Target of Opportunity Proposals in Period 68

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

165.H-0464

van den Heuvel, Frontera, Hjorth, Castro-Tirado, Greiner, Vreeswijk, Rol, Pedersen, Pian, Gorosabel, Palazzi, Masetti, Kouveliotou, Wijers, Fruchter, Wiklind, Jaunsen, Courbin, Augusteijn, Boer, Atteia, Ricker, Piro, Heise, Hurley, Danziger (Large Programme with ToO status):

'The Physics of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) and the Nature of their Hosts'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1/ FORS120h
B
UT4/ FORS25h
C
UT1/ ISAAC20h
D
UT2/ UVES5h
E
NTT/ SOFI30h
G
1.5mD/ DFOSC0.6n
H
2.2m/ WFI6h
I
3.6m/ EFOSC218h

 

68.D-0064

Covino, Cimatti, Di Serego Alighieri, Fiore, Ghisellini, Kawai, Israel G.l., Lazzati, Ortolani, Pasquini, Ricker, Saracco, Stella, Tagliaferri, Zerbi:

''Variable Polarization of Gamma Ray Burst Optical Afterglows: Evidence of Beaming"

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1/FORS112h

 

68.D-0143Lundqvist, Leibundgut, Baron, Fransson, Nomoto, Sollerman:

'Early evolution of a bright Supernova'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT2/UVES9.5h

 

68.D-0316

Chaty, Mirabel, Haswell, Hynes, Cui, Shrader:

'Infrared and Optical Observations of Galactic X-ray Transients during Outbursts'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
NTT/SOFI12h
B
NTT/EMMI9h

 

68.A-0556

Fiore, Savaglio, Fontana, Marconi G., Stella, Antonelli, Di Paola, Stratta, Chincarini, Ghisellini, Saracco, Lazzati, Covino S., Zerbi::

'A flash in the dark: probing interstellar and intergalactic matter through UVES TOO observations of GRBs afterglows'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT4/FORS20.2h
B
UT2/UVES2h

 

68.D-0571

Baade, Wang, Fransson, Höflich, Lundqvist, Wheeler:

'Polarimetry of Supernovae - Probing the Origin of Asymetric Explosions'

Obs. Run
Telescope / InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UT1/FORS118h