Target of Opportunity Proposals in Period 76
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.
76.A-0205 | Fynbo, Andersen, Björnsson, O'Brien, Castro Tirado, Castro Cerón, Fruchter, Gorosabel, Greiner, Hjorth, Jakobsson, Klose, Kouveliotou, Ledoux, Møller, Pedersen, Rol, Sollerman, Tanvir, Vreeswijk, Wijers: 'Securing redshifts for a complete sample of Swift GRBs' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS2 (alt run C / FORS1) | 16.0 h |
B | ISAAC | 4.0h |
76.A-0336 | Fiore, Angelini, Antonelli, Burrows, Chincarini, D'Elia, Della Valle, Gehrels, Giannini, Hurley, Lazzati, Mason, Meurs, Nousek, Goldoni, Perna, Piranomonte, Stella, Tagliaferri, Zerbi, Burderi, Melandri, Sbordone, Testa, '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 | 2.5 h |
B | UVES | 4.5 h |
C | ISAAC | 1.5 h |
D | ISAAC | 4.0 h |
76.A-0392 | Tagliaferri, Antonelli, Burrows, Campana, Chincarini, Covino, Della Valle, Fiore, Gehrels, Giommi, Hurley, Mason, Malesani, Mirabel, Nousek, Osborne, Pellizza González, Piro, Stella, Angelini, Burderi, Capalbi, Caraveo, Cimatti, Costa, Cusumano, D'Avanzo, Filliatre, Fugazza, Goldoni, Israel, Melandri, Mereghetti, Mirabel, Molinari, Moretti, Perri, De Pasquale, Romano, Vietri, Zerbi, Perna: 'The physics of the GRB decay and its cosmological implications' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS2 (alt run F / FORS1) | 2.0 h |
B | FORS2 (alt run G / FORS1) | 24.0 h |
C | ISAAC (alt run H / NACO) | 12.0 h |
D | SUSI2 (alt run I / EMMI) | 12.0 h |
E | SOFI | 6.0 h |
76.A-0507 | Tanvir, Levan, Priddey, Vreeswijk, Fynbo, Hjorth, Wijers, Kouveliotou, O'Brien, Greiner, Bode, Mundell, Bailyn, Smette, Ledoux, Møller, Rol, 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 (alt run C / FORS1) | 2.0 h |
76.A-0737 | Vreeswijk, Ellison, Jaunsen, Ledoux, Smette, Fynbo, Møller, Kaufer, Andersen, Hjorth, Wijers: 'UVES survey of GRB afterglows: probing their immediate surroundings, the host galaxies and foreground abosorbers up to z~6' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | UVES | 9.0 h |
76.D-0015 | 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 (alt run C / FORS1) | 4.0 h |
B | FORS1 (alt run D / FORS2 | 26.0 h |
76.D-0132 | Bandyopadhyay, Miller, Blundell, Rupen, Miller-Jones: 'First IR images of an x-ray binary jet' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | NACO | 4.0 h |
B | NACO | 4.0 h |
C | NACO | 4.0 h |
76.D-0177 | 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 |
76.D-0178 | 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 |
76.D-0183 | 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 |
76.D-0275 | Wijers, Wiersema, Klose, Greiner, Hjorth, van den Heuvel, Castro Tirado, Pian, Rol, Tanvir, Rhoads, Fynbo, Gorosabel, Starling, Curran, 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 | 18.0 h |
B | ISAAC | 1.5 h |
C | FORS1 | 1.0 h |
76.D-0383 | Israel, Bagnulo, Campana, Chaty, Covino, Dall'Osso, Lo Curto, Marconi, Mignani, Mereghetti, Perna, Rea, Stella, Testa: 'VLT prompt study of AXPs and SGRs after GRBs and giant flares' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | ISAAC | 2.0 h |
B | NACO | 3.0 h |
C | NACO | 4.0 h |
D | NACO | 4.0 h |
76.D-0424 | 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 | Special / ULTRACAM | 1.0 n |
76.D-0441 | 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 | 6.0 h |
B | SOFI | 6.0 h |
76.D-0447 | 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 |
76.D-0517 | Mason, Ederoclite, Williams, Della Valle, Gilmozzi, Matteucci, Spyromilio: 'The spectroscopic evolution of the Galactic and Magellanic Clouds novae' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FEROS | 20.0 h |
76.D-0612 | Hjorth, Kouveliotou, Ramírez Ruíz, Fruchter, Fynbo, Jakobsson, Watson, Castro Cerón, Jensen, Vreeswijk, Wijers, Starling, Wiersema, Tanvir, Levan, O'Brien, Rol, Gorosabel, Castro Tirado, Klose, Pian: 'The origin of short-duration GRBs' | |
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 |
76.D-0667 | Della Valle, Malesani, Benetti, Chincarini, Covino, Gilmozzi, Hurley, Pastorello, Stella, Tagliaferri, Antonelli, Campana, Filliatre, Fiore, Goldoni, Melandri, Mason, Pellizza González, Stratta, Zerbi: 'Unveiling the spectroscopic properties of teh supernova population associated with long-duration GRBs' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS1 (alt run C / FORS2) | 4.0 h |
B | FORS1 (alt run D / FORS2) | 8.0 h |
76.D-0695 | Klose, Greiner, Kouveliotou, Wijers, Hjorth, Castro Tirado, Fynbo, Gorosabel, Hartmann, Kann, Küpcü Yoldas, Masetti, O'Brien, Palazzi, Pian, Rau, Starling, Stratta, Tanvir, van den Heuvel, Vreeswijk: '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 |
76.D-0700 | Zerbi, Chincarini, Palazzi: '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 |
76.D-0747 | Campana, Israel, Burrows, Chincarini, Covino, D'Avanzo, Della Valle, Fiore, Gehrels, Lazzati, Hurley, Malesani, Mason, Osborne, Perna, Pellizza-Gonzalez, Stella, Tagliaferri: 'Probing the afterglows of short GRBs' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS1 (alt run E / FORS2) | 8.0 h |
B | FORS1 (alt run F / FORS2) | 2.0 h |
C | ISAAC (alt run G / NACO) | 4.0 h |
D | ISAAC | 1.0 h |
76.D-0768 | Covino, Antonelli, Burrows, Campana, Chincarini, Della Valle, di Serego, Fiore, Gehrels, Israel, Lazzati, Malesani, Mason, Mereghetti, Osborne, Pellizza Gonzales, Rossi, Stella, Tagliaferri, Vietri, Zerbi: 'Early evolution of a nearby type Ia supernova: probing the nature of the progenitor system' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS1 | 1.0 h |
B | FORS1 | 1.0 h |
C | FORS1 | 2.0 h |
D | FORS1 | 3.0 h |
76.D-0772 | Kotak, Meikle: 'Molecules in supernova ejecta and the formation of dust in the early universe' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | ISAAC | 4.6 h |
76.D-0804 | Gänsicke, Rodríguez Gil, Marsh, Araujo Betancor, Long, Torres, Steeghs, Schreiber: 'Unravelling the role of the SW Sextantis stars in the evolution of cataclysmic variables' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS2 (alt run C / FORS1) | 6.0 h |
76.D-0843 | 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 GRBs?' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | EMMI | 4.5 h |
B | EFOSC2 | 4.5 h |