NORDIC OPTICAL TELESCOPE SCHEDULE, Period 69: 2024 Apr 1 - Oct 1

Monitoring Programs Schedule - Observing Windows

Start Date (Noon)End Date (Noon)Proposal NumberPrincipal InvestigatorInstitute/ CountryProgrammeInstrumentRemarks
Apr 01 Apr 02 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
Apr 02 Apr 03 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
Apr 03 Apr 04 69-299 CAT ES CAT service time ALFOSC +FIES  
Apr 04 Apr 05 69-010 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Gaia Astrometric Exoplanet RV Follow-Up and Companion Search FIES +ALFOSC 2.2 hour: Service 
Apr 04 Apr 05 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time FIES +ALFOSC Remainder of night 
Apr 05 Apr 06 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
Apr 06 Apr 07 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program ALFOSC +FIES 1 hour: Service 
Apr 06 Apr 07 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Remainder of night: Service 
Apr 06 Apr 07 68-804 Ana Acebron Munoz IT Galaxy Cluster SNe ALFOSC +FIES 1 hour: Service 
Apr 07 Apr 09 69-504 Hakon Dahle NO Tracing the internal structure of galaxies back to reionization. ALFOSC Service 
Apr 09 Apr 11 69-851 Hans Kjeldsen IDA IDA Young Researchers Program ALFOSC +FIES IDA GTO time: Service 
Apr 11 Apr 12 69-010 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Gaia Astrometric Exoplanet RV Follow-Up and Companion Search FIES +ALFOSC 2.2 hour: Service 
Apr 11 Apr 12 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time FIES +ALFOSC Remainder of night: Service 
Apr 12 Apr 13 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program ALFOSC +FIES 1 hour: Service 
Apr 12 Apr 13 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Remainder of night: Service 
Apr 13 Apr 14 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time ALFOSC +FIES  
Apr 14 Apr 15 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
Apr 15 Apr 16 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
Apr 16 Apr 19 69-702 Manuel Linares NO Observing Project at NTNU: Teaching Astronomy with the NOT ALFOSC NTNU observing course: Remote 
Apr 19 Apr 20 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program ALFOSC +FIES 1 hour: Service 
Apr 19 Apr 20 69-010 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Gaia Astrometric Exoplanet RV Follow-Up and Companion Search ALFOSC +FIES 2.2 hour: Service 
Apr 19 Apr 20 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Remainder of night: Service 
Apr 20 Apr 21 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
Apr 21 Apr 22 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
Apr 22 Apr 23 68-505 Erkki Kankare, Maximilian Stritzinger, Thomas Reynolds FI,DK,DK The local transient Universe NOTCAM +FIES Half the night: Service 
Apr 22 Apr 23 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time NOTCAM +FIES Remainder of night 
Apr 23 Apr 24 69-504 Hakon Dahle NO Tracing the internal structure of galaxies back to reionization. NOTCAM Service 
Apr 24 Apr 25 69-202 Lluis Galbany ES Cosmography of Laniakea: Type Ia supernovae, peculiar velocities and dark matter NOTCAM  
Apr 25 Apr 26 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time NOTCAM +FIES Remainder of night 
Apr 26 Apr 27 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program ALFOSC +FIES 1 hour: Service 
Apr 26 Apr 27 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Remainder of night: Service 
Apr 27 Apr 28 69-010 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Gaia Astrometric Exoplanet RV Follow-Up and Companion Search FIES +ALFOSC 2.2 hour: Service 
Apr 27 Apr 28 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time FIES +ALFOSC Remainder of night: Service 
Apr 28 Apr 29 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
Apr 29 Apr 30 69-026 K. E. Heintz DK The NOT-Gaia Lensed Quasar Spectroscopy Survey ALFOSC  
Apr 30 May 01 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time ALFOSC +FIES  
May 01 May 02 69-299 CAT ES CAT service time ALFOSC +FIES  
May 02 May 03 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program ALFOSC +FIES 1 hour: Service 
May 02 May 03 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Remainder of night: Service 
May 03 May 04 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
May 04 May 05 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
