TNG Allocations - Period AOT24/2011B
Below are listed the TNG time allocations for period AOT24/2011B. The INAF-TAC approved proposals are sorted according to their scientific merit grades (descending order). Class C programs listed here are intended to be observed in queuing mode only when is not possible to observe any A or B program. Please see the AOT24/2011B schedule for details on visitor mode allocations and ToO programs.
INAF TAC
| Programme | PI | Title | Instrument | Allocation (hours) |
Class |
| TAC_36 | S. Covino | Commissioning and Calibration of the PAOLO TNG polarimeter | DOLoReS | 45 | A |
| TAC_54 | S. Geier | Approaching Normal: A NIR Imaging Search For Gravitationally-Lensed Quiescent z ~ 2 Galaxies | NICS | 5 | A |
| TAC_38 | E. Palazzi | Exploring the universe with gamma-ray burst afterglows. | DOLoReS/NICS | 70 | A (LT) |
| TAC_37 | K. Biazzo | Elemental abundances of the Orion Nebula Cluster suburbs: Lynds 1641 as a pilot case | SARG | 25 | A |
| TAC_49 | R. Smart | The field luminosity function of brown dwarfs down to planetary masses | DOLoReS/NICS | 74 | A (LT; VLT) |
| TAC_1 | S. Cristiani | Building a sample of QSO pairs to investigate the Alcock-Paczynski test and the transverse proximity effect | DOLoReS | 45 | A |
| TAC_4 | N. Masetti | The nature of 15 hard X-ray sources through optical spectroscopy | DOLoReS | 20 | A |
| TAC_22 | S. Bianchi | The dust energy balance in HEROES/NHEMESES edge-on spiral galaxies | DOLoReS/NICS | 24 | A |
| TAC_8 | A. Pastorello | Studies of unusual supernovae with TNG: different explosion channels for the death of massive stars | DOLoReS/NICS | 90 | B |
| TAC_40 | M. Girardi | The case of Abell 523: a giant radio halo hosted by an X-ray underluminous galaxy cluster | DOLoReS+MOS | 18 | B |
| TAC_39 | L. Izzo | Too High resolution spectroscopy of galactic novae | SARG | 21 | B (LT) |
| TAC_47 | G. Piotto | Determining the nature and the orbital parameters of the perturber in the HAT-P-13 planetary system | SARG | 15 | B |
| TAC_57 | N. Chauhan | Stars at the tip of peculiar elephant trunk-like structures: a possible third mechanism of triggered star formation | DOLoReS+MOS | 6.6 | B |
| TAC_7 | E. Mazzotta Epifani | Is the present color distribution of Centaurs biased by an underestimated contamination? | DOLoReS | 9 | B (LT) |
| TAC_16 | R. Gratton | Follow-up observations of planets detected with SARG | SARG | 16 | B |
| TAC_42 | E. Nichelli | Unveiling The Nature Of Four X-Ray Pulsators | DOLoReS | 8.5 | B |
| TAC_45 | G. P. Tozzi | Observations of the comet P/2006 T1 in search for organic grains and for the characterization of the coma. | DOLoReS/NICS | 27 | B |
| TAC_51 | L. Izzo | Detection of pre-outburst circumbinary gas in novae | SARG | 5 | B |
| TAC_2 | C. M. Raiteri | Understanding the nature of BL Lacertae | DOLoReS | 2 | B (LT) |
| TAC_17 | E. S. Walker | Transient Phenomena in the Universe: Stellar Death and Beyond with the Palomar Transient Factory | DOLoReS | 6 | B |
| TAC_33 | L. Morelli | Formation and Evolution of Bulges: The Very Isolated Spirals Perspective | DOLoReS | 41 | B |
| TAC_48 | E. Ripamonti | Star Formation and Ultra-Luminous X-ray Sources in Extremely Metal Deficient Galaxies | DOLoReS | 18 | B |
| TAC_50 | E. Ripamonti | Metal abundance in spiral and ring galaxies: tests for theorigin of ultra-luminous X-ray sources. | DOLoReS | 14 | B |
| TAC_35 | A. Capetti | Toward a complete census of active galactic nuclei in the local Universe | DOLoReS | 25 | B |
| TAC_19 | D. Perna | The newly identified Tina family: physical characterization | DOLoReS | 18 | B |
| TAC_28 | F. La Franca | The First Direct Measure of the Complete (AGN1+AGN2) Local Black Hole Mass Function of the AGN | NICS | 25 | C |
| TAC_11 | P. Persi | Near-Infrared monitoring of the Crab Nebula | NICS | 6 | C |
| TAC_5 | N. Masetti | Looking for hidden blazars in a sample of unidentified X-ray emitting Fermi sources | DOLoReS | 8 | C |
| TAC_52 | R. Viotti | A thorough study with SARG of the red giant of the symbiotic system AG Dra | SARG | 7 | C |
| TAC_12 | S. Covino | Constraining Lorentz Invariance Violation using GRBs and their host galaxies | DOLoReS/NICS | 6 | C |
Spanish CAT
| Programme | PI | Title | Instrument | Allocation (nights) |
| CAT_13 | J. L. Ortiz Moreno | Physical properties of binary Transneptunian Objects | DOLoReS | 6 |
| CAT_42 | J. L. Ortiz Moreno | Observation of stellar occultations by TransNeptunian Dwarf Planet candidates | NICS | 2 hr |
| CAT_49 | J. N. González Pérez | A spectroscopic study of a remarkable class of active stars revealed by CoRoT | SARG | 4 |
| CAT_51 | M. Aberasturi | Confirmation and characterization of T brown dwarfs candidates using methane imaging and kinematics | NICS | 1 |
| CAT_59 | J. de León Cruz | Visible and near-infrared spectroscopy of binary asteroid 1996 FG3, target of the ESA Marco Polo-R mission | DOLoReS/NICS | 1 |
| CAT_70 | S. Iglesias Groth | La Física y la Química de las Nubes de Emisión Anómala de Microondas | SARG | 4 |
| CAT_81 | R. Tata | Using SARG/TNG to Detect Reflected Polarized Light from Transiting Exoplanets | SARG | 2 |
| CAT_86 | N. Lodieu | A near-infrared spectral classification scheme for low-metallicity M dwarfs | NICS | 6 |
| CAT_150 | J. Gorosabel Urkia | Sub-proposal III: Detecting the most distant objects of the Universe with the TNG | DOLoReS/NICS | 4 hr |
| CAT_158 | J. I. González Hernández | Follow-up of brown dwarfs and giant planets candidates from the MARVELS SDSS-III survey | SARG | 2 |
| CAT_162 | D. A. García Hernández | Low resolution spectroscopy of Spitzer planetary nebulae in the Galactic disk | DOLoReS | 2 |
| CAT_178 | J. M. Trigo Rodríguez | Espectroscopía IR de estallidos luminosos en cometas | NICS | 10 hr |
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 | 7 |