Recommended allocated time by the CAT

Semester 2025A

Gran Telescopio Canarias

* Oversubscription factor in 2025A = 3.4
* Right ascensions between 10 h and 12 h are more heavily oversubscribed.
* A-band proposals have carry-over status over the following two semesters (2025B and 2026A), except for ToO proposals.
* ToO proposals in band C are not approved.
* ToO proposals must follow the GTC ToO policy.
* ToO proposals are allowed the triggers indicated in the proposal. Triggers on objects not included in the approved proposal are not permitted.
* Filler proposals with grades below the cutoff mark are not approved.
* C-band proposals cannot be assigned visitor mode.
* All PIs and teams are kindly requested to prepare phase 2 very carefully and according to the scientific program and objects approved by the CAT.

BandRef. CATPIAwarded time (h)InstrumentTitle
A Visitor61-GTC43/25AJulia de Leon Cruz D (13hrs) OsirisEvolution of the Didymos binary asteroid system, target of the ESA Hera mission
A Visitor71-GTC53-A/25AEduardo Martin Guerrero de Escalante A (16hrs) EMIRGTC follow-up spectroscopy of ultracool dwarfs discovered in the Euclid Deep Field North
A Visitor71-GTC54-B/25AEduardo Martin Guerrero de Escalante D (14hrs) OsirisGTC follow-up spectroscopy of ultracool dwarfs discovered in the Euclid Deep Field North
A87-GTC81/25APaulo Alberto Miles Páez A (42hrs) EMIRA search for volatile clouds in the 700-400 K atmospheres of T-to-Y transition brown dwarfs
A97-GTC98/25APablo Rodríguez Gil G (4.8hrs) HIPERCAMThe physical and scattering properties of the planetary debris around WD 1145+017
A56-GTC39/25AJavier Álvarez Márquez D (9hrs) OsirisDeep spectroscopy of a lensed N-emitter: testing "exotic" and rare phenomena - proto-globular cluster formation, supermassive or very massive stars, or others - happening at high-z
A50-GTC34-A/25ADavid Aguado15 A (1hrs) OsirisPursuing the first lights from core-collapse supernovae: rapid follow-up observations of Einstein Probe alerts
A130-GTC134-A/25ADaniel Mata Sánchez5 A (1hrs) HIPERCAMUnderstanding the origin of fast X-ray transients discovered with Einstein Probe
A130-GTC135-B/25ADaniel Mata Sánchez2 A (1hrs) EMIRUnderstanding the origin of fast X-ray transients discovered with Einstein Probe
A130-GTC136-C/25ADaniel Mata Sánchez5 A (1.5hrs) OsirisUnderstanding the origin of fast X-ray transients discovered with Einstein Probe
A8-GTC5/25ACarina Fian G (12.5hrs) OsirisProbing the Far-Ultraviolet Emitting Regions in High-Redshift Quasars
A10-GTC7/25AGiulia Golini D (16hrs) OsirisUltra-deep imaging of galaxies defying the cold dark matter model
A136-GTC161-A/25AJordi Blanco Pozo A (5.96hrs) HIPERCAMStudying Stellar Surface Heterogeneities Using Planetary Transits for JWST Targets
A136-GTC162-B/25AJordi Blanco Pozo A (3.62hrs) HIPERCAMStudying Stellar Surface Heterogeneities Using Planetary Transits for JWST Targets
A136-GTC163-C/25AJordi Blanco Pozo A (4.26hrs) HIPERCAMStudying Stellar Surface Heterogeneities Using Planetary Transits for JWST Targets
B40-GTC28/25ARicardo Amorin D (17.5hrs) OsirisLyman-alpha spectroscopy of extreme [OIII] emitters at z=3.1-3.7 selected with JWST/NIRCAM photometry
B101-GTC106/25AJoao Pedro Benedetti D (13.5hrs) OsirisYoung stars in old galaxies: deep UV-spectroscopy of a z~0.5 cluster
B32-GTC22-A/25AManuel Linares Alegret A (4.7hrs) OsirisGTC-OSIRIS follow-up of three new redback candidates
B32-GTC23-B/25AManuel Linares Alegret A (2.8hrs) OsirisGTC-OSIRIS follow-up of three new redback candidates
B Visitor1-GTC1/25AMontserrat Armas Padilla G (7hrs) HIPERCAMThe true nature of the X-ray binary 4U 1822-00: ultracompact or progenitor?
