Target of Opportunity Proposals in Period 79
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.
079.D-0090 | Baade, Wang, Clocchiatti, Patat, Maund, Höflich, Wheeler: 'Spectropolarimetry of Type Ia Supernovae : Probing the Binary Nature, Explosion Physics, and Cosmological Calibration' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS1 | 20.0 h |
079.D-0116 | Mennickent, Uemura, Yamaoka, Kawabata, Ohsugi, Yamashita, Nagae, Chiyonobu, Arai, Yoshida, Kinugasa, Kawai, Sato, Murakami: 'Simultaneous X-ray/Optical Observations of the Galactic Microquasar V4641 Sgr' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS2 | 18.0 h |
079.C-0193 | Boattini, DÁbramo, Scholl, Valsecchi, De Luise, Milani, Sansaturio, Fitzsimmons, Hainaut, Pravec: 'Rapid-response astrometry of Potentially Hazardous Objects' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | EMMI | 3.5 h |
B | FORS2 | 1.5 h |
079.D-0236 | Bandyopadhyay, Blundell, Rupen, Miller-Jones, Gosling: '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 |
079.D-0298 | Klose, Greiner, Ferrero, Kann, Savaglio, Wijers, Hjorth, Castro-Tirado, Fynbo, Gorosabel, Hartmann, Kouveliotou, Masetti, O'Brien, Pian, Sánchez, Starling, Stratta, Tanvir, Vreeswijk: 'Integral Field Spectroscopy as a new tool to perform early-time spectroscopy of small GRB error boxes' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | VIMOS | 11.0 h |
B | VIMOS | 1.1 h |
079.D-0300 | Greiner, Savaglio, Klose, Jehin, Haiman, Hartmann, Szokoly, McBreen, Küpcü Yolda\c{s}, Primak, Clemens, Krühler, Ferrero, Kann, Schulze, Updike: 'High-resolution spectroscopy of GROND-selected high-redshift GRBs: Probing the very early Universe' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS2 | 15.0 h |
B | UVES | 7.0 h |
C | ISAAC | 21.0 h |
D | SOFI | 4.0 h |
079.D-0380 | Brillant, Beaulieu, Kubas, Heyrovsky, Horne, Jorgensen, Cassan, Coutures, Dominik, Dominis, Marquette, Vinter, Wambsganss, Collaboration: 'Spectroscopic Mapping of the Atmospheres of Bulge Giants using microlensing caustic crossings' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | UVES | 14.0 h |
079.D-0429 | Vreeswijk, Fynbo, Ellison, Ledoux, Jaunsen, Smette, Moller, Hjorth, Wijers, Castro-Tirado, Fruchter, Gorosabel, Greiner, Jakobsson, Klose, Kouveliotou, Rol, Savaglio, Tanvir, Wiersema: 'Spectroscopy of Gamma-Ray Burst afterglows in the Swift era' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | UVES | 9.0 h |
B | FORS2 | 6.0 h |
C | FORS1 | 16.0 h |
D | FORS2 | 2.0 h |
E | ISAAC | 2.0 h |
F | SOFI | 2.0 h |
079.D-0432 | Chaty, Dubus, Haswell, Mignani, Mirabel, Pellizza, Rahoui: 'Target of Opportunity Infrared and Optical Observations of Galactic X-ray Transients during Outburst' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | SOFI | 12.0 h |
B | SUSI2 | 3.0 h |
C | EMMI | 1.0 h |
079.D-0441 | Israel, Bagnulo, Campana, Nichelli, Chaty, Covino, Dall'Osso, Lo Curto, Marconi, Mignani, Mereghetti, Perna, Rea, Stella, Testa, Zane, Turolla, Jonker: 'PROMPT STUDY OF AXPs AND SGRs DURING BURST ACTIVITY PHASES' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | NACO | 8.0 h |
B | NACO | 10.0 h |
C | NACO | 10.0 h |
079.D-0456 | Vreeswijk, Andersen, Bersier, Castro-Tirado, Dhillon, Fynbo, Gorosabel, Greiner, Hjorth, Jakobsson, Kouveliotou, Levan, Marsh, Masetti, O'Brien, 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 | 1.0 n |
