynbo, Gorosabel, Klose, Palazzi, van den Heuvel, Vreeswijk, Boer, Gehrels, Hurley:

'Millimeter observations of GRB'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
SEST / 1.3 Bolo32.0h

 

71.D-0645

Lazzati, Covino, Malesani, Ghisellini, Israel, Rossi:

'Short time-scale variability of GRB afterglows: constraining their environment and engines'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT4 / FORS23.0h

 

71.D-0667

Zerbi, Chincarini, REM Team:

'Follow-up of high redshift and strong absorbed GRB afterglows triggered by the REM telescope'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1 / ISAAC12.0h
B
3.6m / TIMMI26.0h
C
NTT / SOFI12.0h