B62-GTC44/25AVikram Dhillon D (8hrs) HIPERCAMA search for optical emission from Long-Period Radio Transients
B96-GTC96-A/25AAntonia Morales Garoffolo G (10hrs) OsirisPeeking into the Very Center of Stellar Explosions with GTC Nebular Observations.
B96-GTC97-B/25AAntonia Morales Garoffolo G (13hrs) OsirisPeeking into the Very Center of Stellar Explosions with GTC Nebular Observations.
B142-GTC167/25ANadejda Blagorodnova Mujortova G (8.5hrs) OsirisSearching for luminous red nova precursors
B29-GTC19-A/25ADavid Jones12 G (1.8hrs) OsirisMulti-wavelength target of opportunity follow-up of newly-discovered luminous red novae
B29-GTC20-B/25ADavid Jones12 A (1hrs) EMIRMulti-wavelength target of opportunity follow-up of newly-discovered luminous red novae
B109-GTC112/25AManuel Ángel Pérez Torres D (4hrs) OsirisProof for merging massive black holes through discovery of a recoiled compact stellar cluster
B123-GTC128-A/25AJosé Feliciano Agüí Fernández6 A (1hrs) EMIRGRBs into the SVOM and Einstein Probe era
B123-GTC129-B/25AJosé Feliciano Agüí Fernández1 A (3hrs) EMIRGRBs into the SVOM and Einstein Probe era
B123-GTC130-C/25AJosé Feliciano Agüí Fernández11 A (1hrs) OsirisGRBs into the SVOM and Einstein Probe era
B123-GTC131-D/25AJosé Feliciano Agüí Fernández7 A (1hrs) HIPERCAMGRBs into the SVOM and Einstein Probe era
B143-GTC168/25AStefan Geier A (15hrs) EMIRWhere is the galaxy counterpart of the Damped Lyman-alpha Absorber towards GQ1218+0832?
B105-GTC109/25AAlberto Dominguez D (7hrs) OsirisProbing the extremes: Mpc-scale jets launched by low-mass black holes
B113-GTC114-A/25AFrancesco Coti Zelati4 G (1hrs) OsirisPrompt GTC study of unidentified transient LMXBs discovered by the Einstein Probe
B113-GTC115-B/25AFrancesco Coti Zelati4 D (1.2hrs) HIPERCAMPrompt GTC study of unidentified transient LMXBs discovered by the Einstein Probe
B5-GTC3/25ATeodoro Muñoz Darias10 A (1hrs) OsirisX-ray Binary Transients: accretion disc winds and nebulae.
