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ePESSTO+: advanced Public ESO Spectroscopic Survey for Transient Objects

PI: C. Inserra (Cardiff University). Information and list of member institutes  on : www.pessto.org

PESSTO and ePESSTO PI: S. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast). Information and list of member institutes  on : www.pessto.org

All details of PESSTO data products here : 

PESSTO: survey description and products from the first data release by the Public ESO Spectroscopic Survey of Transient Objects : Smartt et al. 2015, A&A, 579, 40

Download the full first year spectroscopic data release from ESO (Phase 3 data products). Instructions here.


Important operational Information and links

ePESSTO+ night reports : linked from here 

ePESSTO+ data reduction pipeline : linked from here

Info for observers to trigger LCO photometry (and data exploitation policies)  : See here for all info. 

Info for observers to trigger GROND photometry (and data exploitation policies) : See here for all info - FROM  ROUGHLY P104, THIS IS NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE


PESSTO Marshall : link here (internal only)

For object PIs - please update the marshall at least 24hrs before the request for your follow-up targets and OB requests. Please also ensure you have provided an EFOSC2 finder for the observers 


Upcoming and Recent meetings
ePESSTO+ Meeting II online, Monday 21st - Wednesday 23rd September 2020

ePESSTO+ Meeting II @ Stockholm (Postponed in 2021), Thursday 16th - Friday 17th April 2020

ePESSTO Meeting IV / ePESSTO+ Meeting I @ Tuorla Observatory, Turku, Monday 8th - Tuesday 9th April 2019

ePESSTO Meeting III @ CNR Headquarters, Rome, Monday 23th - Tuesday 24th July 2018
    ePESSTO Meeting II Monday 11th - Tuesday 12th Dec 2017, University College Dublin



    A snapshot of the PESSTO Wiki before the advent of ePESSTO and ePESSTO+ can be found here.