TNG Allocations - Period AOT52/2025B
Below are listed the time allocations for semester AOT52/2025B (October 1, 2025 - March 31, 2026). The schedule of the semester can be found here
INAF TAC |
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| Programme | PI | Title | Instrument | Allocation (hours) |
| A52TAC_2 | W. Boschin | January 10 2026: Jupiter sees Earth transiting the Sun. Detection of an Inverse Rossiter-McLaughlin effect | GIARPS | 15 |
| A52TAC_3 | I. Carleo | Probing stellar obliquities in the underpopulated Warm Sub-Saturn population | HARPS-N | 10 |
| A52TAC_4 | M. Giarrusso | Magnetic variability of super-slowly rotating stars | HARPS-N | 9.1 |
| A52TAC_7 | V. D’Orazi | A good alliance: cepheids in open clusters | GIARPS | 34 |
| A52TAC_8 | S. Ieva | Spectral characterization of high-profile NEOs in support of the NEOPOPS project | DOLORES | 27 |
| A52TAC_9 | P. Casella | Hunting for optical flashes from FRB-like magnetars | SIFAP2 | 3 |
| A52TAC_12 | Y. N. E. Eschen | Testing star-planet compositional connections with the metal-poor star TOI-5115 | HARPS-N | 9 |
| A52TAC_16 | L. Izzo | Optical spectroscopy of relativistic supernovae | DOLORES | 6 |
| A52TAC_19 | G. Guilluy | Investigating atmospheric photo-evaporation in the youngest known transiting exoplanet with GIANO-B@TNG | GIANOB | 25.7 |
| A52TAC_20 | A. Melandri | Near-Infrared Research of Variable Astrophysical Nebulae Associated with Supernovae (NIRVANA) | NICS | 6 |
| A52TAC_21 | G. Illiano | Chasing for optical pulsations from accreting millisecond pulsars in outburst | SIFAP2 | 3 |
| A52TAC_22 | M. Della Valle | Classical and recurrent Novae at high-resolution with the TNG | DOLORES/HARPS-N | 5 |
| A52TAC_24 | E. Lusso | On the physical drivers of the accretion state in changing-look AGN | DOLORES | 45 |
| A52TAC_26 | M. Scialpi | Cosmic Twins: Exploring the First Dual AGN Fraction with DOLORES | DOLORES | 40 |
| A52TAC_27 | S. Piranomonte | Spectroscopic Classification of Rare and Unusual LSST Transients: A Pilot Program with TNG | DOLORES/NICS | 9 |
| A52TAC_28 | D. Romano | Galactic evolution of 12C/13C: simultaneous observations of CO and CH features in subgiant stars | GIARPS | 36 |
| A52TAC_29 | C. Ballocco | Searching for optical pulsations from redback millisecond pulsars | SIFAP2 | 21 |
| A52TAC_32 | I. Villani | The first detection of the BLR reappearance in the enigmatic changing-look AGN 1ES 1927+654 | DOLORES | 6 |
| A52TAC_33 | G. Mantovan | ORME III: Probing the orbital obliquity of a planet transiting a star of the 96 Myr old Theia214 association | GIARPS | 10.6 |
| A52TAC_35 | S. Campana | Follow-up of extragalactic transients from new high-energy and optical facilities | DOLORES/NICS | 6 |
| A52TAC_37 | S. Colombo | Observations and Simulations in Concert: Revealing the Circumstellar Disk of WASP-12 | GIARPS | 15 |
| A52TAC_38 | F. Manni | Confirmation study of two hot-Neptunes hosted by subgiant stars | HARPS-N | 12.4 |
| A52TAC_39 | V. Petropoulou | Dancing rejuvenates? | DOLORES/NICS | 7 |
| A52TAC_41 | P. Re Fiorentin | The origin of the Icarus stream via spectroscopic follow-up (part II) | HARPS-N | 11 |
| A52TAC_43 | V. Petrecca | SYNERGY between TNG and EUCLID in the Transient Follow-up Network | DOLORES | 6 |
