Target of Opportunity Proposals in Period 72

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.

72.A-0461

Vreeswijk, Ellison, Jaunsen, Fynbo, Möller, Kaufer, Ledoux, Andersen, Hjorth, Wijers:

'Prompt UVES spectroscopy of GRB afterglows: probing the physical conditions inside the host galaxies and foreground absorbers up to z=7'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT2 / UVES14.0h

 

72.A-0647

Fiore, Sbordone, Fontana, Marconi, Stella, Antonelli, Israel, Stratta, Angelini, Chincarini, Ghisellini, 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
UT2 / UVES12.0h

 

72.C-0256

Dreizler, Hauschildt, Kley, Werner, Rauch, Udalski, Schuh, Hatzes:

'Spectroscopic confirmation of planetary candidates'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT2 / FLAMES4.0h

 

72.D-0131

Lazzati, Covino, Fiore, Ghisellini, Israel, Malesani, Rossi, Stella, Tagliaferri, Zerbi:

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

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT4 / FORS26.0h

 

72.D-0137

Zerbi, Chincarini on behalf of the REM Team:

'Follow-up of GRB afterglows triggered by the REM telescope'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1 / ISAAC20.0h
B
3.6 / TIMMI210.0h
C
NTT / SOFI20.0h
D
UT4 / FORS28.0h
E
3.6 / EFOSC24.0h

 

72.D-0297

Israel, Angelini, Campana, Covino, Lo Curto, Marconi, Mignani, Mereghetti, Perna, Rea, Stella:

'Studying the AXP and SGR dynamics, magnetic field and environment through their variable IR emission'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT4 / NACO16.0h
B
UT4 / NACO8.0h
C
UT4 / NACO8.0h

 

72.D-0354

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

'Early evolution of a bright supernova'

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

 

72.D-0368

Bandyopadhyay, Miller, Blundell, Rupen, Miller-Jones:

'First IR images of an x-ray binary jet'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT4 / NACO4.0h
B
UT4 / NACO4.0h
C
UT4 / NACO4.0h

 

72.D-0480

Tagliaferri, Chincarini, Covino, Della Valle, Fiore, Ghisellini, Lazzati, Malesani, Stella, Zerbi:

'Optical/NIR follow-up of swift gamma ray bursts'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT4 / FORS220.0h
B
UT1 / ISAAC20.0h
C
3.6 / EFOSC25.0h
D
NTT / SOFI5.0h

 

72.D-0505

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

'Resolving the GRB supernova connection'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1 / FORS16.0h
B
UT4 / FORS220.0h
C
NTT / EMMI6.0h
D
UT1 / ISAAC15.0h

 

72.D-0557

Vestrand, Pérez, Fenimore, Priedhorsky, Wozniak, van den Ancker:

'Unraveling the puzzle of x-ray flashes'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT4 / FORS210.5h
B
UT1 / ISAAC10.5h
C
UT2 / UVES4.5h

 

72.D-0645

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

'Physics and cosmology with GRBs in the robot era'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1 / FORS134.0h
B
UT4 / FORS214.0h
C
UT1 / ISAAC24.0h
D
UT2 / UVES12.0h
E
3.6 / EFOSC220.0h
F
NTT / SOFI24.0h
G
NTT / SUSI212.0h
H
NTT / EMMI15.0h

 

72.D-0786

Evans, Krautter, Barlow, Bode, Hauschildt, Shore, Hernanz, Jorde, Gehrz, Woodward, Lyke, Geballe, Greenhouse, Liller, Rudy, Salama, Schwarz, Starrfield, Truran, Wagner, Williams:

'Observations of SIRTF ToO novae'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
NTT / EMMI15.0h
B
NTT / SOFI15.0h