Target of Opportunity Proposals in Period 66

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

66.D-0188

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

'Early Evolution of a Bright Supernova'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT2-Kueyen/UVES9.5h

 

66.D-0314

Chaty, Mirabel, Marti, Rodriguez, Ogley:

'ToO Infrared and Optical Observations of Galactic Hard X-Ray Sources towards the search for new Microquasars'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
NTT / SOFI13h
B
NTT/ EMMI5h

 

66.D-0317

Chaty, Haswell, Hynes, Cui, Ogley, Shrader, Charles, Horne:

'IR Observations of Black Hole X-ray Transients during Outbursts:
Coordinated NTT/RXTE/HST observations'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
NTT / SOFI12h

 

66.D-0328

Baade, Wang, Fransson, Hoeflich, Wheeler:

'Polarimetry of Supernovae - Probing the Origin of Asymetric Explosions'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1-ANTU / FORS114h

 

66.A-0382

Della Valle, Panagia, Mannucci, Maiolino::

'High-z SNe Ia: Cosmological Constant or Systematic Effects?'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
C
UT1-ANTU/FORS112h
D
UT1-ANTU/ISAAC6h
E
UT1-ANTU/ISAAC3h
F
UT1-ANTU/ISAAC3h
G
UT1-ANTU/ISAAC3h

 

66.D-0464

Covino, Cimatti, Di Serego Alighieri, Ghisellini, Israel, Lazzati, Ortolani, Pasquini, Ricker, Saracco, Spada, Stella, Tagliaferri:

'Variable Polarization of Gamma Ray Burst Optical Afterglows:
Evidence of Beaming'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1-ANTU/FORS1
12h

 

165.H-0464

van den Heuvel, Frontera, Hjorth, Castro-Tirado, Greiner, Vreeswijk, Rol, Pedersen, Pian, Gorosabel, Palazzi, Masetti, Kouveliotou, Wijers, Fruchter, Wiklind, Jaunsen, Courbin, Augusteijn, Boer, Atteia, Ricker, Piro, Heise, Hurley, Danziger (Large Programme with ToO status):

'The Physics of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) and the Nature of their Hosts'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1-ANTU/ FORS120h
B
UT2-KUEYEN/ FORS25h
C
UT1-ANTU/ ISAAC20h
D
UT2-KUEYEN/ UVES5h
E
NTT/ SOFI30h
G
1.5mD/ DFOSC0.6n
H
2.2m/ WFI6h
I
3.6m/ EFOSC218h