NORDIC OPTICAL TELESCOPE SCHEDULE Period 28: 2003 Oct 1 - 2004 Apr 1

Starting Ending Principal Institute/ Programme Instrument(s) Remark
Date Date Investigator Country      
             
Oct 01 Oct 04 G. Björnsson Iceland Are $\gamma$-ray burst host galaxies preferentially metal-poor? MOSCA  
Oct 04 Oct 05 Staff NOT Technical time T.B.D.  
Oct 05 Oct 08 G. Israelian Spain Abundances de berilio en estrellas que albergan planetas IACUB  
Oct 08 Oct 10 J. Telting NOT Time-resolved spectroscopy of the pulsating sdB star HS2201+2610 ALFOSC  
Oct 10 Oct 13 T. Augusteijn NOT The evolution of cataclysmic variables ALFOSC  
Oct 13 Oct 14 J. Telting NOT Time-resolved spectroscopy of the pulsating sdB star HS2201+2610 ALFOSC  
Oct 14 Oct 16 Staff NOT Technical time T.B.D.  
Oct 16 Oct 17 J. Casares Spain Simultaneous observations of Galactic $\gamma$-ray sources with INTEGRAL ALFOSC  
Oct 17 Oct 18 J. Telting NOT Time-resolved spectroscopy of the pulsating sdB star HS2201+2610 ALFOSC  
Oct 18 Oct 21 S. Berdyugina Finland Spectropolarimetry of cool magnetic helium-rich white dwarfs ALFOSC  
Oct 21 Oct 25 M. Weidinger Denmark The NOT legacy: A slice of the $z=2$ Universe ALFOSC  
Oct 25 Oct 28 A. Hornstrup Denmark Redshifts of galaxy clusters from a 400 sq deg ROSAT X-ray survey ALFOSC  
Oct 28 Oct 30 Staff NOT Technical time T.B.D.  
Oct 30 Nov 04 I. Tuominen Finland Magnetic field polarity in active late-type stars SOFIN  
Nov 04 Nov 08 J. Telting NOT Asteroseismology of the $\beta$ Cephei star 12 Lacertae SOFIN  
Nov 08 Nov 09 T. Hackman Finland Evolution of magnetic regions in FK Comae type active giants SOFIN  
Nov 09 Nov 14 T. Lüftinger Austria Magnetic Doppler imaging of Ap and roAp stars SOFIN  
Nov 14 Nov 17 K. Uytterhoeven Belgium Line-profile variations of the early-B type close binary VV Orionis SOFIN  
Nov 17 Nov 18 H. Korhonen Finland Magnetic activity of AR Lac from photosphere to corona SOFIN  
Nov 18 Nov 19 Staff NOT Technical time T.B.D.  
Nov 19 Nov 20 J. Casares Spain Simultaneous observations of Galactic $\gamma$-ray sources with INTEGRAL ALFOSC  
Nov 20 Nov 23 IAA Spain ALFOSC guaranteed time ALFOSC  
Nov 23 Nov 27 G. Kanbach Germany Polarization of giant optical pulses from the Crab pulsar Special  
Nov 27 Dec 02 Staff NOT Technical time T.B.D.  
Dec 02 Dec 10 G. Olofsson Sweden PAHs in protoplanetary disks? SIRCA  
Dec 10 Dec 13 Staff NOT Technical time T.B.D.  
Dec 13 Dec 15 IAC Spain CAT service time ALFOSC  
Dec 15 Dec 16 J. Casares Spain Simultaneous observations of Galactic $\gamma$-ray sources with INTEGRAL ALFOSC  
Dec 16 Dec 18 P. Rodriguez Spain The cataclysmic variable population of the Hamburg quasar survey ALFOSC  
Dec 18 Dec 20 Staff NOT Technical time T.B.D.  
Dec 20 Dec 26 T. Grav Norway Orbital and physical studies of the irregular satellites ALF/MOSC  
Dec 26 Dec 27 M.R.Z. Osorio Spain Polarized light of ultra-cool atmospheres ALFOSC  
Dec 27 Dec 28 J. Casares Spain Simultaneous observations of Galactic $\gamma$-ray sources with INTEGRAL ALFOSC  
Dec 28 Jan 01 L.F. Miranda Spain La nebulosa planetaria NGC 2392: cinemática, jets y condensaciones cometarias IACUB  
Jan 01 Jan 06 Staff NOT Technical time T.B.D.  
Jan 06 Jan 07 S. Mattila Sweden Interaction of the type IIn SN2003dv with its progenitor wind NOTCam  
Jan 07 Jan 12 E. Laurikainen Finland Near-IR and optical observations of S0 galaxies2 NOTCam  
Jan 12 Jan 14 Staff NOT Technical time T.B.D.  
