TNG Allocations - Period AOT53/2026A
Below are listed the time allocations for semester AOT53/2026A (April 1, 2026 - September 30, 2026). The schedule of the semester can be found here
INAF TAC |
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| Programme | PI | Title | Instrument | Allocation (hours) |
| A53TAC_1 | M. Scialpi | Cosmic Twins: Exploring the First Dual AGN Fraction with DOLORES | DOLORES | 40 |
| A53TAC_4 | I. Villani | The first detection of the BLR reappearance in the enigmatic changing-look AGN 1ES 1927+654 | DOLORES | 6 |
| A53TAC_6 | A. Melandri | Near-Infrared Research of Variable Astrophysical Nebulae Associated with Supernovae (NIRVANA) | NICS | 6 |
| A53TAC_10 | M. Chella | How far from the host star can we probe Quasi-Ultra-Hot Jupiter atmospheres? | GIARPS | 24 |
| A53TAC_13 | L. Naponiello | Unveiling dynamical interactions in TOI-1859 and TOI-4495 | HARPS-N | 22 |
| A53TAC_15 | L. Izzo | With or without jet - Unveiling the role of jet in relativistic supernovae | DOLORES | 7 |
| A53TAC_17 | M. Della Valle | Classical and recurrent Novae at high-resolution with the TNG | DOLORES/HARPS-N | 5 |
| A53TAC_19 | G. L. Israel | Does the magnetar XTE J1810-197 beat in the optical? | SIFAP2 | 4 |
| A53TAC_20 | M. Giarrusso | Rotation periods and magnetic variations of super-slowly rotating Ap (ssrAp) stars | HARPS-N | 16.5 |
| A53TAC_21 | P. Leonardi | Decoding a Radius Cliff Sub-Neptune: Mass, TTVs, and Atmospheric Follow-up Potential of TOI-5803b | HARPS-N | 10 |
| A53TAC_22 | A. Bocchieri | Orbital Architecture of Ariel Tier 3 Benchmark planets | GIARPS | 15.1 |
| A53TAC_25 | E. Ceccarelli | Dusting off NGC 6749: a hidden nuclear star cluster in the Inner Milky Way? | GIANOB | 17.2 |
| A53TAC_26 | P. Casella | Hunting for optical flashes from FRB-like magnetars | SIFAP2 | 3 |
| A53TAC_29 | G. Tinetti | Unveiling JWST degeneracies on the Atmospheric Chemistry of a Puffy Warm Saturn with TNG/GIANO-B | GIARPS | 18.3 |
| A53TAC_30 | F. Bocchino | A Unique High-Latitude SNR as a Cosmic-Ray Laboratory: Imaging and Spectroscopy of the Calvera System | DOLORES | 22 |
| A53TAC_32 | L. Mancini | Transiting Warm Jupiters: Constraining Migration and Structure | HARPS-N | 26 |
| A53TAC_33 | G. Catanzaro | Probing the evolution of scandium abundances of AmFm stars in young open clusters | HARPS-N | 27 |
| A53TAC_40 | G. Illiano | Chasing for optical pulsations from accreting millisecond pulsars in outburst | SIFAP2 | 4.5 |
| A53TAC_44 | L. Santarelli | Carbon-sodium correlation: a novel signature to understand CEMP stars origin? | GIARPS | 22.2 |
| A53TAC_45 | A. Bragaglia | One element, two tracks: filling the gap of the phosphorus evolution in the Milky Way | GIARPS | 30.4 |
| A53TAC_46 | A. Barone | HARPS-N observations of a compact planetary system featuring 5 planets | HARPS-N | 18 |
| A53TAC_47 | G. Catanzaro | The Binarity-Chemistry Connection in HgMn Stars: Orbits, Stratification, and Isotopes with HARPS-N | HARPS-N | 21 |
| A53TAC_48 | L. Briganti | Looking for blue straggler stars among pulsating field stars | HARPS-N | 26.6 |
| A53TAC_57 | V. Petrecca | SYNERGY between TNG and EUCLID in the Transient Follow-up Network | DOLORES | 6 |
| A53TAC_58 | A. Grazian | Crossing the QSO Redshift Desert at z~5.5 with Machine Learning selection | DOLORES | 22 |
| A53TAC_63 | C. Malacaria | Optical pulsations from the redback millisecond pulsar PSR J2215+5135 | SIFAP2 | 12 |
| A53TAC_67 | G. Delucchi | BL Lacs in crowded spaces: identifying host galaxies of aligned jetted AGN | DOLORES/NICS | 19.2 |
| A53TAC_72 | N. K. O’Sullivan | Observing supergranulation in 18 Sco/HD 146233 at activity minimum | HARPS-N | 15.2 |
| A53TAC_74 | T. Sicignano | Precise quantification of metallicity effects on the luminosity scales of Type II Cepheids | GIARPS | 14.5 |
| A53TAC_76 | A. Sanna | Fast optical timing of accreting neutron-star candidates discovered by Einstein Probe | SIFAP2 | 3 |
| 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 |
| New long Term Programmes (until 2027A): | ||||
| A53TAC_7 | V. Ripepi | Cepheids - Metallicity in the Leavitt Law with GIANO-B | GIANOB | 22.1 |
| A53TAC_23 | S. Ieva | Characterization of virtual impactors and newly-discovered NEOs in support of the EU NEOPOPS project | DOLORES | 27 |
| A53TAC_38 | G. Valerin | Interacting transients: an opportunity to investigate the mysteries of stellar evolution | DOLORES | 30 |
| A53TAC_60 | G. Piccinini | Is HD 16760 b alone? | HARPS-N | 1.7 |
| A53TAC_66 | J. Thomsen | Helium enrichment from asteroseismology of binary stars | HARPS-N | 20.7 |
| A53TAC_68 | A. Melandri | Unveiling the Cosmos: Exploring the Universe with Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows | DOLORES/NICS | 17.5 |
| A53TAC_69 | R. Brivio | Follow-up of the electromagnetic counterparts of multi-messenger sources at TNG and REM | DOLORES/NICS | 32 |
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 |
| CAT26A_20 | G. Lacedelli | Testing star-planet interactions through non-transiting ultra-short period planets | HARPS-N | 2 |
| CAT26A_27 | S. Geraldia Gonzalez | Forecasting the evolution of young Neptunes | GIARPS | 1 |
| CAT26A_32 | P. A. Miles Paez | Detailed Characterization of the Brightest Ultracool Dwarfs as Candidate Planet Hosts | GIANOB | 2 |
| CAT26A_38 | G. Lacedelli | Discovery and characterization of temperate, long-period gas giants | HARPS-N | 4.5 |
| CAT26A_41 | M. R. Zapatero Osorio | Planetary systems around low-metallicity stars | HARPS-N | 7 |
| CAT26A_88 | E. Gonzalez Alvarez | Searching for a short-period planet around TOI-2093 through star–planet interactions | HARPS-N | 6 |
| CAT26A_91 | A. Ederoclite | Spectroscopic follow-up of Galactic novae | HARPS-N | 0.1 |
| CAT26A_100 | F. Murgas Alcaino | First transmission spectroscopy study of an ultra-hot Jupiter with the fourth-highest equilibrium temperature | HARPS-N | 0.5 |
| CAT26A_118 | A. Stefanov | Detection and confirmation of planet candidates around HADES targets | HARPS-N | 4 |
| CAT26A_S | IAC Service | No title | Various instruments | 3 |
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 |