Target of Opportunity Proposals in Period 73

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.

73.A-0145

Fiore, Angelini, Antonelli, Burrows, Chincarini, Covino, Della Valle, Gehrels Ghisellini, Hurley, Lazzati, Mason, Mirabel, Nousek, Perna, Stella, Tagliaferri, Vietri, Zerbi, Ward:

'A flash in the dark: probing high-z galaxies and GRB physics through VLT/RRM observations of GRBs Afterglows'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT2 / UVES5.0h

 

73.A-0619

Vreeswijk, Ellison, Jaunsen, Fynbo, Møller, Kaufer, Ledoux, Andersen, Hjorth, Wijers:

'UVES survey of GRB Afterglows: probing the physical conditions inside the host galaxies and foreground absorbers up to z=7'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT2 / UVES10.0h

 

73.C-0035

Marchis, Prange, Le Mignant, Rathbun, de Pater, Fusco, Tokunaga, Davies:

'Prompt exploration of Io's volcanic outburst with VLT/NACO'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT4 / NACO5.0h

 

73.D-0076

Evans, Krautter, Barlow, Bode, Hauschildt, Shore, Hernanz, Jorde, Gehrz, Woodward, Lyke, Geballe, Greenhouse, Liller, Rudy, Salama, Schwarz, Starrfield, Truran, Wagner, Williams:

'Observations of SIRTF ToO novae'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
NTT / EMMI15.0h
B
NTT / SOFI15.0h

 

73.D-0109

Lundqvist, Leibundgut, Mattila, Sollerman, Baron, Ehrenfreund, Fransson, Nomoto:

'Early evolution of a bright supernova'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT2 / UVES10.0h

 

73.D-0255

Tagliaferri, Angelini, Antonelli, Burrows, Chincarini, Covino, Della Valle, Fiore, Gehrels, Ghisellini, Hurley, Lazzati, Mason, Malesani, Mirabel, Nousek, Stella, Ward, Zerbi:

'Optical/NIR follow-up of short and long GRBs in the Swift era'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT4 / FORS28.0h
B
UT1 / ISAAC7.0h
F
UT1 / FORS17.0h

 

73.D-0304

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

'First IR images of an x-ray binary jet'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT4 / NACO4.0h
B
UT4 / NACO4.0h

 

73.D-0341

Chaty, Mignani, Dubus, Haswell, CLarkson, Mirabel:

'ToO infrared and optical observations of galactic x-ray transients during outburst'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
NTT / SOFI12.0h
B
NTT / SUSI27.0h
C
NTT / EMMI1.0h

 

73.D-0381

Israel, Angelini, Campana, Covino, Lo Curto, Marconi, Mignani, Mereghetti, Motch, Perna, Rea, Stella:

'Studying the AXP and SGR dynamics, magnetic field and environment through their variable IR emission'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT4 / NACO15.0h

 

73.D-0406

Vaisanen, Mattila, Lira, Farrah, Meikle, Alard, Dahlén, Efstathiou, Fransson, Joseph, Lundqvist, Östlin, Ryder, Sollerman:

'Supernovae in ultraluminous infrared galaxies'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT4 / NACO16.0h
B
UT4 / NACO7.5h

 

73.D-0465

Wijers, Klose, Greiner, Hjorth, van den Heuvel, Castro-Tirado, Mason, Pian, Tanvir, Ward, Rhoads, Fynbo, Gorosabel, Kaper, Kouveliotou, O'Brien, Palazzi, Vreeswijk, Boer, Hurley:

'GRBs as laboratories of ultrarelativistic flows and shocks'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1 / FORS120.0h
B
UT4 / FORS25.0h
C
UT1 / ISAAC5.0h

 

73.D-0513

Mason, Della Valle, Ederoclite, Gilmozzi, Williams, Mazzali, Matteucci:

'The spectroscopic evolution of the Galactic and Magellanic Clouds novae'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
2.2 / FEROS20.0h

 

73.D-0565

Baade, Wang, Clocchiatti, Patat, Höflich, Wheeler:

'Polarimetry of Core-Collapse Supernovae - probing the nature of asymmetric explosions'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1 / FORS110.0h

 

73.D-0575

Beaulieu, Jorgensen, Brillant, Cassan, Coutures, Dominik, Fouque, Hauschildt, Horne, Kubas, Kane, Wambsganss, Albrow, Caldwell, Menzies, Greenhill, PLANET Colaboration:

'Spectroscopic mapping of the atmospheres of Bulge Giants using microlensing caustic crossings'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT2 / UVES20.0h

 

73.D-0699

Pian, Mazzali, Klose, Cappellaro, Patat, Sollerman, Hjorth, Kawabata, Matheson, Filippenko, Nomoto, Masetti, Greiner, Wijers, Woosley, Ward, Fruchter, Castro-Tirado, Tanvir, van den Heuvel, Møller:

'Supernovae in ultraluminous infrared galaxies'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1 / FORS118.0h
B
UT4 / FORS22.0h

 

73.D-0771

Baade, Wang, Clocchiatti, Höflich, Wheeler:

'Spectropolarimetry of Type Ia Supernovae in the Hubble Flow: probing the binary nature, explosion phsysics, and cosmological calibration'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1 / FORS114.0h

 

73.D-0852

Zerbi, Chincarini, Palazzi, REM Team:

'GRBs at high redshift - RRM follow up of afterglows pre-selected by the REM/ROSS robotic facility'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1 / ISAAC4.0h
B
UT4 / FORS14.0h
C
UT2 / UVES3.0h