Target of Opportunity Proposals in Period 94

 

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.

 

094.D-0005

Greiner, Varela, Bertoldi, Menten, van Eerten, Weiss, Rau, Krühler, Schady, Klose, Moin, Tingay, Wieringa:

'Testing the GRB fireball model'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

LABOCA 24.0 h

 

094.A-0119

D'Elia, Fiore, Antonelli, Campana, Covino, DÁvanzo, de Ugarte Postigo, D'Odorico, Fernandez-Soto, Fugazza, Jin, Krongold, Meurs, Nicastro, Norci, Onori, Palazzi, Perna, Pian, Piranomonte, Salvaterra, Stella, Tagliaferri, Vergani:

'High-redshift galaxies with UVES/RRM: in search of the young Universe'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

UVES 3.0 h

B

UVES 6.0 h

 

094.A-0134

Fynbo, Antonelli, Cano, Christensen, Covino, DÁvanzo, De Cia, D'Elia, Fiore, Flores, Friis, Groot, Goldoni, Gomboc, Hammer, Hartoog, Hjorth, Jakobsson, Japelj, Kaper, Krühler, Ledoux, Leloudas, Levan, Maiorano, Malesani, Melandri, Milvang-Jensen, Palazzi, Pian, Piranomonte, Savaglio, Schaye, Schady, Schulze, Selsing, Sollerman, Sparre, Tagliaferri, Tanvir, Thöne, de Ugarte Postigo, Vergani, Vreeswijk, Watson, Wiersema, Wijers, Xu:

'The \textit{Swift} GRB afterglow legacy survey: Probing the hearts of star-forming galaxies through cosmic time'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

XSHOOTER 14.0 h

B

XSHOOTER 2.0 h

 

094.D-0144

Kann, Nicuesa Guelbenzu, Klose, Greiner, Krühler, Elliot, Filgas, Olivares E., Rau, Rossi, Schady, Schmidl, Tanga, Varela:

'Uncovering a new Domain: RRM Observations of the Early Afterglows of Short Gamma-Ray Bursts'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

FORS2 1.0 h

B

FORS2 1.0 h

 

094.A-0168

Greiner, Tanvir, Bersier, Bremer, Castro-Tirado, Elliott, Fynbo, Gorosabel, Haiman, Hartmann, Hjorth, Jakobsson, Kann, Klose, Krühler, Levan, Malesani, Nicuesa Guelbenzu, Pian, Rau, Savaglio, Schady, Schmidl, Starling, Tanga, Varela, Watson, Wiersema, Wijers:

'Probing the very early Universe with high-redshift GRBs'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

SINFONI 3.0 h

B

FORS2 3.0 h

C

XSHOOTER 3.0 h

D

HAWKI 4.0 h

 

094.B-0282

Feltzing, Johnson, Asplund, Bensby, Gould, Lucatello, Meléndez:

'Ages in the Galactic bulge - using micro-lensed dwarf stars to probe the age structure and other properties of the central sub-kpc of the Galaxy.'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

UVES 2.4 h

B

UVES 2.4 h

C

UVES 2.4 h

D

UVES 2.4 h

E

UVES 2.4 h

 

094.C-0352

Sicardy, Braga-Ribas, Ortiz, Duffard, Dumas, Ivanov, Assafin, Camargo, Dias de Oliveira, Vieira Martins, Jehin, Opitom, Leiva, Vanzi, Benedetti-Rossi, Lellouch, Colas, Doressoundiram, Roques, Widemann:

'Target of Opportunity Observations: accurate measurements of sizes and shapes \rm of transneptunian and Centaur objects; detection of their rings and atmospheres\rm'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

HAWKI 3.0 h

B

SOFI 4.5 h

 

094.D-0358

Bufano, Anderson, Förster, Hamuy, González-Gaitán, Galbany, Pignata, Kuncaryakti:

'Spectral characterisation of extremely young supernovae and possible shock break-out events found by a high cadence transient search'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

FORS2 2.2 h

 

094.D-0407

Malesani, Pian, Bailes, Bufano, Burrows, Burke-Spolaor, Cano, Champion, Covino, de Ugarte Postigo, Evans, Flynn, Fynbo, Gehrels, Hjorth, Howell, Hunt, Jakobsson, Johnston, Keane, Keith, Kennea, Klose, Koay, Kramer, Krühler, Leloudas, Mieske, Milvang-Jensen, Nicastro, Palazzi, Possenti, Rossi, Schulze, Stappers, Tanvir, Xu:

'What are fast radio bursts (FRBs)? Discovery and characterization of their counterparts.'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

VIRCAM 5.0 h

B

XSHOOTER 4.0 h

C

FORS2 3.0 h

 

094.C-0422

Rojo, Hayes, Corlies, Adamkovics, Ivanov, Turtle, Lunine:

'Investigating seasonal changes in Titan's meteorology through cloud monitoring with VLT/SINFONI.'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

SINFONI 11.1 h

C

SINFONI 2.0 h

 

094.D-0550

de Ugarte Postigo, Muñoz Darias, Campana, Gorosabel, Casares, Covino, DÁvanzo, Rodriguez-Gil, Fynbo, Thöne:

'Spectroscopy of an active magnetar'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

HAWKI 1.0 h

B

XSHOOTER 5.0 h

 

094.D-0652

Levan, Tanvir, Hjorth, Rowlinson, Angus, Fynbo, Perley, Wijers, Jakobsson, Malesani, Pian, Starling, Wiersema, O'Brien, Watson:

'Afterglows, hosts and kilonovae: detailed study of short GRBs'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

FORS2 1.0 h

B

FORS2 3.0 h

C

FORS2 3.0 h

D

HAWKI 4.0 h

E

HAWKI 2.0 h

 

094.D-0755

Amanullah, Arcavi, De Cia, Ferretti, Fransson, Gal-Yam, Goobar, Johansson, Leloudas, Papadogiannakis, Petrushevska, Sollerman, Sullivan, Taddia, Vreeswijk, Yaron:

'A spectroscopic study of supernovae in their infancy'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

XSHOOTER 3.0 h

B

XSHOOTER 6.0 h

 

094.D-0775

Sternberg, Amanullah, Patat, Goobar, Benetti, Chandra, Chevalier, Cox, Gal-Yam, Hillebrandt, Justham, Lundqvist, Mattila, Mazzali, Nomoto, Podsiadlowski, Renzini, Sollerman:

'Uncovering the Nature of Type Ia Supernovae Progenitors'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

UVES 9.0 h

B

UVES 11.0 h