\begin{table}%t1 \caption{Characteristics of the spectroscopic observations of (47171) 1999 TC$_{36}$ obtained at the ESO VLT.} \label{table:1} %\centerline {\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c} \hline\hline Date & UT & Telescope & Instr. & airm & Solar An. (airm) & Seeing(\arcsec)\\ \hline 12 Oct. 2006 & 02:52 & UT4 (Yepun) & NACO & 1.11 & HIP008455 (1.03) & 1.5--1.6\\ 8 Nov. 2006 & 01:20 & UT4 (Yepun) & SINFONI & 1.10 & HD 2966 (1.06) & 0.7--1.0\\ 9 Nov. 2006 & 01:12 & UT1 (Antu) & ISAAC & 1.11 & HD 2966 (1.02) & 0.6--0.9\\ 9 Nov. 2006 &01:34 & UT2 (Kueyen) & FORS1 & 1.08 & HD 1368 (1.27) & 0.8--1.0\\ \hline \end{tabular}} \smallskip \par Observational date, universal time (UT corresponding to the first target spectrum acquired), VLT unit and instrument used, airmass (mean of the airmass values at the beginning and the end of the target observation) and observed solar analog star with its airmass, used to remove the solar contribution, are reported. The visible wavelength seeing is listed. Spectroscopic observations acquired with FORS1 are discussed in detail in~\citet{AlvarezVIS}. \end{table}