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 | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | UVES | 12.0 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 | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | UVES | 4.0 h |
B | UVES | 8.0 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 | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | ISAAC | 9.0 h |
B | FORS2 | 2.0 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 | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | EMMI | 0.2 h |
B | EMMI | 0.2 h |
C | EMMI | 0.2 h |
D | EMMI | 0.2 h |
E | EMMI | 0.2 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 | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | NACO | 10.0 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 | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | SpecialUT3 | 10.0 h |
75.D-0213 | Baade, Wang, Clocchiatti, Patat, Höflich, Wheeler: 'Polarimetry of core-collapse supernovae - probing the nature of asymmetric explosions' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS1 | 13.2 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 | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS1 | 1.0 h |
B | FORS2 | 1.0 h |
C | FORS1 | 6.0 h |
D | FORS2 | 6.0 h |
E | ISAAC | 2.0 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 | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS2 | 12.0 h |
B | ISAAC | 3.0 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 | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | EMMI | 3.0 h |
B | SOFI | 3.0 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 | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | ISAAC | 3.0 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 | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS1 | 17.5 h |
B | ISAAC | 1.5 h |
C | FORS1 | 1.0 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 | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS2 | 2.0 h |
B | FORS1 | 26.0 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 | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | EMMI | 4.5 h |
B | EFOSC2 | 4.5 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 | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | VIMOS | 5.0 h |
B | ISAAC | 6.0 h |
C | FORS2 | 3.0 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 | Instrument | Max. 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 | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FEROS | 20.0 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 | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS1 | 19.8 h |
75.D-0634 | Chaty, Mignani, Dubus, Haswell, Clarkson, Mirabel: 'ToO infrared and optical observations of galactic x-ray transients during outburst' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | SOFI | 10.0 h |
B | SUSI2 | 4.5 h |
C | EMMI | 1.5 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 | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
B | FORS1 (alt run G/FORS2) | 2.0 h |
D | ISAAC | 2.0 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 | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | UVES | 9.0 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 | Instrument | Max. 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 | SOFI | 6.0 h |
F | VISIR | 2.0 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 | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | ISAAC | 2.0 h |
B | ISAAC | 4.0 h |
C | UVES | 2.0 h |
D | UVES | 2.0 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 | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | EMMI | 5.0 h |
B | ISAAC | 10.0 h |