successful proposals for telescope time with ULTRACAM



Semester 2002A (WHT)
2002 May 16 - 20

PIRefNightsTitle
DhillonCommissioning1ULTRACAM commissioning
MarshW/2002A/P73Magnetic braking and solar cycles in detached binary stars
DhillonW/2002A/P91Coordinated optical and X-ray observations of the eclipsing polar HU Aqr

Total = 5 nights



Semester 2002B (WHT)
2002 Sept 9 - 21

PIRefNightsTitle
HullemanW/2002B/N73The nature of magnetars: ULTRACAM observations of the Anomalous X-ray Pulsar 4U 0142+61
ShahbazW/2002B/C253High time resolution optical studies of quiescent black hole X-ray transients
O'BrienW/2002B/N33Optical analogues of X-ray timing phenomena in X-ray binaries using ULTRACAM and RXTE
JefferyW/2002B/P274Colorimetric mode indentification in pulsating subdwarf B stars

Total = 13 nights



Semester 2003A (WHT)
2003 May 19 - 25 & 2003 June 6 - 8

PIRefNightsTitle
ShahbazW/2003A/C153High time resolution optical studies of quiescent X-ray transients
MarshW/2003A/P377ULTRACAM observations of interacting binary stars

Total = 10 nights



Semester 2003B (WHT)
2003 Oct 29 - Nov 6 & 2003 Nov 10 - 13

PIRefNightsTitle
DhillonService1.5Various
ShahbazW/2003B/C202High time-resolution imaging of the black hole X-ray transient J0422+32
Klein WoltW/2003B/N82Optical analogues of X-ray timing phenomena in X-ray binaries using ULTRACAM and RXTE
MathioudakisW/2003B/P264High frequency oscillations in active cool stars
DhillonW/2003B/P310.5ULTRACAM observations of the transiting extrasolar planet HD209458b
FitzsimmonsW/2003B/P450.5The 13th/14th November Stellar Occultation by Titan
MarshW/2003B/P552Stochastic variability of accretion discs

Total = 12.5 nights



Semester 2004A (WHT)
2004 April 29 - May 5 & 2005 May 17 - 19

PIRefNightsTitle
DhillonService1Various
CasaresW/2004A/C353Echo tomography of fluorescence lines in Sco X-1
MarshW/2004A/P352ULTRACAM observations of detached white dwarf/M dwarf binary stars
RoquesW/2004A/P384Search for small Kuiper Belt objects by stellar occultation

Total = 10 nights



Semester 2004B (WHT)
2004 August 20 - 30

PIRefNightsTitle
JefferyW/2004B/P443Mode identification from multicolour photometry of the pulsating sdB star PG 0014+067
AertsW/2004B/N153Asteroseismology of the pulsating sdB star PG 0014+067
DhillonW/2004B/P140.5ULTRACAM observations of the transiting extrasolar planet HD209458b
MarshW/2004B/P214Stochastic variability of accreting white dwarfs
LittlefairW/2004B/P310.5The quiescent accretion disc in the dwarf nova IP Peg

Total = 11 nights



Period 75 (VLT)
2005 May 4 - 21

PIRefNightsTitle
Dhillon00.0-00000.5ULTRACAM commissioning
Dhillon075.C-07861.5The masses and radii of extrasolar planets
Marsh075.D-03112Pulsating White Dwarfs in Cataclysmic Variable Stars
Bonnet-Bidaud075.D-08461The study of the fast quasi-periodic oscillations in Polars with VLT/ULTRACAM
Silvotti075.D-03710.5Radial and non-radial pulsations in DA white dwarfs
Dhillon075.C-04931A search for optical pulsations in the Anomalous X-ray Pulsars 1E 1048.1-5937 and 1RXS J170849.0-400910
Littlefair075.C-05052Ultra-cool dwarfs with ULTRACAM: On the causes of variability
Kotak075.D-01351ULTRACAM observations of pulsating white dwarfs in globular clusters
Aerts075.D-01740.5Ultra high-precision mass determination of the components of the eclipsing binary PG 1336-018 as a critical test of formation scenarios for subdwarf B stars
Shahbaz075.D-01931Probing the inner accretion flow in the quiescent black hole X-ray transients
Wheatley075.D-07380.5Combined XMM-Newton and VLT+ULTRACAM eclipse mapping of dwarf novae
Schwope075.D-03491Multiwavelength mapping of eclipsing polars with ULTRACAM and XMM-Newton
Roques075.C-01152Search for small Kuiper Belt object by stellar occulations
Marsh075.D-06402Stochastic Variability of Accretion Discs
Gandhi075.B-04401Optical variability of AGN on 10-100 millisecond time-scales

