Accepted DDT Requests in Period 88


288.D-5003

Ederoclite, Mason, Williams, Della Valle, Selvelli, Cassatella, Altamore, Schmidtobreick, Tappert, Gilmozzi, Izzo:

'The secrets of T Pyx IV - towards the nebular phase of a unique recurrent nova'

Obs. Run
Instrument Time Allocated
A
XSHOOTER 3.0 h


 


288.D-5004

Tanvir, Levan, Wiersema, Fynbo, Malesani, Pian, Hjorth:

'Searching for an exceptionally nearby gamma-ray burst'

Obs. Run
Instrument Time Allocated
A
HAWKI 1.2 h


 


288.C-5005

Quanz, Meyer, Leisenring, Janson, Hillenbrand, Crepp:

'High Contrast L'-band imaging of AP Columbo: Potential direct detection of sub-Jupiter mass exoplanets on Solar System scales'

Obs. Run
Instrument Time Allocated
A
NACO 2.0 h


 


288.D-5006

Stelzer, López-Santiago, Saxton:

'TYC 8380-1953-1, a young nearby star ? Follow-up spectroscopy of an XMM-Newton transient and TOO target'

Obs. Run
Instrument Time Allocated
A
FEROS 0.4 h


 


288.D-5007

Korhonen, Monnier, Pedretti, Roettenbacher, Che:

'Surface structures of sigma Geminorum: combining Doppler imaging and infrared interferometric imaging'

Obs. Run
Instrument Time Allocated
A
UVES 1.7 h


 


288.C-5008

Dumas, Owen, Wainscoat, Yang:

'URGENT - The composition of C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS): A fresh, new, Oort-Cloud comet'

Obs. Run
Instrument Time Allocated
A
SINFONI 5.5 h


 


288.C-5010

Triaud, Queloz, Pepe, Lovis, Ségransan, Chazelas, Lendl, Udry, Raymond, Kaib, Duncan, Gillon, Jehin:

'Measuring the orbital inclination of the transiting super Earth 55 Cancri e'

Obs. Run
Instrument Time Allocated
A
HARPS 2.6 h
B
HARPS 2.6 h
C
HARPS 2.6 h
D
HARPS 2.6 h


 


288.B-5011

Levan, Tanvir, Cenko, Wiersema, Greiner, Rau, Bloom, Tunnicliffe:

'A second polarization measurement for the tidal disruption Swift 2058+0516'

Obs. Run
Instrument Time Allocated
A
FORS2 4.0 h


 


288.D-5012

Lagadec, Mawet, Zijlstra, Oudmaijer, Girard, Szczerba:

'Peering into the Fried Egg nebula with NACO'

Obs. Run
Instrument Time Allocated
A
NACO 4.0 h


 


288.C-5013

Huelamo, Whelan, Bouy, Bouvier, Merin, Barrado:

'Studying accretion signatures on a forming planet: the case of LkCa~15b.'

Obs. Run
Instrument Time Allocated
A
XSHOOTER 3.5 h


 


288.D-5015

Gaensicke, Parsons, Marsh, Copperwheat, Schreiber, Dhillon, Pyrzas:

'X-Shooting precision stellar parameters for the first ultracool white dwarf in an eclipsing binary'

Obs. Run
Instrument Time Allocated
A
XSHOOTER 2.5 h


 


288.A-5016

Juneau, Daddi, Alexander, Contini, Emsellem, Dekel, Bournaud, Mullaney, Sargent, Elbaz:

'Active Galactic... Nuclei or Clumps? An X-ray active Black Hole in an off-nuclear star-forming clump in a z\!=\!1.6 galaxy.'

Obs. Run
Instrument Time Allocated
A
SINFONI 4.0 h


 


288.D-5025

Kervella, Montargès, Perrin, Ridgway, Haubois, Chiavassa, Lacour:

'Interplay between convection, mass loss and the chromosphere of Betelgeuse: a coordinated observation between NACO and HST/STIS.'

Obs. Run
Instrument Time Allocated
A
NACO 1.4 h
B
NACO 1.4 h


 


288.C-5026

Bouvier, Texeira, Alencar, Grankin:

'The sudden deepening of the young star AA Tau'

Obs. Run
Instrument Time Allocated
A
XSHOOTER 0.5 h


 


288.D-5027

Tanvir, Levan, Fynbo, Hjorth, Malesani, Pian, Fruchter, Wiersema:

'Just what caused the long duration transient GRB 111209A?'

Obs. Run
Instrument Time Allocated
A
FORS2 4.0 h
B
HAWKI 6.0 h
C
FORS2 3.0 h
D
HAWKI 2.0 h


 


288.D-5031

Wesson, Andrews, Barlow, Clayton, Ercolano, Fabbri, Gallagher, Matsuura, Meixner, Otsuka, Panagia, Sargent, Sugerman:

'Searching for dust formation in the ejecta of SN 2011ja'

Obs. Run
Instrument Time Allocated
A
VISIR 4.6 h


 


288.D-5035

Kervella, Le Bouquin, Montargès, Perrin, Lazareff, Millan-Gabet, Berger, Ridgway, Haubois, Chiavassa, Kotani, Lacour:

'Imaging the surface of Betelgeuse with PIONIER: a coordinated observation with VLT/NACO and HST/STIS.'

Obs. Run
Instrument Time Allocated
A
PIONIER 3.0 h


 


288.A-5036

Brammer, Labbé, van der Wel, Rix, van Dokkum, Marchesini, Franx, Maseda:

'Dissecting a star-bursting dwarf galaxy at z=1.847 with VLT/X-shooter and a natural magnifying glass'

Obs. Run
Instrument Time Allocated
A
XSHOOTER 1.5 h


 


288.D-5037

Grise, Corbel, Cseh, Kaaret:

'A direct test on the nature of the optical emission in an ultraluminous X-ray source'

Obs. Run
Instrument Time Allocated
A
FORS2 1.5 h


 


288.C-5038

Manara, Beccari, Da Rio, Ricci, Testi, De Marchi, Robberto:

'Can planet formation happen on very long timescales? Preparation of an ALMA massive and long-lived disk confirmation.'

Obs. Run
Instrument Time Allocated
A
XSHOOTER 1.5 h


 


288.B-5040

Gillessen, Genzel, Eisenhauer, Fritz, Pfuhl, Dodds-Eden, Ott:

'Watching a gas cloud disrupt in real-time while it is falling towards Sgr~A*'

Obs. Run
Instrument Time Allocated
A
SINFONI 17.5 h


 


288.D-5041

Ohnaka, Hofmann:

'Imaging the clumpy dust envelope of the red giant L2 Pup with NACO+AMBER'

Obs. Run
Instrument Time Allocated
A
NACO 2.2 h


 


288.B-5043

Muzzin, Franx, Labbe, Holt, van de Sande, Szomoru:

'A Rosetta Stone for Compact Galaxies: An X-shooter Spectrum of the First Strongly-Lensed Ultra-Compact Quiescent Galaxy'

Obs. Run
Instrument Time Allocated
A
XSHOOTER 9.0 h


 


288.D-5044

Andrews, Wesson, Barlow, Clayton, Ercolano, Fabbri, Gallagher, Matsuura, Meixner, Otsuka, Panagia, Sargent, Sugerman:

'The Unexpected Rebrightening of SN 2010jl'

Obs. Run
Instrument Time Allocated
A
VISIR 1.7 h