NORDIC OPTICAL TELESCOPE SCHEDULE, Period 40: Oct 1, 2009 - Apr 1, 2010

Start Date (Noon)End Date (Noon)Proposal NumberPrincipal InvestigatorInstitute/ CountryProgrammeInstrumentRemarks
Oct 01 Oct 02 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time NOTCAM +FIES/StanCam Service 
Oct 02 Oct 12 40-033 L. Buchhave Denmark Characterising transiting-planet candidates identified by Kepler FIES +ALFOSC First half of night 
Oct 02 Oct 12 40-025 G. Bakos Hungary Spectroscopic Follow-up of HATNet Transiting Exoplanet Candidates FIES +ALFOSC Last half of night 
Oct 12 Oct 13 40-013 E. Simpson UK Studying the histories of transiting extrasolar planets FIES +ALFOSC  
Oct 13 Oct 14 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service; P40-009 2h; 40-021 3h; P40-039 1.5 h 
Oct 14 Oct 15 40-013 E. Simpson UK Studying the histories of transiting extrasolar planets FIES +ALFOSC  
Oct 15 Oct 16 40-901 Staff NOT Technical time NOTCAM  
Oct 16 Oct 17 40-801 IAA Spain ALFOSC Guaranteed Time ALFOSC  
Oct 17 Oct 19 40-802 NBI/CU Denmark ALFOSC Guaranteed Time FIES +ALFOSC? First half of night 
Oct 17 Oct 19 40-028 T. Ottosen Denmark DS And and the TAMS case AL Leo. Two unique eclipsing binaries. FIES +ALFOSC? Last half of night 
Oct 19 Oct 21 40-802 NBI/CU Denmark ALFOSC Guaranteed Time FIES +ALFOSC?  
Oct 21 Oct 22 40-018 J. Andersen NOT Origin of C-, r-, and s-process enhancements in extreme halo giants FIES +ALFOSC Service 
Oct 22 Oct 23 40-203 E. Delgado Spain Abundancias en estrellas con planetas FIES +ALFOSC  
Oct 23 Oct 24 40-203 E. Delgado Spain Abundancias en estrellas con planetas   
Oct 24 Oct 25 40-028 T. Ottosen Denmark DS And and the TAMS case AL Leo. Two unique eclipsing binaries. StanCam Service 
Oct 25 Oct 26 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service; P40-021 3h 
Oct 26 Oct 27 39-051 A. Djupvik NOT UBVRI polarimetry of faint Northern polarized standard candidates. TurPol  
Oct 27 Nov 04 40-023 S. Berdyugina Finland A direct probe of extrasolar planetary atmospheres TurPol  
Nov 04 Nov 05 40-901 Staff NOT Technical time ALFOSC  
Nov 05 Nov 06 40-901 Staff NOT Technical time ALFOSC  
Nov 06 Nov 07 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time FIES +ALFOSC Service; P40-021 3h 
Nov 07 Nov 08 40-013 E. Simpson UK Studying the histories of transiting extrasolar planets FIES +ALFOSC  
Nov 08 Nov 09 40-028 T. Ottosen Denmark DS And and the TAMS case AL Leo. Two unique eclipsing binaries. StanCam Service 
Nov 09 Nov 13 40-204 S. Simon Spain Time-scales of line broadening variability in massive stars FIES +ALFOSC  
Nov 13 Nov 14 40-018 J. Andersen NOT Origin of C-, r-, and s-process enhancements in extreme halo giants FIES +ALFOSC Service 
Nov 14 Nov 15 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
Nov 15 Nov 19 40-210 T. Shahbaz Spain The nature of the second eclipsing X-ray binary in M33 ALFOSC  
Nov 19 Nov 20 40-901 Staff NOT Technical time ALFOSC  
Nov 20 Nov 21 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service; P40-009 2h; P40-021: 3h 
Nov 21 Nov 24 40-038 P. Hakala Finland Spectroscopic identification of Ultra-Compact Binary candidates ALFOSC  
Nov 24 Nov 25 40-301 J. Lopez Aguerri CCI The origin and evolution of fossil galaxy groups (ITP-1) ALFOSC  
Nov 25 Nov 26 40-901 Staff NOT Technical time ALFOSC  
Nov 26 Nov 27 40-901 Staff NOT Technical time NOTCAM  
Nov 27 Nov 29 40-015 A. Carmona Switzerland Identifying new Taurus members with NOTCam NIR spectroscopy NOTCAM  