Total = 17.5 nights



Semester 2005B (WHT)
2005 Aug 9 - 15 & 2005 Aug 25 - Sept 1

PIRefNightsTitle
RodriguezW/2005B/C1192The magnetic nature of the SW Sextantis stars
AertsW/2005B/N33ULTRACAM asteroseismology: combining pressure and gravity modes to probe the structure of BAL090100001
NelemansW/2005B/N131Fast photometry of the 10 min binary ES Cet with ULTRACAM
RoelofsW/2005B/N152Constraining the nature of the enigmatic variable V407 Vul
RoquesW/2005B/P124Detection of small Kuiper Belt objects by stellar occultation
MarshW/2005B/P322The nature of the white dwarfs in long period cataclysmic variables
LittlefairW/2005B/P661J1702+3229 - a CV in the period gap with an evolved secondary?

Total = 15 nights



Period 76 (VLT)
2005 Nov 23 - 28

PIRefNightsTitle
Dhillon00.0-00000.5ULTRACAM commissioning
Vreeswijk076.D-04241High time-resolution multi-colour optical imaging of early GRB afterglows with ULTRACAM
Roelofs076.D-07940.5A Direct Probe of the Central Object in the Helium Nova V445 Puppis
Marsh076.D-02281The nature of the shortest period binary system, RX J0806.3+1527
Maccarone076.D-04001Testing Jet Power of Neutron Stars Through High Time Resolution Optical/X-ray Data
Benvenuto076.D-04301First detection and characterization of the compact neutron star remnant inside SN1987A

Total = 5 nights



Semester 2006A (WHT)
2006 March 1 - 12

PIRefNightsTitle
MarshW/2006A/P83The first eclipsing AM CVn star, SDSS J0926+3624
FitzsimmonsW/2006A/P431The March 12th/13th Stellar Occultation by Pluto
MarshW/2006A/P533Angular momentum loss and exchange in white dwarf/main-sequence binary stars
LittlefairW/2006A/P575On the evolutionary status of short period cataclysmic variables

Total = 12 nights



Period 79 (VLT)
2007 June 8 - 23

PIRefNightsTitle
Dhillon00.0-00002ULTRACAM mounting and commissioning
Littlefair079.C-06861.5Ultra-cool dwarfs with ULTRACAM: confirming the presence of weather
Marsh079.D-05181.5Angular Momentum Loss in White Dwarf Binaries
Gänsicke079.C-00850.5An intensive study of the planetary debris disk around SDSS,J1228+1040
Sicardy079.C-03450.5Pluto's atmospheric activity from stellar occultations in 2007
Dhillon079.D-08711A search for optical bursts from the rotating radio transient (RRAT) J1819-1458 with ULTRACAM
Munoz-Darias079.D-05032Echo tomography of fluorescence lines in V801 Ara (4U 1636-536)
Littlefair079.D-07903Testing disrupted magnetic braking with the mass-period relationship of cataclysmic variables
Maxted079.C-01992Photometry of transiting extrasolar planets with ULTRACAM
Shahbaz079.D-08690.5Probing the inner accretion flow in a quiescent neutron star X-ray transient
Gandhi079.D-05350.5Rapid optical variability of the Galactic Black Hole candidates GX 339-4 and SWIFT J1753.5-0127
Vreeswijk079.D-04561High time-resolution multi-colour optical imaging of early GRB afterglows with ULTRACAM

Total = 16 nights


Last updated: 2006 February 23, Vik Dhillon