May 05 May 06 69-010 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Gaia Astrometric Exoplanet RV Follow-Up and Companion Search FIES +ALFOSC 2.2 hour: Service 
May 05 May 06 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time FIES +ALFOSC Remainder of night 
May 06 May 09 69-703 Terese Hansen, Garrelt Mellema, Markus Janson SE Observational Astrophysics II at Stockholm University ALFOSC Stockholm observing course: Remote 
May 09 May 10 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program ALFOSC +FIES 1 hour: Service 
May 09 May 10 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Remainder of night: Service 
May 09 May 10 68-804 Ana Acebron Munoz IT Galaxy Cluster SNe ALFOSC +FIES 1 hour: Service 
May 10 May 13 69-003 J. P. U. Fynbo DK The galaxy counterpart and environment of a metal-strong DLA at z=1.94 ALFOSC  
May 13 May 14 69-010 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Gaia Astrometric Exoplanet RV Follow-Up and Companion Search FIES +ALFOSC 2.2 hour: Service 
May 13 May 14 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time FIES +ALFOSC Remainder of night: Service 
May 14 May 15 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time ALFOSC +FIES  
May 15 May 16 68-505 Erkki Kankare, Maximilian Stritzinger, Thomas Reynolds FI,DK,DK The local transient Universe NOTCAM +FIES Half the night: Service 
May 15 May 16 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time NOTCAM +FIES Remainder of night: Service 
May 16 May 17 69-202 Lluis Galbany ES Cosmography of Laniakea: Type Ia supernovae, peculiar velocities and dark matter NOTCAM  
May 17 May 18 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program ALFOSC +FIES 1 hour: Service 
May 17 May 18 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time ALFOSC +FIES Remainder of night 
May 18 May 19 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
May 19 May 20 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
May 20 May 21 69-010 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Gaia Astrometric Exoplanet RV Follow-Up and Companion Search FIES +ALFOSC 2.2 hour: Service 
May 20 May 21 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time FIES +ALFOSC Remainder of night 
May 21 May 22 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
May 22 May 23 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program ALFOSC +FIES 1 hour: Service 
May 22 May 23 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Remainder of night: Service 
May 23 May 24 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
May 24 May 25 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time ALFOSC +FIES  
May 25 May 27 69-851 Hans Kjeldsen IDA IDA Young Researchers Program ALFOSC +FIES IDA GTO time: Service 
May 27 May 28 69-010 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Gaia Astrometric Exoplanet RV Follow-Up and Companion Search FIES +ALFOSC 2.2 hour: Service 
May 27 May 28 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time FIES +ALFOSC Remainder of night: Service 
May 28 May 29 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program ALFOSC +FIES 1 hour: Service 
May 28 May 29 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Remainder of night: Service 
May 29 Jun 03 69-201 David Jones ES The detection of compact, double-lined double white dwarf binaries within 100 pc ALFOSC  
Jun 03 Jun 04 69-010 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Gaia Astrometric Exoplanet RV Follow-Up and Companion Search FIES +ALFOSC 2.2 hour: Service 
Jun 03 Jun 04 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program FIES +ALFOSC 1 hour: Service 
Jun 03 Jun 04 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time FIES +ALFOSC Remainder of night: Service 
Jun 04 Jun 05 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time NOTCAM +FIES Service 
Jun 05 Jun 06 68-505 Erkki Kankare, Maximilian Stritzinger, Thomas Reynolds FI,DK,DK The local transient Universe NOTCAM Half the night: Service 
Jun 05 Jun 06 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time NOTCAM Remainder of night 
Jun 06 Jun 07 69-202 Lluis Galbany ES Cosmography of Laniakea: Type Ia supernovae, peculiar velocities and dark matter NOTCAM  
Jun 07 Jun 08 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time ALFOSC  
Jun 08 Jun 09 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