Nov 29 Nov 30 40-028 T. Ottosen Denmark DS And and the TAMS case AL Leo. Two unique eclipsing binaries. StanCam Service 
Nov 30 Dec 05 40-207 B. Montesinos Spain Properties of stars with protoplanetary disks NOTCAM  
Dec 05 Dec 06 40-901 Staff NOT Technical time ALFOSC +FIES  
Dec 06 Dec 08 40-701 NOTSA Nordic Nordic IYA2009 essay competion prize ALFOSC +FIES Service 
Dec 08 Dec 09 40-018 J. Andersen NOT Origin of C-, r-, and s-process enhancements in extreme halo giants FIES +ALFOSC Service 
Dec 09 Dec 10 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
Dec 10 Dec 11 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service; P40-021: 3h 
Dec 11 Dec 12 40-299 CAT Spain CAT service time ALFOSC CAT service 
Dec 12 Dec 14 40-215 I. Negueruela Spain El cumulo abierto Dolidze 25 y su binaria eclipsante FIES +ALFOSC  
Dec 14 Dec 15 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service; P40-009: 2h 
Dec 15 Dec 16 40-901 Staff NOT Technical time MOSCA  
Dec 16 Dec 19 40-302 A. Shearer CCI Search for the optical counterparts of Fermi discovered pulsars (ITP-2) OPTIMA  
Dec 19 Dec 21 40-212 M. Perger Spain Confirmation of UKIDSS GCS brown dwarf candidates in Taurus and Orion ALFOSC  
Dec 21 Dec 23 40-208 N. Elias de la Rosa USA Insight on supernovae from their late phases ALFOSC  
Dec 23 Dec 24 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service; P40-021: 3h 
Dec 24 Dec 25 40-901 Staff NOT Technical time SOFIN  
Dec 25 Jan 01 40-008 I. Tuominen Finland Magnetic field polarity in active late-type stars SOFIN +FIES Service 
Dec 25 Jan 05 40-006 P. Petrov Ukraine Are chromospheres of CTTS powered by accretion? SOFIN +FIES Service; 2h/night 
Jan 01 Jan 03 40-030 H. Korhonen Germany Magnetic configuration of spots on FK Com: reminiscent of sunspots? SOFIN +FIES Service 
Jan 05 Jan 06 40-013 E. Simpson UK Studying the histories of transiting extrasolar planets FIES +SOFIN SOFIN still mounted. 
Jan 06 Jan 07 40-006 P. Petrov Ukraine Are chromospheres of CTTS powered by accretion? FIES +SOFIN Service; 2h 
Jan 07 Jan 08 40-901 Staff NOT Technical time ALFOSC  
Jan 08 Jan 09 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service; P40-021: 3h 
Jan 09 Jan 10 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
Jan 10 Jan 11 40-018 J. Andersen NOT Origin of C-, r-, and s-process enhancements in extreme halo giants FIES +ALFOSC Service 
Jan 11 Jan 12 40-013 E. Simpson UK Studying the histories of transiting extrasolar planets FIES +ALFOSC  
Jan 12 Jan 13 40-901 Staff NOT Technical time ALFOSC  
Jan 13 Jan 14 40-013 E. Simpson UK Studying the histories of transiting extrasolar planets FIES +ALFOSC  
Jan 14 Jan 15 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service; P40-009 2h; P40-039 2.5 h 
Jan 15 Jan 17 40-801 IAA Spain ALFOSC Guaranteed Time ALFOSC  
Jan 17 Jan 18 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time NOTCAM +FIES Service 
Jan 18 Jan 19 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
Jan 19 Jan 21 40-301 J. Lopez Aguerri CCI The origin and evolution of fossil galaxy groups (ITP-1) ALFOSC  
Jan 21 Jan 22 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES  
Jan 22 Jan 23 40-901 Staff NOT Technical time NOTCAM +FIES Service; P40-021: 3h 
Jan 23 Jan 24 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time ALFOSC?+FIES Service 
Jan 24 Jan 26 40-014 D. Pollacco UK Identification of New Exoplanetary Systems FIES +ALFOSC?  
