Target of Opportunity Proposals in Period 97

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.

 

097.A-0036

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, Perley, 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

 

097.D-0083

Covino, Wiersema, Bernardini, Campana, Curran, DÁvanzo, di Serego, Fan, Fynbo, Ghirlanda, Ghisellini, Gomboc, Götz, Greiner, Guidorzi, Hjorth, Jin, Kaper, Klose, Kobayashi, Kopac, Kouveliotou, Levan, Malesani, Melandri, Mundell, Min, Nava, Palazzi, Pian, Russell, Salvaterra, Sbarufatti, Smith, Starling, Steele, Tagliaferri, Tanvir, Toma, van der Horst, Vergani, Vreeswijk, Wijers:

'Testing relativistic particle models by GRB afterglow polarimetry'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

FORS2 2.5 h

B

FORS2 1.0 h

C

FORS2 1.0 h

D

FORS2 1.0 h

E

FORS2 0.5 h

 

097.C-0201

Snodgrass, Guilbert-Lepoutre, Jehin, Bagnulo, Tozzi, Rousselot, Opitom, Besse, Tubiana, Yang, 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

 

097.C-0244

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

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

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

NACO 3.0 h

B

SOFI 4.5 h

 

097.C-0252

Cassan, Absil, Ranc, Street, Surdej, Wertz, Le Bouquin:

'First direct detection of multiple images in a galactic microlensing event'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

PIONIER 7.0 h

 

097.A-0300

D'Elia, Fiore, Antonelli, Campana, Covino, DÁvanzo, de Ugarte Postigo, D'Odorico, Fugazza, Krongold, Malesani, Meurs, Nicastro, Norci, 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

 

097.A-0442

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

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

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

XSHOOTER 9.9 h

B

XSHOOTER 11.2 h

C

FORS2 13.8 h

 

097.D-0550

Varela, Elliott, Krühler, Greiner, Klose, Rau, Kann, McBreen, Nardini, Nicuesa, Olivares, Rossi, Schady, Schmidl, Sudilovsky, Tanga, Delavoux, Knust, Graham:

'Instantaneous RRM near-infrared imaging of GRB afterglows.'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

HAWKI 1.0 h

 

097.D-0709

Sullivan, Smartt, Mazzali, DÁndrea, Inserra, Nichol, Prajs, Smith, Scovacricchi, Cartier, Papadopoulos:

'Very early spectroscopy of superluminous supernovae: Constraining progenitor scenarios'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

XSHOOTER 4.5 h

B

XSHOOTER 3.0 h

 

097.A-0729

Hjorth, Rodney, Selsing, Christensen:

'Illuminating dark lenses with highly magnified transients'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

XSHOOTER 9.6 h

 

097.D-0762

Fraser, Elias-Rosa, Smartt, Mattila, Eldridge, Jerkstrand, Kotak:

'The progenitors of core collapse supernovae - precision astrometry with NACO'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

NACO 3.0 h

B

NACO 3.0 h

 

097.D-0833

Chaty, Grenier, Corbel, Burrows, Caraveo, Coleiro, de Luca, Dubus, Gehrels, Reimer, Thompson:

'ToO observation of a new bright transient discovered by Fermi-GST in the Galactic plane'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

XSHOOTER 1.3 h

 

097.D-0872

DÁvanzo, Baglio, Campana, Bernardini, Covino, Ghirlanda, Ghisellini, Melandri, Nappo, Pescalli, Salafia, Tagliaferri:

'Multi-wavelength timing properties of gamma-ray bursts: a new avenue to unveil the powering mechanism'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

HAWKI 1.0 h

 

097.A-0886

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

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

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

XSHOOTER 4.0 h

B

FORS2 3.0 h

C

HAWKI 4.0 h

 

097.A-0924

Ledoux, Vreeswijk, Smette, De Cia, Petitjean, Fox, Fynbo, Krühler:

'UVES-RRM observations of bright gamma-ray bursts. A lucky insight into high-z star-forming galaxies.'

Obs. Run

Instrument Max. Time Allocated

A

UVES 3.0 h

B

UVES 3.0 h

 

097.D-0930

Malesani, Pian, Bailes, Bufano, Burrows, Burke-Spolaor, Cano, Champion, Covino, DÁvanzo, D'Elia, de Ugarte Postigo, Evans, Flynn, Fynbo, Gehrels, 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 3.5 h

B

OMEGACAM 3.5 h

C

XSHOOTER 2.0 h

D

FORS2 1.5 h

 

097.D-0985

Tanvir, Levan, Hjorth, Fynbo, Malesani, Milvang-Jensen, Watson, Pian, Palazzi, Sutton, Fairhurst, Mandel, Wiersema, Greiner, Irwin, McMahon, Gonzalez Fernandez, Gonzalez Solares, 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 25.0 h

 

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