Jun 09 Jun 10 69-010 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Gaia Astrometric Exoplanet RV Follow-Up and Companion Search FIES +ALFOSC 2.2 hour: Service 
Jun 09 Jun 10 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program FIES +ALFOSC 1 hour: Service 
Jun 09 Jun 10 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time FIES +ALFOSC Remainder of night: Service 
Jun 10 Jun 15 69-203 Matteo Monelli ES Unveiling the nature of Anomalous Cepheids FIES +ALFOSC  
Jun 15 Jun 16 69-010 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Gaia Astrometric Exoplanet RV Follow-Up and Companion Search FIES +ALFOSC 2.2 hour: Service 
Jun 15 Jun 16 69-020 Eric M. MacLennan FI Characterizing the Negative Polarization of near-Sun asteroid (1566) Icarus FIES +ALFOSC Time critical 0.5hr during UT 01:00-04:00: Service 
Jun 15 Jun 16 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time FIES +ALFOSC Remainder of night: Service 
Jun 16 Jun 17 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
Jun 17 Jun 18 69-020 Eric M. MacLennan FI Characterizing the Negative Polarization of near-Sun asteroid (1566) Icarus ALFOSC +FIES Time critical 0.5hr during UT 01:00-04:00: Service 
Jun 17 Jun 18 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program ALFOSC +FIES 1 hour: Service 
Jun 17 Jun 18 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Remainder of night: Service 
Jun 18 Jun 19 69-299 CAT ES CAT service time ALFOSC +FIES  
Jun 19 Jun 20 69-020 Eric M. MacLennan FI Characterizing the Negative Polarization of near-Sun asteroid (1566) Icarus ALFOSC +FIES Time critical 0.5hr during UT 01:00-04:00: Service 
Jun 19 Jun 20 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Remainder of night: Service 
Jun 20 Jun 21 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time ALFOSC  
Jun 21 Jun 22 69-020 Eric M. MacLennan FI Characterizing the Negative Polarization of near-Sun asteroid (1566) Icarus ALFOSC +FIES Time critical 1.5hr during UT 00:30-02:30: Service 
Jun 21 Jun 22 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Remainder of night: Service 
Jun 22 Jun 23 69-010 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Gaia Astrometric Exoplanet RV Follow-Up and Companion Search FIES +ALFOSC 2.2 hour: Service 
Jun 22 Jun 23 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time FIES +ALFOSC Remainder of night: Service 
Jun 23 Jun 24 69-020 Eric M. MacLennan FI Characterizing the Negative Polarization of near-Sun asteroid (1566) Icarus ALFOSC +FIES Time critical 1.5hr during UT 00:30-02:30: Service 
Jun 23 Jun 24 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Remainder of night: Service 
Jun 24 Jun 25 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program ALFOSC +FIES 1 hour: Service 
Jun 24 Jun 25 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Remainder of night: Service 
Jun 25 Jun 26 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time ALFOSC  
Jun 26 Jun 27 68-505 Erkki Kankare, Maximilian Stritzinger, Thomas Reynolds FI,DK,DK The local transient Universe NOTCAM +FIES Half the night: Service 
Jun 26 Jun 27 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time NOTCAM +FIES Remainder of night: Service 
Jun 27 Jun 28 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time NOTCAM  
Jun 28 Jul 08 69-503 Jyri Lehtinen, Maarit Korpi-Lagg, Sven Wedemeyer FI,FI,NO Topology and evolution of surface magnetic fields in active late-type stars SOFIN +FIES 6 nights over period 
Jun 28 Jul 08 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time SOFIN +FIES Remainder of nights: Service 
Jun 30 Jul 01 69-010 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Gaia Astrometric Exoplanet RV Follow-Up and Companion Search SOFIN +FIES 2.2 hour: Service 
Jul 07 Jul 08 69-010 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Gaia Astrometric Exoplanet RV Follow-Up and Companion Search SOFIN +FIES 2.2 hour: Service 
Jul 08 Jul 09 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program ALFOSC 1 hour: Service 
Jul 08 Jul 09 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time ALFOSC Remainder of night 
Jul 09 Jul 10 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
Jul 10 Jul 11 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
Jul 11 Jul 12 69-026 K. E. Heintz DK The NOT-Gaia Lensed Quasar Spectroscopy Survey ALFOSC Service? 