Jan 26 Jan 27 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time FIES +ALFOSC Service; half night for P40-028 
Jan 27 Jan 28 40-901 Staff NOT Technical time ALFOSC  
Jan 28 Jan 29 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
Jan 29 Feb 03 40-025 G. Bakos Hungary Spectroscopic Follow-up of HATNet Transiting Exoplanet Candidates FIES +ALFOSC  
Feb 03 Feb 04 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time FIES +ALFOSC Service; half night for P40-028 
Feb 04 Feb 05 40-018 J. Andersen NOT Origin of C-, r-, and s-process enhancements in extreme halo giants FIES +ALFOSC Service 
Feb 05 Feb 06 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service; P40-021: 3h 
Feb 06 Feb 07 40-901 Staff NOT Technical time NOTCAM  
Feb 07 Feb 08 40-901 Staff NOT Technical time ALFOSC  
Feb 08 Feb 09 40-299 CAT Spain CAT service time ALFOSC CAT service 
Feb 09 Feb 11 40-020 T. Vornanen Finland A search for magnetic CH white dwarfs with photopolarimetry ALFOSC  
Feb 11 Feb 12 40-901 Staff NOT Technical time ALFOSC  
Feb 12 Feb 15 40-024 S. Katajainen Finland A Polarization Survey for Magnetic Fields in AM CVn systems ALFOSC  
Feb 15 Feb 16 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service; P40-009 2h 
Feb 16 Feb 17 40-901 Staff NOT Technical time ALFOSC  
Feb 17 Feb 23 40-044 C. Villforth Finland Understanding the physics behind the fastest variation in AGN jets TurPol +STANCAM  
Feb 23 Feb 24 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service; P40-021: 3h 
Feb 24 Feb 25 40-901 Staff NOT Technical time ALFOSC  
Feb 25 Feb 26 40-901 Staff NOT Technical time ALFOSC  
Feb 26 Feb 27 40-901 Staff NOT Technical time NOTCAM  
Feb 27 Mar 04 40-019 C. Reyle France Probing the reionization of the universe with z = 6 quasars NOTCAM  
Mar 04 Mar 05 40-901 Staff NOT Technical time NOTCAM  
Mar 05 Mar 06 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time NOTCAM +FIES/STANCAM Service 
Mar 06 Mar 07 40-018 J. Andersen NOT Origin of C-, r-, and s-process enhancements in extreme halo giants FIES +NOTCAM/STANCAM Service 
Mar 07 Mar 08 40-901 Staff NOT Technical time NOTCAM  
Mar 08 Mar 09 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service; P40-021: 3h 
Mar 09 Mar 11 40-301 J. Lopez Aguerri CCI The origin and evolution of fossil galaxy groups (ITP-1) ALFOSC  
Mar 11 Mar 12 40-901 Staff NOT Technical time MOSCA +FIES P40-009 2h 
Mar 12 Mar 17 40-046 H. Dahle Norway Dark matter concentration in the strongest lenses in the universe: MOSCA  
Mar 17 Mar 18 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time ALFOSC Service 
Mar 18 Mar 20 40-208 N. Elias de la Rosa USA Insight on supernovae from their late phases ALFOSC  
Mar 20 Mar 21 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service; P40-021 3h; P40-039 3.5 h 
Mar 21 Mar 25 40-211 C.M. Gutierrez Spain Compact groups at intermediate redshifts ALFOSC  
Mar 25 Mar 28 40-213 J. Knapen Spain Star formation rates, morphologies, and Schmidt law for JCMT Survey galaxies ALFOSC  
Mar 28 Mar 29 40-299 CAT Spain CAT service time ALFOSC CAT service 
Mar 29 Mar 31 40-014 D. Pollacco UK Identification of New Exoplanetary Systems FIES +ALFOSC?  
Mar 31 Apr 01 40-199 Various Nordic Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service; P40-021: 3h 

Monitoring and ToO Programs

Proposal NumberPrincipal InvestigatorInstitute/ CountryProgrammeTypeInstrumentTime AllocationNightsComments
40-001 P. Jakobsson Iceland Building a Complete Sample of Swift Gamma-Ray Bursts ToO Any 9x(3h + 3h) + 3x(3+Nx2h) 7.5  
40-004 J. Sollerman Sweden Core collapse supernovae ToO ALFOSC 5x(2X1.5h) + 4x(4x2h) 5.0  
40-005 L. Takalo Finland Blazar host galaxies during optically faint state ToO ALFOSC 2x5h 1.0  
40-009 A. Goobar Sweden Search for Lensed Supernovae Behind Galaxy Clusters Mon MOSCA/ALFOSC 6x2h 2.0  
40-021 S. Mattila Finland Explosion rates and deaths of massive stars from the Pan-STARRS1 survey Mon ALFOSC 12 x 3h 4.0  
40-027 V. Stanishev Portugal Detailed studies of nearby Type Ia(c) Supernovae: early-time observations ToO NOTCam+ALFOSC 2x8x((1h+0.5h)+0.5h) + 6x1h 4.5  
40-037 D. Hannikainen Finland NOT ToO observations of X-ray binaries during Planck scans ToO NOTCam+StanCam 12x1h 1.5  
40-039 V. Stanishev Portugal Late-time photometry of type Ia supernova 2008hv Mon ALFOSC 1.5 + 2.5 + 3.5h 0.5  
40-042 J. Maund Denmark Measuring the shape of the Core-Collapse Supernova Explosion Mechanism ToO ALFOSC 7x1h 1.0  

Type AllocationNumber
NOT Regular proposals OPC001-100
OPTICON proposals CTAC101-150
ChETEC proposals USP151-198
NOT Service nights OPC199
CAT Regular proposals CAT201-298
CAT Service nights CAT299
ITP proposals CCI301-399
NOT Fast-track proposals OPC401-499
NOT Large Proposals OPC501-599
Educational time, etc. OPC701-799
Guaranteed time nights NOT801-899
Technical time nights NOT901
Stand-down NOT000
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