Target of Opportunity Proposals in Period 75

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.

75.A-0385

Vreeswijk, Ellison, Jaunsen, Ledoux, Smette, Fynbo, Møller, Kaufer, Andersen, Hjorth, Wijers:

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

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UVES12.0 h

 

75.A-0603

Fiore, Angelini, Antonelli, Burrows, Chincarini, D'Elia, Della Valle, Gehrels, Lazzati, Marconi, Mason, Meurs, Nousek, Osborne, Perna, Piro, Stella, Tagliaferri, Ward, Zerbi, Burderi, Di Paola, Melandri, Sbordone, Stratta, Testa, Campana, Fugazza, Moretti, Vergani, Caraveo, Mereghetti, Cimatti, Costa, Frontera, Goldoni, Mirabel, Pellizza-Gonzales, Cusumano, Giommi, Capalbi, Perri, Malesani, Vietri, O'Brien, Puchnarewicz:

'A flash in the dark: probing high-z galaxies through VLT/RRM/ToO observations of GRBs afterglows.'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UVES4.0 h
B
UVES8.0 h

 

75.A-0638

Tanvir, Levan, Priddey, Vreeswijk, Fynbo, Hjorth, Wijers, Kouveliotou, O'Brien, Greiner, Bode, Carter, Bailyn, Smette, Ledoux, Møller, Ward, van den Heuvel, Castro Cerón, Bremer, Gorosabel:

'Probing the high-redshift universe with GRBs'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
ISAAC9.0 h
B
FORS22.0 h

 

75.B-0476

Brown, Chadwick, McComb, Reimer:

'Probing BL Lac object TeV flaring: Simultaneous H.E.S.S. and optical spectral observations of PKS 2155-304'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
EMMI0.2 h
B
EMMI0.2 h
C
EMMI0.2 h
D
EMMI0.2 h
E
EMMI0.2 h

 

75.C-0088

Marchis, Prange, Le Mignant, Rathbun, Els, de Pater, Fusco, Tokunaga, Davies:

'Prompt exploration of Io's volcanic outburst with VLT/NACO'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
NACO10.0 h

 

75.D-0162

Vreeswijk, Andersen, Bersier, Castro-Tirado, Dhillon, Fynbo, Gorosabel, Greiner, Hjorth, Jakobsson, Kouveliotou, Levan, Marsh, Masetti, K. O'Brien, P. O'Brien, Palazzi, Pian, Tanvir, Wijers:

'High time-resolution multi-colour optical imaging of early GRB afterglows with ULTRACAM'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
SpecialUT310.0 h

 

75.D-0213

Baade, Wang, Clocchiatti, Patat, Höflich, Wheeler:

'Polarimetry of core-collapse supernovae - probing the nature of asymmetric explosions'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS113.2 h

 

75.D-0261

Hjorth, Kouveliotou, Ramirez-Ruiz, Fynbo, Jakobsson, Watson, Castro Cerón, Gorosabel, Vreeswijk, Wijers, Starling, Wiersema, Tanvir, Levan, O'Brien, Rol, Ward, Klose, Pian, Castro-Tirado:

'The origin of short-duration GRB'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS11.0 h
B
FORS21.0 h
C
FORS16.0 h
D
FORS26.0 h
E
ISAAC2.0 h

 

75.D-0270

Fynbo, Andersen, Björnsson, O'Brien, Castro-Tirado, Fruchter, Gorosabel, Greiner, Hjorth, Jakobsson, Klose, Kouveliotou, Ledoux, Levan, Møller, Pedersen, Rol, Sollerman, Tanvir, Vreeswijk, Wijers:

'Securing redshifts for a complete sample of Swift GRBs'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS212.0 h
B
ISAAC3.0 h

 

75.D-0278

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

'Observations of Spitzer ToO novae'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
EMMI3.0 h
B
SOFI3.0 h

 

75.D-0283

Israel, Bagnulo, Campana, Chaty, Covino, Dall'Osso, Lo Curto, Marconi, Mignani, Mereghetti, Perna, Rea, Stella, Testa:

'Prompt study of the AXP and SGR dynamics, magnetic field and environment through their varialbe IR emission'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
ISAAC3.0 h

 

75.D-0339

Wijers, Klose, Greiner, Hjorth, van den Heuvel, Castro-Tirado, Mason, Pian, Rol. Tanvir, Rhoads, Fynbo, Gorosabel, Starling, Wierseman, Kouveliotou, O'Brien, Palazzi, Vreeswijk, Boer:

'Early linear and circular polarisation study of bright GRB blast waves'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS117.5 h
B
ISAAC1.5 h
C
FORS11.0 h

 