Jul 12 Jul 13 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
Jul 13 Jul 14 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
Jul 14 Jul 15 69-010 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Gaia Astrometric Exoplanet RV Follow-Up and Companion Search FIES +ALFOSC 2.2 hour: Service 
Jul 14 Jul 15 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program FIES +ALFOSC 1 hour: Service 
Jul 14 Jul 15 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time FIES +ALFOSC Remainder of night 
Jul 15 Jul 16 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time NOTCAM Half night 
Jul 15 Jul 18 69-024 Anlaug Amanda Djupvik NOT Protostellar jets in the near-IR revealing protostar variability NOTCAM 2 nights over period: Service 
Jul 16 Jul 18 68-505 Erkki Kankare, Maximilian Stritzinger, Thomas Reynolds FI,DK,DK The local transient Universe NOTCAM Half a night over period: Service 
Jul 18 Jul 19 69-202 Lluis Galbany ES Cosmography of Laniakea: Type Ia supernovae, peculiar velocities and dark matter NOTCAM  
Jul 19 Jul 20 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time  
Jul 20 Jul 21 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ? +FIES Service 
Jul 21 Jul 22 69-010 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Gaia Astrometric Exoplanet RV Follow-Up and Companion Search FIES +ALFOSC 2.2 hour: Service 
Jul 21 Jul 22 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time FIES +ALFOSC Remainder of night 
Jul 21 Jul 22 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program FIES +ALFOSC 1 hour: Service 
Jul 22 Jul 23 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Service 
Jul 23 Jul 27 69-204 Martin Guerrero Roncel ES Deep imaging of new planetary nebulae discovered with the IPHAS survey ALFOSC  
Jul 27 Jul 28 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC? +FIES Service 
Jul 28 Jul 29 69-010 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Gaia Astrometric Exoplanet RV Follow-Up and Companion Search FIES +ALFOSC 2.2 hour: Service 
Jul 28 Jul 29 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time FIES +ALFOSC Remainder of night: Service 
Jul 28 Jul 29 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program FIES +ALFOSC 1 hour: Service 
Jul 29 Aug 01 69-205 Martin Guerrero Roncel ES Investigating the expansion of nova shells ALFOSC  
Aug 01 Aug 02 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time ? +FIES  
Aug 02 Aug 03 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC Service 
Aug 03 Aug 04 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ? +FIES Service 
Aug 04 Aug 05 69-010 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Gaia Astrometric Exoplanet RV Follow-Up and Companion Search FIES +ALFOSC 2.2 hour: Service 
Aug 04 Aug 05 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program FIES +ALFOSC 1 hour: Service 
Aug 04 Aug 05 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time FIES +ALFOSC Remainder of night: Service 
Aug 05 Aug 10 69-701 Johan Fynbo,Frank Grundahl DK Danish Summer Course in Observational Astrophysics Danish Summer Course (2 nights) - Partly NBI Guaranteed Time 
Aug 05 Aug 10 69-802 NBI DK NBI ALFOSC Guaranteed Time NBI Guaranteed Time (3 nights)- Used for Danish Summer Course 
Aug 10 Aug 11 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ? +FIES Service 
Aug 11 Aug 12 69-010 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Gaia Astrometric Exoplanet RV Follow-Up and Companion Search FIES +ALFOSC 2.2 hour: Service 
Aug 11 Aug 12 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program FIES +ALFOSC 1 hour: Service 
Aug 11 Aug 12 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time FIES +ALFOSC Remainder of night: Service 
Aug 12 Aug 13 68-505 Erkki Kankare, Maximilian Stritzinger, Thomas Reynolds FI,DK,DK The local transient Universe NOTCAM Half the night: Service 
Aug 12 Aug 13 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time NOTCAM Remainder of night 
Aug 13 Aug 14 69-202 Lluis Galbany ES Cosmography of Laniakea: Type Ia supernovae, peculiar velocities and dark matter NOTCAM  
Aug 14 Aug 15 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time  
Aug 15 Aug 17 69-208 Paulo Alberto Miles Paez ES Exploring the properties of atmospheric condensates in ultra-cool dwarfs via spectro-polarimetry ALFOSC  
