TNG Allocations - Period AOT25/2012A
Below are listed the TNG time allocations for period AOT25/2012A. The INAF-TAC approved proposals are sorted according to their scientific merit grades (descending order). Please see the AOT25/2012A schedule for details on visitor mode allocations and ToO programs.
INAF TAC
| Programme | PI | Title | Instrument | Allocation (hours) |
Class |
| TAC_23 | S. Covino | Commissioning and Calibration of the PAOLO TNG polarimeter | DOLoReS | 45 | A |
| TAC_11 | E. Palazzi | Exploring the universe with gamma-ray burst afterglows | DOLoReS/NICS | 48 | A (LT) |
| TAC_19 | S. Ortolani | Exploring metal rich globular clusters from new photometry and proper motions: disk or bulge clusters? | DOLoReS/NICS | 38 | A |
| TAC_6 | L. Cortese | The origin of ~200 kpc long gas tails in galaxy groups infalling into Abell1367 | DOLoReS | 12 | A |
| TAC_54 | D. Perna | Investigation of two notable Jupiter Trojans: (624) Hektor and (911) Agamemnon | DOLoReS/NICS | 18 | A |
| TAC_10 | C.M. Raiteri | Understanding the nature of BL Lacertae | DOLoReS | 2 | A (LT) |
| TAC_45 | G. Piotto | Determining the nature and the orbital parameters of the perturber in the HAT-P-13 planetary system | SARG | 14 | A |
| TAC_18 | A. Frasca | Magnetic activity and solar-like pulsations in X-ray sources in the Kepler field of view. | SARG | 13 | A |
| TAC_34 | D. Perna | Investigation of suitable targets for the sample return mission MarcoPolo-R | DOLoReS/NICS | 18 | A |
| TAC_49 | E.S. Walker | Stellar Death and Beyond: Studies of Supernovae with TNG | DOLoReS/NICS | 60 | A |
| TAC_51 | D. Luz | Measurement of zonal winds at the lower cloud level of the atmosphere of Venus | NICS | 9 | A |
| TAC_4 | R. Gratton | Follow-up observations of planets detected with SARG | SARG | 5.5 | B |
| TAC_43 | A. Fritz | Spectroscopic follow-up of the galaxy population in lensing galaxy groups at moderate redshift | DOLoReS/MOS | 7 | B |
| TAC_39 | M. Cantiello | UVIK' observations of extragalactic globular cluster systems: in pursuit of real bimodal metallicity | DOLoReS/NICS | 36.5 | B |
| TAC_1 | T. Morokuma | Spectroscopy of Host Galaxies of Type II-P SNe with Shock Breakout Detection | DOLoReS | 12 | B |
| TAC_7 | N. Masetti | The nature of 15 hard X--ray sources through optical spectroscopy | DOLoReS | 20 | B |
| TAC_35 | A. Migliorini | Vis-NIR investigation of peculiar basaltic asteroids, in support to the DAWN mission | DOLoReS/NICS | 27 | C |
| TAC_52 | G. Piotto | A Transit Time Variation search for low-mass planets in the HAT-P-26 planetary system | DOLoReS | 18 | C |
| TAC_33 | M. Girardi | Scaling relations of Fossil Galaxy Groups: DOLORES/MOS observations to complete a large sample | DOLoReS+MOS | 20 | C |
| TAC_20 | F. Brighenti | Tracing the star formation in early type Galaxies with Infrared excess | DOLoReS | 15.2 | C |
| TAC_31 | E. Mazzotta Epifani | Is the present color distribution of Centaurs biased by an underestimated contamination? | DOLoReS | 9 | C (LT) |
| TAC_13 | S. Fornasier | Spectroscopic investigation of asteroids belonging to the Themis and Beagle families. | DOLoReS/NICS | 27 | C |
| TAC_2 | A. Sollima | Leaving home: a search for multiple stellar populations in the starclusters of three nearby starburst galaxies | DOLoReS/NICS | 15.5 | C |
| TAC_50 | M. Delbo | Is the dinosaur-killer asteroid from the Baptistina family? Solving the puzzle with the TNG | DOLoReS/NICS | 37.8 | C |
| TAC_46 | N. Pinilla-Alonso | Deciphering the surface composition of Iapetus, Rhea and Tethys, three satellites of Saturn | DOLoReS | 5.8 | C |
| TAC_28 | M. Paolillo | Characterizing the environment and mass assembling history of XMM-confirmed Fossil Groups | DOLoReS+MOS | 12.5 | C |
| TAC_32 | R. Smart | The field luminosity function of brown dwarfs down to planetary masses | DOLoReS/NICS | 74 | C (LT; VLP) |
| TAC_27 | F. La Barbera | Early-Type galaxies revealing how mass is assembled throughout the cosmic history - from field to clusters. | DOLoReS | 13 | C |
| TAC_29 | D.R. Soderblom | G stars that flare: What are they? | SARG | 36 | C |
| TAC_15 | V. D'Elia | The quest for ultra high energy peaked blazars | DOLoReS | 7 | C |
| TAC_47 | L. Zappacosta | Investigating the local galaxy-IGM connection | DOLoReS | 22.3 | C |
Spanish CAT
| Programme | PI | Title | Instrument | Allocation (nights) |
| CAT_2 | J.N. González Pérez | Starspot evolution on KIC 8429280: Doppler Imaging of a CoRoT-2A-like star | SARG | 6 |
| CAT_10 | J.L. Ortiz Moreno | Observation of stellar occultations by TransNeptunian Dwarf Planet candidates | NICS | 2 hr |
| CAT_20 | J. de Leon Cruz | UV-Visible spectra of B-type asteroids | DOLoReS | 3 |
| CAT_55 | J. Licandro Goldaracena | Spectroscopic observations of two spacecraft targets | DOLoReS/NICS | 2.5 |
| CAT_75 | J. Licandro Goldaracena | Near-infrared Spectroscopic Study of the asteroids in the Polana Family | NICS | 2 |
| CAT_80 | D.A. García Hernández | Low resolution spectroscopy of Galactic disk Planetary Nebulae with peculiar Spitzer spectra | DOLoReS | 2 |
| CAT_96 | J.M. Trigo Rodríguez | Espectroscopía IR de estallidos luminosos en cometas | NICS | 10 hr |
| CAT_118 | R.M. Pérez Martínez | MOS on newly discovered FIR, MIR objects and Halpha emitters in Abell 2219 | DOLoReS+MOS | 3 |
| CAT_120 | J. Gorosabel Urkia | Sub-proposal III: Detecting the most distant objects of the Universe with the TNG | DOLoReS/NICS | 4 hr |
| CAT_137 | M. Esposito | Spectroscopic and photometric follow-up of MARVELS brown dwarf candidates | SARG | 2.5 |
| CAT_140 | A. Cava | Spectro-photometric calibration of SHARDS with DOLORES | DOLoReS+MOS | 3 |
| CAT_155 | E. Toloba Jurado | Stellar content, Mass and Kinematics of Cluster Early-Type Dwarfs (SMAKCED) | NICS | 4 |
CCI ITP
| Programme | PI | Title | Instrument | Allocation (nights) |
| ITP10_4 | R. Kotak | Deaths of the most massive stars & precision cosmology using new transient discovery factories | DOLoRes/NICS | 8 |
OPTICON
| Programme | PI | Title | Instrument | Allocation (nights) |
| OPT12A_20 | D. Sobral | The nature and evolution of luminous line emitters at the peak of the star-formation history | NICS | 3 |
| OPT12A_5 | T. Morel | Follow up of the CoRoT target HD 45975: establishing the existence of pulsations in HgMn stars | SARG | 2 |