NORDIC OPTICAL TELESCOPE SCHEDULE Period 30: 2004 Oct 1 - 2005 Apr 1

Starting	Ending	Principal	Institute/	Programme	Instrument(s)	Remarks
Date	Date	Investigator	Country
Oct 01	Oct 02	Staff	NOT	Technical time	T.B.D.
Oct 02	Oct 05	I. Negueruela (S)	Spain	El cúmulo abierto NGC 7419: Clave para entender las estrellas masivas	ALFOSC
Oct 05	Oct 06	Staff	NOT	Technical time	T.B.D.
Oct 06	Oct 11	D. Zucker	Germany	Does M31 have as many satellites as predicted in CDM theory?	MOSCA
Oct 11	Oct 12	T. Augusteijn	NOT	A well-defined sample of white dwarf - red dwarf binaries	ALFOSC
Oct 12	Oct 17	J.-E. Solheim	Norway	Whole Earth Telescope campaign on a key sdB pulsator	ALFOSC
Oct 17	Oct 18	T. Augusteijn	NOT	A well-defined sample of white dwarf - red dwarf binaries	ALFOSC
Oct 18	Oct 20	M. Haas	Germany	Optical spectroscopy of mid-IR selected AGN candidates	ALFOSC
Oct 20	Oct 21	F. Grundahl	Denmark	Photometry of eclipsing binary in NGC 188	ALFOSC	Service
Oct 21	Oct 25	P. Hakala	Finland	Does M33 X-7 harbour an eclipsing black hole?	ALFOSC
Oct 25	Oct 28	C. Dominguez (S)	Spain	Son anómales las abundacias de Be en estrellas que albergan planetas gigantes?	IACUB
Oct 28	Oct 29	Staff	NOT	Technical time	T.B.D.
Oct 29	Oct 30	Various	NOT	Service night	T.B.D.
Oct 30	Oct 31	F. Grundahl	Denmark	Photometry of eclipsing binary in NGC 188	ALFOSC	Service
Oct 31	Nov 01	J.-E. Solheim	Norway	A short periodic binary	ALFOSC
Nov 01	Nov 02	Staff	NOT	Technical time	T.B.D.
Nov 02	Nov 03	F. Grundahl	Denmark	Photometry of eclipsing binary in NGC 188	ALFOSC	Service
Nov 03	Nov 07	B. Gänsicke (ITP)	UK	Towards a global understanding of close binary evolution	ALFOSC
Nov 07	Nov 10	K. Muionen	Finland	Physical and dynamical characterisation of Near-Earth Objects	ALFOSC
Nov 10	Nov 12	E. Örndahl	Sweden	The stellar content of low redshift BL Lac host galaxies	ALFOSC
Nov 12	Nov 15	IAA	Spain	ALFOSC guaranteed time	ALFOSC
Nov 15	Nov 17	P. Gutiérrez (S)	France	Estado rotacional de núcleos cometarios: Efectos de fuerzas no-gravitacionales	ALFOSC
Nov 17	Nov 19	S. Arribas (S)	Spain	Optical imaging of very luminous IR galaxies	ALFOSC
Nov 19	Nov 20	J. Iglesias (S)	France	Optical follow-up of a sample of very extincted FIR-selected galaxies	ALFOSC
Nov 20	Nov 21	Staff	NOT	Technical time	T.B.D.
Nov 21	Nov 25	T. Arentoft	Denmark	Physical parameters of $\delta$ Scuti stars in open clusters	SOFIN
Nov 25	Nov 29	W. Zima	Austria	Asteroseismology of the evolved $\delta$ Scuti star 44 Tau	SOFIN
Nov 29	Dec 01	H. Korhonen	Germany	Magnetic activity of AR Lac from photosphere to corona	SOFIN	Service
Dec 01	Dec 02	Staff	NOT	Technical time	T.B.D.
Dec 02	Dec 03	Various	NOT	Service night	T.B.D.
Dec 03	Dec 05	P. Rodríguez (S)	UK	The cataclysmic variable population of the Hamburg Quasar Survey	ALFOSC
Dec 05	Dec 09	P. Hakala	Finland	Study of new short period systems from the RATS survey	ALFOSC
Dec 09	Dec 10	J. Iglesias (S)	France	Optical follow-up of a sample of very extincted FIR-selected galaxies	ALFOSC
Dec 10	Dec 11	Staff	NOT	Technical time	T.B.D.
Dec 11	Dec 16	B. Krog	Denmark	Probing star formation in and around DLA0458-02 at z = 2.04	ALFOSC
Dec 16	Dec 20	P. Groot	Netherlands	Spectroscopic identification of H$\alpha$ emitters from IPHAS	ALFOSC
Dec 20	Dec 21	J. Licandro (S)	Spain	Espectroscopía visible y infraroja de asteroides cercanos a la Tierra	ALFOSC
Dec 21	Dec 22	Staff	NOT	Technical time	T.B.D.
Dec 22	Dec 23	Various	NOT	Service night	T.B.D.	Half night
Dec 22	Dec 23	J.-E. Solheim	Norway	A search for young Planetary Nebulae	SOFIN	Service Half night
Dec 23	Dec 27	S. Feltzing	Sweden	New observational constraints on how the disks in our Galaxy formed	SOFIN	Service
Dec 27	Jan 02	I. Tuominen	Finland	Magnetic field polarity in active late-type stars	SOFIN	Service
Jan 02	Jan 03	Staff	NOT	Technical time	T.B.D.
Jan 03	Jan 05	J.A. Caballero (S)	Spain	Variabilidad espectrofotométrica de S Ori: Una M6 muy joven con disco	ALFOSC
Jan 05	Jan 08	C. Thomas	UK	An H$\alpha$ survey of star formation in local cluster galaxies	ALFOSC