Jan 14 Jan 16 J. Licandro Spain Espectroscopia visible y infrarojo de asteroides cercanos a la Tierra ALFOSC  
Jan 16 Jan 18 E. Laurikainen Finland Near-IR and optical observations of S0 galaxies2 ALFOSC  
Jan 18 Jan 20 P. Hakala Finland Determining the spin-up of the shortest period binary system RX J0806+15 ALFOSC  
Jan 20 Jan 21 A. López-Sánchez Spain Mecanismos de formacion estelar masiva en galaxias Wolf-Rayet enanas ALFOSC  
Jan 21 Jan 25 A. Hornstrup Denmark Redshifts of galaxy clusters from a 400 sq deg ROSAT X-ray survey ALFOSC  
Jan 25 Jan 26 IAC Spain CAT service time ALFOSC  
Jan 26 Jan 29 Staff NOT Technical time T.B.D.  
Jan 29 Jan 31 I. Tuominen Finland Magnetic field polarity in active late-type stars SOFIN  
Jan 31 Feb 01 T. Hackman Finland Evolution of magnetic regions in FK Comae type active giants SOFIN  
Feb 01 Feb 03 A. Dupree USA Transit of a giant planet SOFIN  
Feb 03 Feb 05 J.N. Gonzalez Spain Rotation and convection of inactive solar-type stars SOFIN  
Feb 05 Feb 08 E. de Castro Spain Detección y análisis de fenómenos transitorios en estrellas frias con rotacion rápida SOFIN  
Feb 08 Feb 10 C. Jordi Spain Metalicidad de sistemas binarios eclipsantes para el análisis de modelos evolutivos SOFIN  
Feb 10 Feb 13 S. Feltzing Sweden Metal-rich and old stars - real or fake? SOFIN  
Feb 13 Feb 14 Staff NOT Technical time T.B.D.  
Feb 14 Feb 17 G. Östlin Sweden Deep emission line images of local Lyman-$\alpha$ galaxies ALFOSC  
Feb 17 Feb 19 P. Hakala Finland Determining the spin-up of the shortest period binary system RX J0806+15 ALFOSC  
Feb 19 Feb 22 N. Caon Spain The structure of the low surface brightness stellar hosts in BCDs ALFOSC  
Feb 22 Feb 26 S. Aalto Sweden Multicolor investigations of minor merger candidates ALFOSC  
Feb 26 Mar 02 V. Piirola Finland Circular spectropolarimetry of magnetic cataclysmic variables ALFOSC  
Mar 02 Mar 04 Staff NOT Technical time T.B.D.  
Mar 04 Mar 05 G. Östlin Sweden Deep emission line images of local Lyman-alpha galaxies NOTCam  
Mar 05 Mar 08 T. Pursimo NOT The Discovery of a New Class of AGN? NOTCam  
Mar 08 Mar 09 S. Mattila Sweden Orbital and physical studies of the irregular satellites NOTCam  
Mar 09 Mar 10 Staff NOT Technical time T.B.D.  
Mar 10 Mar 13 T. Augusteijn NOT The evolution of cataclysmic variables ALFOSC  
Mar 13 Mar 17 A. Hornstrup Denmark Baryonic census in low-mass clusters and groups ALFOSC  
Mar 17 Mar 19 S. Feltzing Sweden Metallicity spread in the distant dwarf spheroidal galaxy Leo II ALFOSC  
Mar 19 Mar 21 A. López-Sánchez Spain Mecanismos de formacion estelar masiva en galaxias Wolf-Rayet enanas ALFOSC  
Mar 21 Mar 25 G. Björnsson Iceland Are gamma-ray burst host galaxies preferentially metal-poor? MOSCA  
Mar 25 Mar 26 Staff NOT Technical time T.B.D.  
Mar 26 Mar 30 CUO Denmark ALFOSC guaranteed time ALFOSC  
Mar 30 Mar 31 K. Nilsson Finland Radio-quiet BL Lacs in the RASS-FIRST catalog? ALFOSC  
Mar 31 Apr 01 Staff NOT Technical time T.B.D.  

Note: Approved Target of Opportunity programmes:

A. Goobar et al.: Physics of nearby Type Ia supernovae max. 3 alerts, 3 nights total time.

D. Hannikainen et al.: INTEGRAL Galactic $\gamma$-ray source follow-up; max. 2 alerts, 2 nights total time.

H. Pedersen et al.: GRB optical and NIR follow-up; max. 6 alerts, 2 nights total time.

T. Pursimo: Optical polarisation of INTEGRAL ToO BL Lac objects; 1 alert, 1 night total time.


Thomas Augusteijn 2003-08-06