Aug 17 Aug 18 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program ALFOSC +FIES 1 hour: Service 
Aug 17 Aug 18 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Remainder of night: Service 
Aug 18 Aug 19 69-010 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Gaia Astrometric Exoplanet RV Follow-Up and Companion Search FIES +? 2.2 hour: Service 
Aug 18 Aug 19 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time FIES +? Remainder of night: Service 
Aug 19 Aug 22 69-152 G. Cescutti ChETEC-INFRA Measuring at Intermediate metallicity Neutron Capture Elements (MINCE) FIES +ALFOSC  
Aug 22 Aug 23 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ? +FIES Service 
Aug 23 Aug 24 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ? +FIES Service 
Aug 24 Aug 25 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program ALFOSC +FIES 1 hour: Service 
Aug 24 Aug 25 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC +FIES Remainder of night: Service 
Aug 25 Aug 26 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time  
Aug 26 Aug 27 69-010 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Gaia Astrometric Exoplanet RV Follow-Up and Companion Search FIES +? 2.2 hour: Service 
Aug 26 Aug 27 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time FIES +? Remainder of night: Service 
Aug 27 Aug 28 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ? +FIES Service 
Aug 28 Aug 31 69-801 IAA ES IAA ALFOSC Guaranteed Time ALFOSC  
Aug 31 Sep 01 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program ALFOSC 1 hour: Service 
Aug 31 Sep 01 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time ALFOSC Remainder of night 
Sep 01 Sep 02 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time TBD+FIES Service 
Sep 02 Sep 03 69-504 Hakon Dahle NO Tracing the internal structure of galaxies back to reionization. ALFOSC Service 
Sep 03 Sep 04 68-505 Erkki Kankare, Maximilian Stritzinger, Thomas Reynolds FI,DK,DK The local transient Universe NOTCam Half the night: Service 
Sep 03 Sep 04 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time NOTCam Remainder of night 
Sep 04 Sep 05 69-202 Lluis Galbany ES Cosmography of Laniakea: Type Ia supernovae, peculiar velocities and dark matter NOTCam  
Sep 05 Sep 06 69-010 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Gaia Astrometric Exoplanet RV Follow-Up and Companion Search FIES 2.2 hour: Service 
Sep 05 Sep 06 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time TBD Remainder of night 
Sep 06 Sep 07 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program ALFOSC 1 hour: Service 
Sep 06 Sep 07 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC+FIES Remainder of night: Service 
Sep 07 Sep 08 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time TBD+FIES Service 
Sep 08 Sep 11 69-206 Hannu Parviainen ES Transit timing variation follow-up of the multiplanet system TOI-2267 with NOT ALFOSC Time critical 
Sep 11 Sep 12 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time TBD+FIES Service 
Sep 12 Sep 13 69-010 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Gaia Astrometric Exoplanet RV Follow-Up and Companion Search FIES 2.2 hour: Service 
Sep 12 Sep 13 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program ALFOSC 1 hour: Service 
Sep 12 Sep 13 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC+FIES Remainder of night: Service 
Sep 13 Sep 17 69-016 Pasi Hakala FI The Gaia 300 pc sample of Cataclysmic Variables ALFOSC  
Sep 17 Sep 18 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program ALFOSC 1 hour: Service 
Sep 17 Sep 18 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC+FIES Remainder of night: Service 
Sep 18 Sep 19 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time TBD Remainder of night 
Sep 19 Sep 20 69-010 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Gaia Astrometric Exoplanet RV Follow-Up and Companion Search FIES 2.2 hour: Service 
Sep 19 Sep 20 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time TBD+FIES Remainder of night: Service 
Sep 20 Sep 21 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time TBD+FIES Service 
Sep 21 Sep 23 69-107 Dagmara Oszkiewicz ORP Spectral study of basaltic asteroids ALFOSC 2 half nights: Service 