75.D-0344

Pian, Mazzali, Klose, Cappellaro, Patat, Sollerman, Hjorth, Kawabata, Matheson, Filippenko, Nomoto, Masetti, Greiner, Wijers, Kouveliotou, Fruchter, Castro-Tirado, Tanvir, van den Heuvel, Møller, O'Brien:

'Exploring the diversity and physics of the supernovae associated with GRBs'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS22.0 h
B
FORS126.0 h

 

75.D-0407

Gorosabel, Fynbo, Hjorth, Castro Cerón, Castro-Tirado, Watson, Bersier, Fruchter, Greiner, Klose, Kouveliotou, Pak, Pian, Starling, Tanvir, Vreeswijk, Wijers, van den Heuvel:

'Testing the GRB-XRF-SN unification model in the Swift era: how different are x-ray flashes from classical GRBs?'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
EMMI4.5 h
B
EFOSC24.5 h

 

75.D-0415

Klose, Greiner, Kouveliotou, Wijers, Hjorth, Castro Tirado, Fynbo, Gorosabel, Hartmann, Kann, Küpcü Yoldas, Masetti, O'Brien, Palazzi, Pian, Rau, Tanvir, van den Heuvel, Vreeswijk, Zeh:

'Are dark GRBs just dim?'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
VIMOS5.0 h
B
ISAAC6.0 h
C
FORS23.0 h

 

75.D-0468

Della Valle, Malesani, Tagliaferri, Covino, Chincarini, Hurley, Stella, Gilmozzi, Pastorello, Benetti, Antonelli, Campana, Fiore, Goldoni, Melandri, Mason, Pellizza González, Stratta, Zerbi:

'Unveiling the spectroscopic properties of the supernova population associated with long-duration GRBs'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS1 (alt run C / FORS2)8.0 h
B
FORS1 (alt run D / FORS2)19.0 h

 

75.D-0474

Ederoclite, Mason, Della Valle, Gilmozzi, Matteucci, Williams:

'The spectroscopic evolution of the Galactic and Magellanic Clouds novae'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FEROS20.0 h

 

75.D-0628

Baade, Wang, Höflich, Patat, Wheeler:

'Spectropolarimetry of type Ia supernovae: probing the binary nature, explosion physics, and cosmological calibration'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS119.8 h

 

75.D-0634

Chaty, Mignani, Dubus, Haswell, Clarkson, Mirabel:

'ToO infrared and optical observations of galactic x-ray transients during outburst'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
SOFI10.0 h
B
SUSI24.5 h
C
EMMI1.5 h

 

75.D-0663

Campana, Israel, Antonelli, Burrows, Chincarini, Covino, Della Valle, FIore, Gehrels, Lazzati, Hurley, Malesani, Mason, Moretti, O'Brien, Osborne, Perna, Pellizza-Gonzalez, Stella, Tagliaferri, Zerbi:

'Probing the afterglows of short GRBs'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
B
FORS1 (alt run G/FORS2)2.0 h
D
ISAAC2.0 h

 

75.D-0672

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

'Early evolution of a nearby type Ia supernova: probing the nature of the progenitor system'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UVES9.0 h

 

75.D-0787

Tagliaferri, Antonelli, Burrows, Campana, Chincarini, Covino, Della Valle, Fiore, Gehrels, Giommi, Hurley, Mason, Malesani, Nousek, Osborne, Pellizza González, Perna, Piro, Stella, Zerbi, Angelini, Burderi, Capalbi, Caraveo, Cimatti, Costa, Cusumano, Filliatre, Fugazza, Goldoni, Israel, Melandri, Mereghetti, Mirabel, Molinari, Moretti, O'Brien, Puchnarewicz, Vietri:

'The physics of the GRB decay and its comological implications'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS2 (alt run G / FORS1)2.0 h
B
FORS2 (alt run H / FORS1)24.0 h
C
ISAAC (alt run I / NACO)12.0 h
D
SUSI2 (alt run J / EMMI)12.0 h
E
SOFI6.0 h
F
VISIR2.0 h

 

75.D-0792

Zerbi, Chincarini, Palazzi, REM/ROSS Team:

'Prompt VIS-IR afterglow of high redshift GRBs evidenced by the REM telescope and its instrumentation: a RRM proposal'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
ISAAC2.0 h
B
ISAAC4.0 h
C
UVES2.0 h
D
UVES2.0 h

 

75.D-0823

Blanc, Benetti, Turatto, Cappellaro, Mazzali, Filippenko, Hillebrandt, Stehle, Elias de la Rosa:

'High signal-to-noise spectrophotometry of the next target of the HST SNIa program'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
EMMI5.0 h
B
ISAAC10.0 h