| A52TAC_44 | N. Sanna | Monitoring the Li-rich star in the GC M3 | GIARPS | 6.5 |
| A52TAC_45 | A. Grazian | Crossing the QSO Redshift Desert at $zsim 5.5$ with MachineLearning selection | DOLORES | 21 |
| A52TAC_47 | P. Leonardi | A HARPS-N Deep Dive into a Cool Sub-Neptune orbiting a bright K Dwarf | HARPS-N | 14.6 |
| A52TAC_51 | G. Tinetti | Unveiling the Atmospheric Chemistry of a Puffy Warm Saturn with TNG/GIANO-B | GIANOB | 12.5 |
| A52TAC_53 | J. Alonso Santiago | Unveiling the chemical composition of little-studied young open clusters within the Radcliffe Wave | GIARPS | 33 |
| A52TAC_54 | C. Hartogh | Disentangling Granulation and Supergranulation in RV Time Series through High-Cadence Observations | HARPS-N | 20.5 |
| Ongoing Large Programmes: | ||||
| A48TAC_28 (until 2026A) | X. Dumusque | Pushing HARPS-N towards detecting temperate terrestrial-mass planets and habitable-zone Super-Earths | HARPS-N | 103.5 |
| A48TAC_48 (until 2028A) | S. Benatti | The magnifying glass of HARPS-N & Ariel on the nature of the exoplanets in the Radius Valley | HARPS-N | 94.5 |
| A48TAC_52 (until 2028A) | F. Borsa | BRIDGES: Building a Road to the In-Depth investiGation of Exoplanetary atmospheres | GIARPS | 81 |
| A48TAC_59 (until 2026A) | L. Malavolta | Accurate masses of transiting small planets and their hidden friends | HARPS-N | 189 |
| A48TAC_66 (until 2028A) | A. Sozzetti | The Great HARPS-N hunt for super-Earths and Neptunes interior to outer giant planets detected by Gaia | HARPS-N | 117 |
| Ongoing long Term Programmes (until 2025B): | ||||
| A50TAC_19 | P. D’Avanzo | Follow-up of the electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational wave sources at TNG during O4b | DOLORES/NICS | 12 |
| A50TAC_21 | A. Melandri | Unveiling the Cosmos: Exploring the Universe with Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows | DOLORES/NICS | 17.5 |
| A50TAC_26 | V. Ripepi | GIANO-B abundances of distant Classical Cepheids | GIANOB | 21.3 |
| A50TAC_41 | G. Valerin | Interacting transients as a key to decode the mysteries of stellar evolution | DOLORES | 30 |
Spanish CAT |
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| Programme | PI | Title | Instrument | Allocation (nights) |
| CAT24B_21 | F. Murgas Alcaino | Finding the siblings of USP planets | HARPS-N | 1 |
| CAT25B_12 | M. R. Zapatero Osorio | Planetary systems around low-metallicity stars | HARPS-N | 7 |
| CAT25B_53 | A. Psaridi | Beyond the radius valley: Investigating the bulk composition of small S-type planets in close binaries | HARPS-N | 8 |
| CAT25B_61 | P. A. Miles Paez | Detailed Characterization of the Brightest Ultracool Dwarfs as Candidate Planet Hosts | GIANOB | 4 |
| CAT25B_73 | N. Nari | Search for Earth-mass planets orbiting nearby equatorial late G and K-type stars | HARPS-N | 5 |
| CAT25B_99 | S. Geraldia Gonzalez | Atmospheric Characterization of the Youngest Transiting Planet | GIANOB | 2 |
| CAT25B_S | IAC Service | No title | Various instruments | 4 |
ITP |
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| Programme | PI | Title | Instrument |
Allocation (nights) |
| ITP25_3 | A. M. S. Smith | Towards the mysterious origin of warm Saturns | HARPS-N | 2 |