B19-GTC12/25AVikram Dhillon3 D (1hrs) HIPERCAMHigh-cadence optical monitoring of the magnetar SGR 1935+2154 during its active phase
B95-GTC89-A/25AAlberto Javier Castro Tirado3 A (2hrs) OsirisInvestigating the physical origin and radiation mechanisms of long-duration GRBs
B95-GTC90-B/25AAlberto Javier Castro Tirado4 A (2hrs) OsirisInvestigating the physical origin and radiation mechanisms of long-duration GRBs
B95-GTC91-C/25AAlberto Javier Castro Tirado8 A (0.8hrs) OsirisInvestigating the physical origin and radiation mechanisms of long-duration GRBs
B95-GTC92-D/25AAlberto Javier Castro Tirado4 A (1.5hrs) EMIRInvestigating the physical origin and radiation mechanisms of long-duration GRBs
B95-GTC93-E/25AAlberto Javier Castro Tirado2 A (1.5hrs) OsirisInvestigating the physical origin and radiation mechanisms of long-duration GRBs
B95-GTC94-F/25AAlberto Javier Castro Tirado2 A (1hrs) EMIRInvestigating the physical origin and radiation mechanisms of long-duration GRBs
B95-GTC95-G/25AAlberto Javier Castro Tirado8 A (0.5hrs) EMIRInvestigating the physical origin and radiation mechanisms of long-duration GRBs
B140-GTC165/25AHelmut Dannerbauer A (32hrs) EMIRGTC/EMIR Spectroscopy of Two Most Massive Overdensities at z = 2.24
B6-GTC4/25ARoi Alonso Sobrino A (4.7hrs) MEGARAWeighing the unseen companion of a red giant
B60-GTC42/25APablo Rodríguez Gil D (43hrs) HIPERCAMMeasuring orbital evolution due to gravitational wave emission, tides, and mass transfer in twenty-four ultra-tight binaries
B90-GTC83/25AMaría Rosa Zapatero Osorio G (32hrs) HIPERCAMWind velocities of brown dwarf atmospheres
B134-GTC140-A/25AOscar Porqueras Leon A (0.3917hrs) OsirisSpectrophotometric Characterisation of the Stellar Surface of TRAPPIST-1 During Planetary Transits Observed with JWST
B134-GTC141-B/25AOscar Porqueras Leon A (0.3917hrs) OsirisSpectrophotometric Characterisation of the Stellar Surface of TRAPPIST-1 During Planetary Transits Observed with JWST
B134-GTC142-C/25AOscar Porqueras Leon A (0.3917hrs) OsirisSpectrophotometric Characterisation of the Stellar Surface of TRAPPIST-1 During Planetary Transits Observed with JWST
B134-GTC143-D/25AOscar Porqueras Leon A (0.3917hrs) OsirisSpectrophotometric Characterisation of the Stellar Surface of TRAPPIST-1 During Planetary Transits Observed with JWST
B134-GTC144-E/25AOscar Porqueras Leon A (0.3917hrs) OsirisSpectrophotometric Characterisation of the Stellar Surface of TRAPPIST-1 During Planetary Transits Observed with JWST
B134-GTC145-F/25AOscar Porqueras Leon A (0.3917hrs) OsirisSpectrophotometric Characterisation of the Stellar Surface of TRAPPIST-1 During Planetary Transits Observed with JWST
B134-GTC146-G/25AOscar Porqueras Leon A (0.3917hrs) OsirisSpectrophotometric Characterisation of the Stellar Surface of TRAPPIST-1 During Planetary Transits Observed with JWST
B134-GTC147-H/25AOscar Porqueras Leon A (0.3917hrs) OsirisSpectrophotometric Characterisation of the Stellar Surface of TRAPPIST-1 During Planetary Transits Observed with JWST
B134-GTC148-I/25AOscar Porqueras Leon A (0.3917hrs) OsirisSpectrophotometric Characterisation of the Stellar Surface of TRAPPIST-1 During Planetary Transits Observed with JWST
B134-GTC149-J/25AOscar Porqueras Leon A (0.3917hrs) OsirisSpectrophotometric Characterisation of the Stellar Surface of TRAPPIST-1 During Planetary Transits Observed with JWST