Sep 21 Sep 22 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC+FIES Remainder of night: Service 
Sep 22 Sep 23 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC+FIES Remainder of night: Service 
Sep 23 Sep 24 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program ALFOSC 1 hour: Service 
Sep 23 Sep 24 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC+FIES Remainder of night: Service 
Sep 24 Sep 25 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time TBD  
Sep 25 Sep 26 68-505 Erkki Kankare, Maximilian Stritzinger, Thomas Reynolds FI,DK,DK The local transient Universe NOTCam Half the night: Service 
Sep 25 Sep 26 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time NOTCam+FIES Remainder of night: Service 
Sep 26 Sep 27 69-010 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Gaia Astrometric Exoplanet RV Follow-Up and Companion Search FIES 2.2 hour: Service 
Sep 26 Sep 27 69-901 NOT NOT Technical time TBD Remainder of night 
Sep 27 Sep 28 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time TBD+FIES Remainder of night: Service 
Sep 28 Sep 29 69-299 CAT ES CAT service time TBD  
Sep 29 Sep 30 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time TBD+FIES Service 
Sep 30 Oct 01 68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program ALFOSC 1 hour: Service 
Sep 30 Oct 01 69-199 Various NOT Nordic service time ALFOSC+FIES Remainder of night: Service 

Monitoring and ToO Programs

Proposal NumberPrincipal InvestigatorInstitute/ CountryProgrammeTypeInstrumentTime AllocationNightsComments
69-001 Karsten Brogaard DK Improving our understanding of stellar physics with open star clusters. Mon FIES Obs. of 6 targets in NGC6866, 5 in NGC6633. Expo. can be split 12.0h Fixed dates to be scheduled 
69-002 Pouya M. Kouch FI Multi-band polarization observations of IXPE targets Mon ALFOSC 30 obs. total, 22 min/obs. 11.0h Fixed dates to be scheduled ~2 weeks in advance 
69-004 Panos Charalampopoulos FI Deducing physical parameters of TDEs through spectroscopic lag studies SoftToO ALFOSC Classification 4h total, follow-up of 2 TDEs, 6h each 16.0h Soft triggers during Nordic service or Technical nights 
69-005 Luca Izzo DK The very early emission in relativistic supernovae at optical wavelengths ToO+SoftToO ALFOSC 2 triggers, 4 epochs, 3.5h total/target 7.0h Should aim for only soft triggers during Nordic service or Technical nights 
69-007 Mikkel N. Lund DK Exploring Asteroseismic Binaries Mon FIES 13 targets, 8 targets 3-5 epochs, 5 targets 20 epochs 43.7h Fixed dates to be scheduled 
69-009 K. Koljonen NO Disentagling the optical emission mechanisms in tidal disruption events Mon ALFOSC 2 targets, 8 obs./target, 50m/obs. 13.3h Fixed dates to be scheduled after trigger 
69-013 Thomas Killestein FI Resetting the clock: precision ephemerides for CW searches of Cyg X-2 Mon FIES 18 observations of Cyg X-2, 50m/obs. 15.0h Fixed dates to be scheduled 
69-014 Charlotte Angus DK Unlocking the power of fast-evolving tidal disruption events with NOT ToO+Mon ALFOSC ~10 triggers, ~36min/obs. 1 target, 3 epochs monitoring 6.0h+3.0h Should aim for (soft) triggers. Monitoring Fixed dates to be scheduled 
69-015 Giorgos Leloudas DK The BlackGEM Local Transient Survey: investigating late stellar evolution ToO+SoftToO ALFOSC 6-10 triggers, <1h/trigger. Follow-up 6 epochs, 3.5h/target 6.0h+7.0h Should aim only for soft triggers during Nordic service or Technical nights 
69-018 Sandra Raimundo DK Flares or changing-states? - A pilot study of black hole transients Mon ALFOSC Spec. obs. of 6 targets 6.5h Fixed dates to be scheduled 
69-023 Daniele Bjorn Malesani DK Chasing the most exotic gamma-ray bursts ToO+SoftToO ALFOSC/StanCam+NOTCam 12 triggers, follow-up 4x5 epochs up to 3h. NOTCam 3h obs 24h+3h Override. Follow-up soft triggers during Nordic service or Technical nights 
69-027 Elina Lindfors FI Polarization Monitoring of VHE gamma-ray Blazars Mon ALFOSC Multiple (11-26) visits of 13 sources 32.0h Fixed dates to be scheduled 
69-028 Diego Farias DK Unveiling transitional interacting core-collapse supernovae Mon ALFOSC 3 targets, 4-5 epochs, ~3000sec/obs. 12.0h Fixed dates to be scheduled when target known 
