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
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS120.0 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
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS218.0 h

 

079.C-0193

Boattini, DÁbramo, Scholl, Valsecchi, De Luise, Milani, Sansaturio, Fitzsimmons, Hainaut, Pravec:

'Rapid-response astrometry of Potentially Hazardous Objects'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
EMMI3.5 h
B
FORS21.5 h

 

079.D-0236

Bandyopadhyay, Blundell, Rupen, Miller-Jones, Gosling:

'First IR Images of an X-ray Binary Jet'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
NACO4.0 h
B
NACO4.0 h
C
NACO4.0 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
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
VIMOS11.0 h
B
VIMOS1.1 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
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS215.0 h
B
UVES7.0 h
C
ISAAC21.0 h
D
SOFI4.0 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
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UVES14.0 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
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UVES9.0 h
B
FORS26.0 h
C
FORS116.0 h
D
FORS22.0 h
E
ISAAC2.0 h
F
SOFI2.0 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
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
SOFI12.0 h
B
SUSI23.0 h
C
EMMI1.0 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
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
NACO8.0 h
B
NACO10.0 h
C
NACO10.0 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
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
SpecialUT31.0 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
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS26.0 h

 

079.D-0553

Gorosabel, LLorente, de Ugarte Postigo, Castro-Tirado, Jelínek:

'Are hypernova explosions aespherical?'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS15.0 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
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
EMMI3.0 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
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS11.0 h
B
FORS11.0 h
C
FORS12.0 h
D
FORS13.0 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
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UVES3.0 h
B
UVES5.0 h
C
ISAAC2.0 h
D
ISAAC4.0 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
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
NACO10.0 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
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS236.0 h
B
FORS16.0 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
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
ISAAC7.0 h
B
FORS25.0 h
C
SOFI10.0 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
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
SINFONI2.0 h
B
SINFONI10.0 h
C
ISAAC12.0 h
D
FORS212.0 h
E
ISAAC0.0 h
F
ISAAC0.0 h
G
FORS10.0 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
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS12.0 h
B
ISAAC1.0 h
C
FORS112.0 h
D
ISAAC12.0 h
E
SINFONI4.0 h
F
FORS20.0 h
G
FORS20.0 h
H
NACO0.0 h