NORDIC OPTICAL TELESCOPE SCHEDULE:

1998 Apr 1 - 1998 Sep 30


Starting Ending Principal Country Progr. Instrum. Remarks date date Investigator /instit. Apr 1 Apr 5 E. Valtaoja Finland \p69 HiRAC Apr 5 Apr 17 M.J. Fernandez- \n04 SOFIN 3 nights Figueroa Apr 5 Apr 17 N. Piskunov Sweden \p51 SOFIN 5 nights Apr 5 Apr 17 G. Wahlgren Sweden \p68 SOFIN 4 nights Apr 17 Apr 18 Technical time NOT Apr 18 Apr 21 A. Hidalgo Spain \n07 ALFOSC Apr 21 Apr 22 H. Pedersen Denmark \p48 ALFOSC Apr 22 Apr 25 H. Dahle Norway \p07 ALFOSC Apr 25 Apr 28 I. Burud Norway \p06 HiRAC Apr 28 Apr 30 P. Lilje Norway \p37 ALFOSC Apr 30 May 3 P. Lilje Norway \p37 ALFOSC shared t. Apr 30 May 3 H. Kjeldsen Denmark \p31 ALFOSC - " - May 3 May 9 H. Kjeldsen Denmark \p31 ALFOSC May 9 May 14 P. Teerikorpi Finland \p65 TurPOL May 14 May 18 CCI time TurPOL May 18 May 23 A. Jaunsen Norway \p26 ALFOSC May 23 May 24 J. Hjorth Denmark \p24 ALFOSC May 24 May 26 E. Gudmundsson Iceland \p18 ALFOSC May 26 May 30 J. Masegosa IAC \n13 ALFOSC May 30 May 31 K. Muinonen Finland \p40 TurPOL 1st half May 30 May 31 H. Pedersen Denmark \p48 StanCam 2nd half May 31 Jun 2 K. Muinonen Finland \p40 TurPOL Jun 2 Jun 4 J. Licandro Spain \n01 HiRAC Jun 4 Jun 7 Technical time NOT Jun 7 Jun 13 M. Fridlund ESA \p13 ALFOSC Jun 13 Jun 16 Technical time NOT Jun 16 Jun 20 F. Grundahl Denmark \p17 HiRAC Jun 20 Jun 24 C. Fransson Sweden \p12 ALFOSC Jun 24 Jun 26 P. Hakala Finland \p20 ALFOSC Jun 26 Jun 28 G. Ramsay UK \p54 ALFOSC Jun 28 Jun 29 C. Fransson Sweden \p12 ALFOSC Jun 29 Jun 30 H. Pedersen Denmark \p48 ALFOSC Jun 30 Jul 2 Y. Aguilar Spain \n06 HiRAC Jul 2 Jul 16 T. Hackman Finland \p19 SOFIN 4 nights Jul 2 Jul 16 S. Johansson Sweden \p27 SOFIN 3 nights Jul 2 Jul 16 P. Petrov Ukraine \p50 SOFIN 2 nights Jul 2 Jul 16 I. Tuominen Finland \p67 SOFIN 5 nights Jul 16 Jul 19 K. Nilsson Finland \p45 ALFOSC Jul 19 Jul 20 H. Pedersen Denmark \p48 ALFOSC Jul 20 Jul 24 H. Dahle Norway \p08 ALFOSC Jul 24 Jul 28 L. Takalo Finland \p63 ALFOSC Jul 28 Aug 1 CCI time TurPOL Aug 1 Aug 4 L. Miranda Spain \n12 IACUB Aug 4 Aug 10 B. Montesinos Spain \n11 IACUB Aug 10 Aug 13 F. Keenan UK \p30 ALFOSC Aug 13 Aug 16 Y. Aguilar Spain \n08 ALFOSC Aug 16 Aug 23 J. Cepa Spain \n10 HiRAC Aug 23 Aug 30 ALFOSC team guaranteed time ALFOSC Aug 30 Sep 2 T. Pursimo Finland \p53 ALFOSC Sep 2 Sep 11 Technical time NOT NOTCam Sep 11 Sep 14 S. Katajainen Finland \p29 TurPOL Sep 14 Sep 17 C. Aspin NOT \p02 ALFOSC Sep 17 Sep 21 J. Fynbo Denmark \p14 HiRAC Sep 21 Sep 25 J. Kotilainen Finland \p32 HiRAC 3.5 nights Sep 24 Sep 25 H. Pedersen Denmark \p48 HiRAC 0.5 night Sep 25 Sep 28 I. Lundstrom Sweden \p39 HiRAC Sep 28 Oct 1 H. Schwarz NOT \p58 ALFOSC Note: The monitoring program 'Time delays of gravitationally lensed quasars', by Hjorth et al., will be continued during the allocation period (30-45 min observing time once per week)