Jan 08	Jan 11	M. Gålfalk	Sweden	The YSO population and associated jets in L1541-N	ALFOSC
Jan 11	Jan 14	S. Arribas (S)	Spain	Optical imaging of very luminous IR galaxies	ALFOSC
Jan 14	Jan 17	K. Muionen	Finland	Physical and dynamical characterisation of Near-Earth Objects	ALFOSC
Jan 17	Jan 20	H. Lehto	Finland	High-speed photometry of the eclipsing polar RXJ0719+6557	ALFOSC
Jan 20	Jan 21	Staff	NOT	Technical time	T.B.D.
Jan 21	Jan 22	Various	NOT	Service night	T.B.D.
Jan 22	Jan 25	J. Kotilainen	Finland	The host galaxies of radio quiet quasars at 0.5 $< z <$ 1	NOTCam
Jan 25	Jan 26	M. Ytre-Eide	Norway	Near-IR imaging of gravitationally magnified distant galaxies	NOTCam	Service
Jan 26	Jan 29	M. Gålfalk	Sweden	The YSO population and associated jets in L1541-N	NOTCam
Jan 29	Jan 31	Staff	NOT	Technical time	T.B.D.
Jan 31	Feb 01	Various	NOT	Service night	T.B.D.
Feb 01	Feb 02	K. Nilsson	Finland	Very fast photometry of blazars	ALFOSC
Feb 02	Feb 06	B. Gänsicke	UK	Towards a global understanding of close binary evolution	ALFOSC
Feb 06	Feb 07	S. Aalto	Sweden	Nuclear morphology and dynamics of LINER galaxies	ALFOSC
Feb 07	Feb 10	S. Aalto	Sweden	Multicolour investigation of minor merger candidates	ALFOSC
Feb 10	Feb 11	G. Östlin	Sweden	Deep emission line images of local Lyman-alpha galaxies	ALFOSC	Service
Feb 11	Feb 12	Staff	NOT	Technical time	T.B.D.
Feb 12	Feb 14	IAC (S)	Spain	CAT service time	ALFOSC
Feb 14	Feb 15	Staff	NOT	Technical time	T.B.D.
Feb 15	Feb 20	J.-E. Solheim	Norway	Searching for new pulsating hot subdwarf B stars	ALFOSC
Feb 20	Feb 21	Staff	NOT	Technical time	T.B.D.
Feb 21	Feb 22	Various	NOT	Service night	T.B.D.
Feb 22	Feb 24	S. Aalto	Sweden	Nuclear morphology and dynamics of LINER galaxies	NOTCam
Feb 24	Feb 26	M. Ytre-Eide	Norway	Near-IR imaging of gravitationally magnified distant galaxies	NOTCam
Feb 26	Feb 27	Staff	NOT	Technical time	T.B.D.
Feb 27	Feb 28	IAC (S)	Spain	CAT service time	ALFOSC
Feb 28	Mar 03	P. Gutiérrez (S)	France	Estado rotacional de núcleos cometarios: Efectos de fuerzas no-gravitacionales	ALFOSC
Mar 03	Mar 06	N. Caon (S)	Spain	Compact BCDs: The structure of the low surface brightness stellar host	ALFOSC
Mar 06	Mar 08	B. Cedrés (S)	Spain	Abundancia de oxígeno en galaxias: Método $P$	ALFOSC
Mar 08	Mar 10	E. Örndahl	Sweden	The stellar content of low redshift BL Lac host galaxies	ALFOSC
Mar 10	Mar 14	P. Lilje	Norway	The FRI/FRII dichotomy: Caused by black hole mass or accretion rate?	ALFOSC
Mar 14	Mar 16	T. Augusteijn	NOT	A well-defined sample of white dwarf - red dwarf binaries	ALFOSC
Mar 16	Mar 18	M. Haas	Germany	Optical spectroscopy of mid-IR selected AGN candidates	ALFOSC
Mar 18	Mar 21	K. Muionen	Finland	Physical and dynamical characterisation of Near-Earth Objects	ALFOSC
Mar 21	Mar 28	Staff	NOT	Technical time	T.B.D.
Mar 28	Mar 29	Various	NOT	Service night	T.B.D.
Mar 29	Apr 01	H.E. Schwarz	Chile	3-D Structure and accurate distances of Planetary Nebulae	ALFOSC

Approved Target-of-Opportunity programmes, in priority order:

J. Fynbo et al.: Gamma Ray Bursts: An enigma and a tool. Max. 12 alerts, 8 nights total time. May interrupt ongoing integrations.

V. Stanishev et al.: Physics of nearby Type Ia supernovae. Max. 4 alerts w./ 3 follow-ups; 2 nights total time.

T. Pursimo: Optical polarisation of INTEGRAL ToO BL Lac objects. 1 alert of 3 hours.

Note that these ToO overwrite observations can only apply to programs allocated by the Nordic OPC, and are excluded from programs allocated by the Spanish CAT (indicated by (S) after the PI name in the schedule) and International Time programs (indicated by (ITP)).

Approved monitoring programmes (done by staff, in service mode):

W. Nowotny: AGB stars in NGC 147 and NGC 185. Allocation: ALFOSC: $12\times1$ hr + NOTCam; 6 hr.

K. Muinonen: Astrometry of Near Earth Asteroids. Allocation: $6\times2$ hr (ALFOSC).

Other approved service programme:

P. Gandhi: Redshift and environment of a distant Compton-thick quasar. Allocation: 2 hr grey time in Dec-Mar; ALFOSC.