Target of Opportunity Proposals in Period 81
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.
081.D-0026 | Gorosabel : 'Are aspherical the hypernova explosions?' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS1 | 5.0 h |
081.C-0115 | Richichi : 'Interferometric investigations of bright microlensing events: breaking the parameter degeneracy' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | AMBER | 18.0 h |
081.C-0116 | Lippi : 'Clues on the formation of the Solar System from high resolution IR spectroscopy of comets' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | CRIRES | 14.0 h |
081.D-0128 | Dessart : 'Inferring the morphology of Type II supernova explosions' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS1 | 33.0 h |
081.A-0135 | Greiner : 'High-resolution spectroscopy of GROND-selected high-redshift GRBs: Probing the very early Universe' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS2 | 6.5 h |
B | UVES | 3.5 h |
C | ISAAC | 10.5 h |
081.C-0137 | Orton : 'Dynamics and Chemistry of Jupiter During Continuing Planetary-Scale Evolution' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | VISIR | 5.0 h |
B | VISIR | 5.0 h |
C | VISIR | 5.0 h |
081.D-0192 | Covino : 'Polarimetry of gamma-ray burst afterglows: a close look at the shock front' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS1 | 2.0 h |
B | FORS1 | 2.0 h |
C | FORS1 | 2.0 h |
D | FORS1 | 3.0 h |
081.D-0279 | Mattila : 'Imaging the progenitors of core collapse supernovae - precision astrometry with NAOS-CONICA' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | NACO | 10.0 h |
081.D-0318 | Rodriguez-Gil : 'The primary role of the SW Sextantis stars in the evolution of cataclysmic variables' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS2 | 6.0 h |
081.D-0401 | Chaty : 'Target of Opportunity Infrared and Optical Observations of Galactic X-ray Transients during Outburst' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | SOFI | 12.0 h |
B | EFOSC2 | 4.0 h |
081.D-0406 | Bandyopadhyay : 'First IR Images of an X-ray Binary Jet' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | NACO | 4.0 h |
B | NACO | 4.0 h |
C | NACO | 4.0 h |
081.C-0429 | Kubas : 'Immediate follow-up of microlensing planet candidates with NACO' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | NACO | 12.0 h |
081.D-0557 | Baade : 'Spectropolarimetry of Core-Collapse Supernovae - Probing the Nature of Asymmetric Explosions' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS1 | 17.6 h |
081.D-0558 | Baade : 'Spectropolarimetry of Type Ia Supernovae : Probing the Binary Nature, Explosion Physics, and Cosmological Calibration' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS1 | 20.0 h |
081.D-0588 | Levan : 'The progenitors of short gamma-ray bursts' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS1 | 1.0 h |
B | FORS1 | 2.0 h |
C | FORS2 | 2.0 h |
D | FORS1 | 0.7 h |
E | FORS2 | 1.4 h |
F | ISAAC | 1.0 h |
G | ISAAC | 1.0 h |
081.C-0615 | Delorme : 'Spectra of ultracool Brown Dwarfs from CFBDS' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | ISAAC | 12.0 h |
081.D-0697 | Patat : 'Pinning Down the Nature of Type Ia Supernovae Progenitors' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | UVES | 20.0 h |
081.D-0739 | Rossi : 'Deep imaging of GROND dark bursts' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS1 | 2.4 h |
B | ISAAC | 3.4 h |
C | HAWKI | 3.4 h |
081.D-0767 | Stefanescu : 'High Time Resolution GRB Afterglow Studies' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | SOFI | 3.5 h |
B | SOFI | 3.5 h |
C | SOFI | 3.5 h |
081.B-0780 | Saxton : 'Spectroscopy of tidal disruption candidates discovered in the XMM-Newton slew survey' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | EFOSC2 | 4.8 h |
B | EFOSC2 | 4.8 h |
081.D-0804 | De Luca : 'Correlated X-ray/IR variability to unravel the mystery of the central source in RCW103.' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | NACO | 3.0 h |
081.D-0853 | Rol : 'Constraining GRB afterglow physics through their optical light curves' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | FORS2 | 1.0 h |
B | FORS2 | 5.0 h |
C | ISAAC | 1.0 h |
D | ISAAC | 3.0 h |
081.A-0856 | Vreeswijk : 'Securing the Swift legacy: measuring redshifts and host-galaxy ISM properties of Swift g-ray bursts' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | UVES | 6.0 h |
B | FORS2 | 6.0 h |
C | FORS1 | 16.0 h |
D | FORS2 | 2.0 h |
E | ISAAC | 4.0 h |
F | SOFI | 3.0 h |
081.D-0866 | Casella : 'Infrared Polarization and rapid time variability in transient X-ray binary systems harboring black hole candidates' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | ISAAC | 13.0 h |
081.A-0966 | Tanvir : 'Probing the high-redshift universe with GRBs' | |
Obs. Run | Instrument | Max. Time Allocated |
A | ISAAC | 3.4 h |
B | FORS2 | 2.0 h |
C | SOFI | 4.7 h |
D | ISAAC | 1.4 h |
E | FORS2 | 1.4 h |