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2012

HARPS-N inauguration at TNG
Harps-Nature
Harps-N first light
AOT26 Call for proposal
Extended deadline for CCI International Time
NOTICE TO TNG VISITING OBSERVERS: HARPS-N WORKS
Call for Proposals to be supported via the OPTICON Trans-National Access programme in semester 2012B
CCI 5% International Time - Night time - The next call is now open and will close on February 29, 2012


2011

Time Allocations and Schedule AOT25/2012A are available on line
New 2012 TNG Calendar!
TNG normal operation mode
Maintenance information
LBT Italian Call for proposals 2012A open
AOT25 Call for proposals
TNG stops observation during September 2011
Fellowship for HARPS-N GTO and commissioning at TNG
TNG discovers a giant planet in the triple system HD132563
Time Allocations and Schedule AOT24/2011B are available on line
The TNG and the "Olimpiadi italiane di astronomia"
LBT ITalian Call for proposals 2011B open
Harps-N Science Team
AOT24 Call for proposals
Harps-N puts TNG in pole position for exoplanets searching
OPTICON 2011B is open for proposals
ITP 2011B is open for proposals
Time Allocations and Schedule AOT23/2011A are available on line


2010

New 2011 TNG Calendar!
OPTICON 2011A is open for proposals
Time Allocations and Schedule AOT22/2010B are available on line
Avventura al Roque de los Muchachos per i vincitori delle Olimpiadi Italiane di Astronomia
LBT 2010B call open
AOT22 call opened
No more cash advance
New program for visiting instruments
OPTICON kicks off its new single Time Allocation Committee. TNG participates in the common observational time
AOT21/10A Schedule available online
SARG@TNG data contribute to the discovery of the youngest candidate exoplanet ever observed
Call for International Observing Time on the Canary Islands
TNG technical stop


2009

The New Control Room
New D&D@T webpage online
Allocations AOT21/10A avalible online
TNG 2010, a calendar from La Palma
The golden year of GRB@TNG: the intriguing case of GRB 090426
"¡Mira qué luna!" exhibit
The farthest GRB ever observed in Nature
Software engineer position closed
Correction on AOT21 proposal style file
A new Galactic globular cluster identified
Un Sorteo Estelar
New Head of Administration
New ToO policy (and guidelines for observers)
Telescope Operator position closed
AOT20/09B Schedule available on line
SARG-TNG contributes to the follow-up observations of the hottest extrasolar planet yet discovered
TNG data help to discover a new class of very dim Supernovae
TNG switches from support to introducing astronomer
Tng caught the farthest GRB observed ever
Changes in Time Allocation Committee
Open Position as software engineer
Open Position as telescope operator
TNG offers GELATO, a Supernova spectra comparison tool
Open position as Head of administration
New ToO Policy (please read)
Data access policy document
AOT19/09A Schedule available on line


2008

TNG becomes a research facility of the INAF Research Structure
Change in the direction of Fundacion Galileo Galilei - INAF
SARG-TNG spectra play a key role in the discovery of naphtalene in the interstellar space
SARG-TNG data contribute to unveil the origin of the diffuse interstellar bands
NICS-TNG data contribute to the analysis of an unusual atmospheric perturbation on Jupiter


2007

The new headquarters of the Fundacion Galileo Galilei - INAF officially inaugurated
Impressive near-IR images of Uranus and Jupiter by means of the adaptive optics system of the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo, AdOpt@TNG
DOLoRes-TNG data contribute to the discovery of a giant planet which survived to the expansion of its home star
His Royal Highness the Prince of Asturias visits the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo
Dust particle counter on line
Do.Lo.Res successfully refurbished
SARG-TNG high resolution spectra help reconstructing the star formation history of the halo of our Galaxy


2006

Backup Loral CCD installed in Dolores
TNG images unveil giant filament structures in a galaxy cluster
New array control electronics installed in NICS
TNG and WHT Observations Prove that the Large Trans-Neptunian Object 2005 FY9 is Very Similar to Pluto


2005

New Volume Phase Holographic Grisms installed on DOLORES
Deep Impact at the TNG: recording of the event from ground-based telescope in the ORM.
The TNG Automatic Weather Station. A preliminary analysis of the archive data.
IAC-TNG Workshop on "Ultra Low Mass Star Formation and Evolution"


2004

Infrared prism objective available at TNG
Costituita la Fondazione Galileo Galilei-INAF (press-release at the INAF web site, in Italian)
TNG-SARG confirms the 21 minutes oscillations of Procyon
New optical filters at TNG


2003

TNG casts new light on star formation and chemical evolution at high redshifts (z>6)
NICS succesfully refurbished


2002

An Exo-Solar planet candidate discovered by an Italian Group
A pipeline for IR imaging data at TNG
The First Diffraction Limited Images From TNG with the Pyramid Wavefront Sensor
IR spectropolarimetry of SN2002ap with NICS-TNG (with data publicly available)
SARG/DOLORES Quick-switch Successfully Tested at TNG


2001

The VPH Grism installed on Dolores@TNG
Press Release - PLANETARY POLLUTION OF STAR CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
First Time Ever use of a Pyramid Wavefront Sensor to Close on Sky the High Orders Adaptive Optics Loop
Jupiter observing by OIG
NICS-TNG Obtain the first infrared spectra of trans-neptunian objects ever done with a 4m class telescope.
DOLORES and NICS shake hands


2000

NICS-TNG DISCOVERS an EXTREMELY POWERFUL EXPANDING WIND in the MOST DISTANT QUASAR KNOWN
Typical MOS Flat
M.O.S. first light
M.O.S. - Objects on the slits
Open Cluster Be 17 - M.O.S. Pre-Imaging
NGC1073a observing by NICS
NGC2023 observing by NICS
M51 observing by DOLoRes
M15 observing by NICS
M27 observing by DOLoRes
NGC 6946 observing by DOLoRes
Tau Boo observing by SARG
P Cyg observing by SARG
SN2000ck
DOLoRes first light
SN1999cl observing by DOLORES
BMW15mff
SN1999dk
SN1999cl in NGC 4501
SN1998ey
NGC 40 observing by OIG
M57 observing by OIG


1999

AdOpt@TNG first light


1998

NGC2023
Butterfly Nebula (NGC 2346)
NGC 2903 observing by OIG
Jupiter at TNG
Epsylon-Lyrae 1 binary system


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