69-030 Victoria Antoci DK Oscillating wildly-Characterising the nature of unusually pulsating stars III Mon FIES 2 separate observations of 8 sources 20.0h Fixed dates to be scheduled 
69-101 dr. Zsofia Nagy ORP Photometry and spectroscopy of FUor-type eruptive young stars Mon NOTCam Ima+spec of 4 targets 1.0 Fixed dates to be scheduled 
69-103 Anna Franckowiak ORP Spectroscopic follow-up of candidate counterparts to IceCube high-energy neutrinos ToO+SoftToO ALFOSC 2 triggers, ~1.5h per trigger 0.3 Override, but should aim for (soft) triggers during Nordic service or Technical nights 
69-108 Francesca Onori ORP Understanding the crucial early emission in TDEs with fast-response discovery and high-cadence follow-up SoftToO ALFOSC 2 targets, 3 obs./target, total of 2.7h/target 0.5 Soft triggers during Nordic service or Technical nights 
69-207 David Aguado ES Exploring Supernova Winds: Unraveling Massive Star Explosions and Circumstellar Material Dynamics ToO FIES 6x1hr triggers 6.0h Only allowed to override CAT service and CAT visitor nights assigned to 69-201, 69-203, 69-204 and 69-208 
68-302 Peter Jonker ITP Determining the origin of the elusive Fast X-ray Transients ToO+SoftToO ALFOSC Follow-up on first 3 night of a trigger 1.6 Override, but should aim for (soft) triggers during Nordic service or Technical nights 
69-501 Karsten Brogaard DK Establishing the accuracy of asteroseismic mass, radius, and age estimates of giant stars using eclipsing binaries. Mon FIES Multi epoch of 8 targets, ~1h/obs. 30.0h Fixed dates to be scheduled 
68-501 Jesper Sollerman SE Kilonovae and Supernovae with ZTF during LVK O4 ToO+SoftToO ALFOSC/StanCam+NOTCam+FIES Hard triggers 10x(1-2)x1.5h, follow-up 4x5x1.5h 5.0 Override. Follow-up soft triggers during Nordic service or Technical nights 
69-502 Marcus Lovmand Marcussen DK Planets around Subgiants Mon FIES 15 sets of obs., 1.5h/obs. 1.5 Fixed dates to be scheduled 
66-502 Jane Luu NO Active Asteroids and Other Unusual Solar System Objects ToO+SoftToO ALFOSC 2 triggers, 3h per target 6.0h Override. Follow-up soft triggers during Nordic service or Technical nights 
68-504 Erik Kool, Thomas Reynolds FI,DK A NOTCam and JWST partnership: Near-infrared detection and study of tidal disruption events ToO+SoftToO NOTCam Hard triggers 7h, detection and follow-up of JWST targets, rest soft 3.0 Override. Soft triggers during Nordic service or Technical nights 
68-505 Erkki Kankare, Maximilian Stritzinger, Thomas Reynolds FI,DK,DK The local transient Universe ToO+SoftToO ALFOSC+NOTCam+FIES 10 hard ToOs 10h, rest soft 60h 7.0 Override. Soft triggers during Nordic service or Technical nights 
68-506 Jeppe Sinkbaek Thomsen DK Anomalous radial velocities in the eclipsing binary KIC10001167 Mon FIES 27 obs., 1 spectrum/week, ~21min/obs. 9.4h Fixed dates to be scheduled 
69-506 Rubina Kotak FI Finding electromagnetic counterparts to Ligo/VIRGO/KAGRA sources using the gravitational wave transient observer (GOTO) ToO ALFOSC 15 triggers, ~75 min/obs. 20h Override. Soft triggers during Nordic service or Technical nights 
69-507 Grigori Fedorets FI Probing the diversity of smallest building blocks of the Solar System ToO+SoftToO ALFOSC 6 hard triggers spec., 6 soft triggers phot. 2h/triggers 2x12.0h Soft triggers during Nordic service or Technical nights 
68-507 Giorgos Leloudas, Luca Izzo, Daniele B. Malesani DK,DK,DK Discovering and characterizing optical counterparts of gravitational wave sources ToO ALFOSC/StanCam+NOTCam Detection trigger imag. 100min. Clas. spec. 1h. Follow-up 10x1.2h 24.5h Override 
68-509 Hakon Dahle NO Cluster-lensed quasars as probes of H0 Mon ALFOSC 8x20m J0909, 15x13m J1326, 10x13m CJ0219, 6x20m CJ0335, 3x20m CJ0542, 9x35m CJ1153, 6x20m J2222 18.3h Fixed dates to be scheduled 
68-803 Karri Muinonen,Mikael Granvik ESA ESA S2P Program ToO+SoftToO ALFOSC Follow-up and triggers in case regular obs. fails 1.0 Override, but should aim for (soft) triggers during Nordic service or Technical nights 
69-811 Dong Xu NTE EP and SVOM transients ToO+SoftToO ALFOSC Trigger EP and SVOM transients 4.0 Override, but should aim for (soft) triggers during Nordic service or Technical nights 

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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