079.D-0517 | Rodríguez-Gil, Gänsicke, Schmidtobreick, Torres, Steeghs, Marsh, Long, Schreiber, Araujo-Betancor: 'Unravelling the role of the SW Sextantis stars in the evolution of cataclysmic variables' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS2 | 6.0 h |
079.D-0553 | Gorosabel, LLorente, de Ugarte Postigo, Castro-Tirado, Jelínek: 'Are hypernova explosions aespherical?' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS1 | 5.0 h |
079.C-0604 | Boattini, Scholl, DÁbramo, Valsecchi, Milani, Gronchi, De Luise, Pravec, Hainaut: 'Astrometric follow-up of newly discovered NEOs at low solar elongations with the Wide Field Imager' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | EMMI | 3.0 h |
079.D-0620 | Covino, Antonelli, Burrows, Campana, Chincarini, Della Valle, di Serego Alighieri, Fiore, Gehrels, Goldoni, Israel, Lazzati, Malesani, Mason, Mereghetti, Mirabel, Osborne, Rossi, Stella, Tagliaferri: 'Polarimetry of gamma-ray burst afterglows: a close look at the shock front' | |
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 |
079.A-0639 | Fiore, Angelini, Antonelli, Burrows, Chincarini, D'Elia, Della Valle, Gehrels, Giannini, Hurley, Lazzati, Mason, Meurs, Nousek, Goldoni, Perna, Piranomonte, Stella, Tagliaferri, Molinari, see also end of box 9): 'A flash in the dark: probing high redshift galaxies through VLT/RRM/ToO observations of GRB afterglows.' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | UVES | 3.0 h |
B | UVES | 5.0 h |
C | ISAAC | 2.0 h |
D | ISAAC | 4.0 h |
079.D-0651 | Smartt, Mattila, Maund, Danziger, Crockett, Pastorello, Eldridge, ElMhamdi, Young: 'Imaging the progenitors of core collapse supernovae - precision astrometry with NAOS-CONICA' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | NACO | 10.0 h |
079.D-0763 | Pian, Mazzali, Klose, Cappellaro, Castro-Tirado, Deng, Ferrero, Filippenko, Fruchter, Fynbo, Greiner, Hjorth, Kouveliotou, Masetti, Nomoto, O'Brien, Patat, Tanvir, Vreeswijk, Wijers: 'Unifying Gamma-Ray Bursts and Type Ic Supernova Explosions.' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS2 | 36.0 h |
B | FORS1 | 6.0 h |
079.A-0783 | Tanvir, Levan, Rol, Priddey, Jakobsson, Wijers, Hjorth, Kouveliotou, Fruchter, Fynbo, Watson, O'Brien, Vreeswijk, Starling, Wiersema, Bremer, Gorosabel, Castro-Tirado, Pian, Bersier: 'Probing the high-redshift universe with GRBs' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | ISAAC | 7.0 h |
B | FORS2 | 5.0 h |
C | SOFI | 10.0 h |
079.A-0899 | Tagliaferri, Antonelli, Burrows, Campana, Chincarini, Covino, Della Valle, Fiore, Gehrels, Giommi, Hurley, Lazzati, Mason, Malesani, Mirabel, Nousek, Osborne, Saracco, Stella, also box 9: 'GRBs as Probes to Study the Very Young Universe' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | SINFONI | 2.0 h |
B | SINFONI | 10.0 h |
C | ISAAC | 12.0 h |
D | FORS2 | 12.0 h |
E | ISAAC | 0.0 h |
F | ISAAC | 0.0 h |
G | FORS1 | 0.0 h |
079.D-0909 | Stella, Antonelli, Burrows, Campana, Covino, Chincarini, DÁvanzo, D'Elia, Della Valle, Fiore, Gehrels, Guetta, Hurley, Lazzati, Malesani, Mason, Perna, Piranomonte, Tagliaferri: 'Unveiling the Nature of Short Gamma-Ray Bursts through the Study of their Afterglows' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS1 | 2.0 h |
B | ISAAC | 1.0 h |
C | FORS1 | 12.0 h |
D | ISAAC | 12.0 h |
E | SINFONI | 4.0 h |
F | FORS2 | 0.0 h |
G | FORS2 | 0.0 h |
H | NACO | 0.0 h |