B134-GTC150-K/25AOscar Porqueras Leon A (0.3917hrs) OsirisSpectrophotometric Characterisation of the Stellar Surface of TRAPPIST-1 During Planetary Transits Observed with JWST
B134-GTC151-L/25AOscar Porqueras Leon A (0.3917hrs) OsirisSpectrophotometric Characterisation of the Stellar Surface of TRAPPIST-1 During Planetary Transits Observed with JWST
B134-GTC152-M/25AOscar Porqueras Leon A (0.3917hrs) OsirisSpectrophotometric Characterisation of the Stellar Surface of TRAPPIST-1 During Planetary Transits Observed with JWST
B134-GTC153-N/25AOscar Porqueras Leon A (0.3917hrs) OsirisSpectrophotometric Characterisation of the Stellar Surface of TRAPPIST-1 During Planetary Transits Observed with JWST
B134-GTC154-O/25AOscar Porqueras Leon A (0.3917hrs) OsirisSpectrophotometric Characterisation of the Stellar Surface of TRAPPIST-1 During Planetary Transits Observed with JWST
B134-GTC155-P/25AOscar Porqueras Leon A (0.3917hrs) OsirisSpectrophotometric Characterisation of the Stellar Surface of TRAPPIST-1 During Planetary Transits Observed with JWST
B134-GTC156-Q/25AOscar Porqueras Leon A (0.3917hrs) OsirisSpectrophotometric Characterisation of the Stellar Surface of TRAPPIST-1 During Planetary Transits Observed with JWST
B134-GTC157-R/25AOscar Porqueras Leon A (0.3917hrs) OsirisSpectrophotometric Characterisation of the Stellar Surface of TRAPPIST-1 During Planetary Transits Observed with JWST
B134-GTC158-S/25AOscar Porqueras Leon A (0.3917hrs) OsirisSpectrophotometric Characterisation of the Stellar Surface of TRAPPIST-1 During Planetary Transits Observed with JWST
B134-GTC159-T/25AOscar Porqueras Leon A (0.3917hrs) OsirisSpectrophotometric Characterisation of the Stellar Surface of TRAPPIST-1 During Planetary Transits Observed with JWST
B141-GTC166/25ARaúl de la Fuente Marcos6 D (5hrs) OsirisInvestigating the Arjuna asteroid belt with GTC/OSIRIS: A ToO approach
B9-GTC6/25ACarina Fian G (11.5hrs) OsirisIs There Evidence of Keplerian Rotation in the Inner Broad-Line Regions of Quasars?
B82-GTC66/25ACesar Esteban Lopez D (15hrs) OsirisImproving the determination of Fe abundances in star-forming regions
B93-GTC86-A/25AAlberto Javier Castro Tirado10 A (0.4hrs) OsirisGTC follow-up of gravitational radiation sources in the Multi-messenger Era
B93-GTC87-B/25AAlberto Javier Castro Tirado14 A (1hrs) OsirisGTC follow-up of gravitational radiation sources in the Multi-messenger Era
B93-GTC88-C/25AAlberto Javier Castro Tirado6 A (1hrs) EMIRGTC follow-up of gravitational radiation sources in the Multi-messenger Era
B132-GTC138/25ATariq Shahbaz12 A (1hrs) HIPERCAMProbing plasma acceleration zones in the inner jets of X-ray binaries
B Visitor91-GTC84/25AJesús Gallego Maestro D (10.3hrs) OsirisUnveiling the nature of a sample of Extreme Emission Line Galaxies at intermediate redshifts
B135-GTC160/25AShane O'Sullivan A (23.2hrs) MEGARAMapping the electron number density of high-redshift galaxies in order to measure their magnetic fields
B11-GTC8/25AMar Mezcua Pallerola A (13.05hrs) OsirisPhotometric continuum and broad-line reverberation mapping of a prototype IMBH in POX 52
B88-GTC82/25ARicardo Amorin D (3.98hrs) MEGARACometary star-forming dwarf galaxy with extreme emission line ratio as local analog of high-z protogalactic units
