Target of Opportunity Proposals in Period 96

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.

 

096.A-0079

Fynbo, Antonelli, Arabsalmani, Cano, Christensen, Covino, DÁvanzo, De Cia, D'Elia, Fiore, Flores, Friis, Groot, Goldoni, Gomboc, Greiner, Hammer, Hjorth, Jakobsson, Japelj, Kaper, Krühler, Ledoux, Leloudas, Levan, Maiorano, Malesani, Melandri, Milvang-Jensen, Moller, Palazzi, Pian, Piranomonte, Pugliese, Savaglio, Schaye, Schady, Schulze, Selsing, Sollerman, Sparre, Tagliaferri, Tanvir, Thöne, de Ugarte Postigo, Vergani, Vreeswijk, Watson, Wiersema, Wijers, Xu:

'The \textit{Swift} GRB afterglow legacy survey: Probing the hearts of star-forming galaxies through cosmic time'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

XSHOOTER 14.0 h

B

XSHOOTER 2.0 h

 

096.D-0144

Wang, Baade, Patat, Clocchiatti, Höflich, Maund, Reilly, Spyromilio, Wheeler, Yang, Zelaya:

'Post-blackout spectropolarimetric typing of bright Type Ia Supernovae'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

FORS2 2.5 h

B

FORS2 13.7 h

 

096.A-0147

D'Elia, Fiore, Antonelli, Campana, Covino, DÁvanzo, de Ugarte Postigo, D'Odorico, Fugazza, Jin, Krongold, Meurs, Nicastro, Norci, Onori, Palazzi, Perna, Pian, Piranomonte, Salvaterra, Stella, Tagliaferri, Vergani:

'High-redshift galaxies with UVES/RRM: in search of the young Universe'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

UVES 3.0 h

B

UVES 6.0 h

 

096.C-0176

Sicardy, Bérard, Doressoundiram, Lellouch, Meza, Roques, Widemann, Colas, Assafin, Benedetti-Rossi, Braga-Ribas, Camargo, Dias de Oliveira, Vieira Martins, Duffard, Ortiz, Dumas, Ivanov, Jehin, Leiva, Vanzi:

'Target of Opportunity Observations: accurate measurements of sizes and shapes \rm of Trans-Neptunian and Centaur Objects; detection of their rings and atmospheres\rm'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

NACO 3.0 h

B

SOFI 4.5 h

 

096.B-0179

Levan, Tanvir, Hjorth, Fynbo, Angus, Brown, Cenko:

'The progenitors of the longest high-energy transients'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

XSHOOTER 1.0 h

B

XSHOOTER 2.0 h

C

FORS2 3.0 h

D

FORS2 2.0 h

 

096.C-0239

Fitzsimmons, Snodgrass, Knight:

'Discovery and activity of Kreutz sungrazing comets'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

OMEGACAM 30.0 h

B

OMEGACAM 1.0 h

 

096.A-0310

Greiner, Tanvir, Bersier, Bremer, Castro-Tirado, Fynbo, Gorosabel, Haiman, Hartmann, Hjorth, Jakobsson, Kann, Klose, Krühler, Levan, Malesani, Nicuesa Guelbenzu, Pian, Rau, Savaglio, Schady, Schmidl, Starling, Tanga, Varela, Watson, Wiersema, Wijers:

'Probing the very early Universe with high-redshift GRBs'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

SINFONI 3.0 h

B

FORS2 3.0 h

C

XSHOOTER 3.0 h

D

HAWKI 4.0 h

E

NACO 2.0 h

 

096.C-0384

Facchini, Manara, Rosotti, Bouvier, Clarke, Schneider, Booth, Dai, Haworth:

'Probing dust grain growth in protoplanetary discs: absorption properties in the spectrum of RW Aurigae A'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

XSHOOTER 0.5 h

 

096.D-0391

Pian, Palazzi, Branchesi, Brocato, Astone, Benetti, Boer, Bufano, Campana, Cappellaro, Castro-Tirado, Chassande Mottin, Copperwheat, Covino, Fynbo, Gendre, Gorosabel, Grado, Hunt, Kasliwal, Klose, Levan, Malesani, Mazzali, Moller, Nicastro, Piranomonte, Ricci, Rossi, Stella, Tanvir:

'Spectroscopic and imaging follow-up of gravitational radiation sources with the VLT'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

XSHOOTER 8.0 h

B

FORS2 2.0 h

C

HAWKI 2.0 h

 

096.D-0603

Levan, Tanvir, Hjorth, Angus, Fynbo, Perley, Wijers, Jakobsson, Malesani, Pian, Wiersema, O'Brien, Watson, Schulze, Cano:

'Afterglows, hosts and kilonovae: detailed study of short GRBs'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

MUSE 2.0 h

B

MUSE 2.0 h

C

FORS2 3.0 h

D

FORS2 2.0 h

E

HAWKI 3.0 h

F

HAWKI 3.0 h

 

096.A-0612

Hjorth, Rodney, Selsing, Christensen:

'Illuminating dark lenses with highly magnified transients'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

XSHOOTER 6.4 h

 

096.D-0702

Klose, Janka, Greiner, Kann, Krühler, Nicuesa Guelbenzu, Rau, Rossi, Schady:

'Searching for a kilo-nova signal in short-GRB afterglows'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

FORS2 3.0 h

B

FORS2 6.0 h

C

HAWKI 6.0 h

 

096.D-0773

Tanvir, Levan, Hjorth, Fynbo, Malesani, Milvang-Jensen, Watson, Pian, Palazzi, Sutton, Fairhurst, Mandel, Wiersema, Greiner, Banerji, Irwin, McMahon, Gonzalez Fernandez, White, Lyman, Steeghs, Perley, de Ugarte Postigo, Thoene, Cano, Schulze, Evans, Osborne, O'Brien, Rosswog:

'Compact binary mergers: a search for a kilonova accompanying a gravitational wave transient'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

VIRCAM 24.0 h

 

096.D-0793

Kann, Nicuesa Guelbenzu, Klose, Greiner, Krühler, Bolmer, Elliot, Filgas, Graham, Knust, Olivares E., Rau, Rossi, Schady, Schmidl, Tanga, Varela:

'Uncovering a new Domain: RRM Observations of the Early Afterglows of Short Gamma-Ray Bursts'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

FORS2 1.0 h

B

FORS2 1.0 h

 

096.C-0855

Snodgrass, Guilbert-Lepoutre, Jehin, Bagnulo, Tozzi, Rousselot, Opitom, Besse, Tubiana, Yang, Dumas, Fitzsimmons, Hainaut, Hutsemékers, Lowry, Manfroid, Schulz, Kolokolova, Boehnhardt, Borisov, Levasseur-Regourd, Stinson, Jones:

'Expect the unexpected - rapid reaction to an exploding comet'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

FORS2 0.8 h

B

MUSE 4.5 h

C

SINFONI 4.5 h

D

UVES 5.2 h

E

FORS2 1.0 h

F

OMEGACAM 14.0 h

 

096.D-0908

Malesani, Pian, Bailes, Bufano, Burrows, Burke-Spolaor, Cano, Champion, Covino, DÁvanzo, D'Elia, de Ugarte Postigo, Evans, Flynn, Fynbo, Gehrels, Gorosabel, Hjorth, Howell, Hunt, Jakobsson, Johnston, Keane, Keith, Kennea, Klose, Koay, Kramer, Krühler, Leloudas, Melandri, Mieske, Milvang-Jensen, Nicastro, Palazzi, Petroff, Possenti, Rossi, Sollerman, Schulze, Stappers, Tanvir, Xu:

'What are fast radio bursts (FRBs)? Locations, distance, and spectral energy distribution of these mysterious transients'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

VIRCAM 2.5 h

B

OMEGACAM 2.5 h

C

XSHOOTER 2.0 h

D

FORS2 1.5 h

 

096.A-0926

Hook, Amanullah, Goobar, Kowalski, Lidman, Pain, Perlmutter, Nordin:

'Testing for time-varying dark energy with z>1 supernovae'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

B

XSHOOTER 11.2 h

C

FORS2 13.8 h

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