Target of Opportunity Proposals in Period 69

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.

69.D-0086

Corbel, Fender, Nyman, Rodriguez:

'The powerful compact jets of Galactic black hole candidates'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
SEST / 1.3Bolo20h

 

69.D-0221

Asplund, Kerber, Rosa, Ryde:

'Monitoring the rapid evolution of the born-again giant Sakurai's object (V4334 Sgr)'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT2 / UVES9h

 

69.D-0244

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

'Early evolution of a bright supernova'

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

 

69.D-0261

Beaulieu, Sackett, Brillant, Caldwell, Menzies, Hauschildt, PLANET Collaboration:

'Spectroscopic Mapping of the Atmospheres of Bulge Giants using Microcaustics'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT2 / UVES14h

 

69.D-0293

Reimer, Greiner, Park, Kaufer, Hartmann, Williams, Klose, Beuermann:

'Very rapid high-resolution spectroscopy and polarimetry of GRB afterglows'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1 / FORS120h
B
UT2 / UVES10h

 

69.D-0308

Chaty, Mirabel, Haswell, Hynes, Cui, Shrader:

'Infrared and Optical Observations of Galactic X-ray Transients during Outburst'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
NTT / SOFI12h
B
NTT / EMMI9h

 

69.D-0352

Danziger, Chugai, ElMhamdi:

'Modelling Optical and IR Observations of Supernovae Types Ia and Ib,c'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
NTT / SOFI1.5h
B
NTT / SOFI2h
C
UT1 / ISAAC2.3h
D
NTT / EMMI1h

 

69.D-0435

Glicenstein, Fouque, Haïssinski, Hamadache, Milsztajn, Moniez, Plez:

'Spectroscopic observationns of exotic microlensing events'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT4 / FORS23h

 

69.D-0438

Baade, Fransson, Höflich, Lundqvist, Wang, Wheeler:

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

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1 / FORS122h

 

69.D-0461

Covino, Cimatti, Della Valle, di Serego, Fiore, Le Floch, Ghisellini, Goldoni, Kawai, Israel, Lazzati, Mirabel, Ortolani, Pasquini, Ricker, Saracco, Stella, Tagliaferri, Vietri, Zerbi:

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

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1 / FORS112h

 

69.A-0516

Fiore, Savaglio, Fontana, Marconi, Stella, Antonelli, Di Paola, Stratta, Chincarini, Ghisellini, Saracco, Lazzati, Covino, Zerbi, Perna, Vietri, Frontera, Masetti, Palazzi, Pian, 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
UT1 / FORS10.2h
B
UT2 / UVES9h

 

169.D-0670*

Turatto, Hillebrandt, Altavilla, Benetti, Canal, Cappellaro, Leibundgut, Lundqvist, Meikle, Niemeyer, Patat, Pastorello, Ruiz-Lapuente, Sauer, Smartt, Sollerman, Spyromilio, Walton, Zampieri, European Supernova Collaboration:

'Detailed study of the physics of nearby Type Ia Supernovae'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
1.5D / DFOSC2n
B
1.5D / DFOSC5n
C
NTT / SOFI25h
D
1.5 / FEROS1n

* This is a ToO programme, originally a Large Programme

69.D-0701

van den Heuvel, Castro-Tirado, Fruchter, Greiner, Hjorth, Kaper, Pian, Andersen, Boer, Gehrels, Heise, Hurley, Klose, Kouveliotou, Palazzi, Pedersen, Piro, Tanvir, Vreeswijk, Wijers, Wiklind:

'The Origin and Physics of Gamma-Ray Bursts'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1 / FORS123h
B
UT4 / FORS215h
C
UT1 / ISAAC10h
D
UT2 / UVES3h
E
3.6 / EFOSC23h
F
NTT / SOFI26h
G
NTT / SUSI27h
H
NTT / EMMI3h
I
SEST / 1.3Bolo40h
J
1.5D / DFOSC3n