B121-GTC122-A/25AJosé Feliciano Agüí Fernández1 A (8hrs) EMIRGTC follow-up of binary-merger induced Kilonovae in the electromagnetic domain
B121-GTC123-B/25AJosé Feliciano Agüí Fernández1 A (3hrs) OsirisGTC follow-up of binary-merger induced Kilonovae in the electromagnetic domain
B121-GTC124-C/25AJosé Feliciano Agüí Fernández6 A (1hrs) OsirisGTC follow-up of binary-merger induced Kilonovae in the electromagnetic domain
B121-GTC125-D/25AJosé Feliciano Agüí Fernández1 D (2hrs) MEGARAGTC follow-up of binary-merger induced Kilonovae in the electromagnetic domain
B121-GTC126-E/25AJosé Feliciano Agüí Fernández6 A (1hrs) HIPERCAMGTC follow-up of binary-merger induced Kilonovae in the electromagnetic domain
B51-GTC35/25AMaria Cruz Galvez Ortiz G (17.1hrs) OsirisTest and calibrating ultracool atmospheric models with new benchmark brown dwarfs from Gaia and Pan-STARRS
B75-GTC57-A/25AJosé Miguel Torrejón Vázquez G (2.4hrs) MEGARAShedding UV light on the nebular HeII problem
B75-GTC58-B/25AJosé Miguel Torrejón Vázquez G (2.4hrs) MEGARAShedding UV light on the nebular HeII problem
B75-GTC59-C/25AJosé Miguel Torrejón Vázquez G (2.4hrs) MEGARAShedding UV light on the nebular HeII problem
B75-GTC60-D/25AJosé Miguel Torrejón Vázquez G (1.8hrs) MEGARAShedding UV light on the nebular HeII problem
B75-GTC61-E/25AJosé Miguel Torrejón Vázquez G (2.4hrs) MEGARAShedding UV light on the nebular HeII problem
B75-GTC62-F/25AJosé Miguel Torrejón Vázquez G (2.4hrs) MEGARAShedding UV light on the nebular HeII problem
B75-GTC63-G/25AJosé Miguel Torrejón Vázquez G (2.4hrs) MEGARAShedding UV light on the nebular HeII problem
C83-GTC67/25AMaria Luisa Garcia Vargas A (20hrs) MEGARAMegaPopStar. Filling the gaps in H-R stellar parameters by observing MEGASTAR weak sources in visitor mode
C100-GTC102-A/25ARaúl de la Fuente Marcos D (1hrs) OsirisThe first L5 Earth trojan: A physical characterization with GTC/OSIRIS
C100-GTC103-B/25ARaúl de la Fuente Marcos D (3hrs) OsirisThe first L5 Earth trojan: A physical characterization with GTC/OSIRIS
C100-GTC104-C/25ARaúl de la Fuente Marcos D (4hrs) OsirisThe first L5 Earth trojan: A physical characterization with GTC/OSIRIS
C100-GTC105-D/25ARaúl de la Fuente Marcos D (0.5hrs) OsirisThe first L5 Earth trojan: A physical characterization with GTC/OSIRIS
C117-GTC117-A/25ACristina Cabello González D (50hrs) 2025AMEGARASystematic study of reionization-era analogs: mapping the ionizing structure and spatially-resolved properties
C57-GTC40/25AAlberto Rebassa Mansergas A (17hrs) HIPERCAMHiPERCAM follow-up observations of 4 ultramassive pulsating white dwarf candidates
C17-GTC11/25AGiuseppina Battaglia G (5.5hrs) MEGARAUnveiling a nuclear star cluster in the tidal tails of the dwarf galaxy NGC5238
C147-GTC169/25AHelmut Dannerbauer D (12.5hrs) OsirisThe HI Tomography of a z=2.24 protocluster: understanding the enhancement of SMGs in the outskirts
C41-GTC29/25AArtemi Camps Fariña G (6.5hrs) MEGARAA peculiar case of positive AGN feedback in an interacting pair of galaxies
C139-GTC164/25ALuca Costantin A (15hrs) EMIRA Milky Way-like barred spiral galaxy beyond Cosmic Noon
C54-GTC37/25AAina Ferrer Burjachs G (19.4hrs) OsirisHierarchical triple systems containing white dwarfs
C68-GTC49/25AVikram Dhillon G (14.8hrs) HIPERCAMEclipse timing the Milky Way's gravitational potential using double white-dwarf binares
C106-GTC110/25ANataliya Ramos Chernenko A (25hrs) EMIRUnveiling galaxy protoclusters at Cosmic Noon
C55-GTC38-B/25ANada Ihanec G (4hrs) OsirisGOTO-FAST: Real-time follow-up of infant transients on La Palma with TNG
C59-GTC41/25ADavid Garcia Alvarez G (26.5hrs) OsirisAccretion, spots, dips: A statistical study of spectral variability in young stars
C64-GTC45/25ARoberto Raddi G (17.8hrs) OsirisA triple perspective on stellar evolution
C98-GTC99/25AJohan Knapen A (27.2hrs) MEGARAThe formation of dwarf galaxies in low-density environments: probing the creation of featureless dwarfs and blue cores in dwarf early-type galaxies
C112-GTC113/25ALuis Julián Goicoechea Santamaría A (3.5hrs) EMIRMeasuring the elusive redshift of the main deflector of HE 1413+117
C131-GTC137/25ATariq Shahbaz D (23hrs) HIPERCAMConstraining the pulsar mass from two black widow systems
C133-GTC139/25AArmando Gil de Paz D (28hrs) OsirisMass profile (and substructures) of the galaxy cluster Abell 2390 using the Caustic technique on a complete sample of Red & Blue members
C78-GTC64/25ADavid Garcia Alvarez A (6.5hrs) Osiris CSS0854 - a potential pre-cataclysmic binary with sporadic outbursts.
C92-GTC85/25AVikram Dhillon A (20.2hrs) HIPERCAMEclipse timing the Milky Way's gravitational potential using main-sequence binaries
C52-GTC36/25AEnrique Miguel García Zamora A (44.8hrs) OsirisUnveiling the true nature of helium-atmosphere massive white dwarf candidates
C28-GTC18/25ADavid Garcia Alvarez A (15hrs) EMIRSpectroscopic follow-up of new eruptive young star candidates found with Gaia/ZTF
C27-GTC14-A/25AJavier Zaragoza Cardiel G (1.73hrs) MEGARADynamical study of detached Tidal Dwarf Galaxies
C27-GTC15-B/25AJavier Zaragoza Cardiel G (0.72hrs) MEGARADynamical study of detached Tidal Dwarf Galaxies
C27-GTC16-C/25AJavier Zaragoza Cardiel G (1.22hrs) MEGARADynamical study of detached Tidal Dwarf Galaxies
C27-GTC17-D/25AJavier Zaragoza Cardiel G (3.57hrs) MEGARADynamical study of detached Tidal Dwarf Galaxies
Filler107-GTC111/25AAlejandro Lumbreras Calle G (60hrs) OsirisCompleting a Statistical Study of J-PLUS Extreme Emission Line Galaxies with OSIRIS+ Spectroscopy: a GTC Entryway to the Physics of Reionization
Filler103-GTC108/25AIgnacio Negueruela Díez A (35hrs) OsirisThe distant and obscured Milky Way
Filler124-GTC132/25ASara Rodríguez Berlanas A (19hrs) OsirisMassive runaway stars ejected from Cygnus OB2
Filler65-GTC46/25AJulia de Leon Cruz A (20hrs) OsirisVisible spectra of newly discovered NEAs, PHAs, and NEAs accesible to spacecraft
Filler81-GTC65/25AMaria Luisa Garcia Vargas A (75hrs) MEGARAMEGASTAR. Filling the gaps in stellar parameters.
Filler4-GTC2/25AJesús Maíz Apellániz A (60hrs) OsirisSpectroscopic follow-up of the cross-match of the OB stars in the ALS catalog with Gaia
Filler46-GTC31/25AXabier Pérez Couto G (38hrs) OsirisThe GTC-OSIRIS confirmation of polluted white dwarf candidates identified using Gaia XP spectra and Self-Organizing Maps
Filler122-GTC127/25ADavid Garcia Alvarez A (15hrs) HIPERCAMMicroflares, a possible explanation on flare inactive rapidly rotating M dwarfs observed by TESS