TNG Allocations - Period AOT54/2026B
Below are listed the time allocations for semester AOT54/2026B (October 1, 2026 - March 31, 2027). The schedule of the semester can be found here
INAF TAC |
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| Programme | PI | Title | Instrument | Allocation (hours) |
| A54TAC_1 | V. Petrecca | SYNERGY between TNG and EUCLID in the Transient Follow-up Network | DOLORES | 6 |
| A54TAC_3 | A. Melandri | Near-Infrared Research of Variable Astrophysical Nebulae Associated with Supernovae (NIRVANA) | NICS | 6 |
| A54TAC_5 | E. Lusso | On the physical drivers of the accretion state in changing-look AGN | DOLORES | 45 |
| A54TAC_8 | R. Simonetto | Age characterisation of PMa-selected stars for High-Contrast Imaging surveys | HARPS-N | 10.6 |
| A54TAC_9 | G. Mantovan | Beyond the radius valley: Investigating the bulk composition of small S-type planets in close binaries | HARPS-N | 23.5 |
| A54TAC_10 | G. Mantovan | ORME III: Probing the orbital obliquity of planets transiting infant stars with ages <= 100 Myr | GIARPS | 13 |
| A54TAC_14 | C. Hartogh | Probing the Radius Valley Around F Stars: Mass Measurement of TOI-5739.01 with HARPS-N | HARPS-N | 6 |
| A54TAC_16 | V. Almendros-Abad | BD-LAMP: Long-term Accretion Monitoring Program in young brown dwarfs | DOLORES | 19.67 |
| A54TAC_19 | G. Catanzaro | Are velocity fields vertically stratified in Am-star atmospheres? | HARPS-N | 20 |
| A54TAC_20 | G. Guilluy | Investigating atmospheric photo-evaporation in the youngest known transiting exoplanet with GIANO-B@TNG | GIANOB | 20.6 |
| A54TAC_28 | P. Casella | Hunting for optical flashes from FRB-like magnetars | SIFAP2 | 3 |
| A54TAC_29 | M. Brogi | Probing Saturn's upper atmosphere in reflected light | GIANOB/HARPS-N | 2.3 |
| A54TAC_32 | M. Giarrusso | Rotation periods and magnetic variations of super-slowly rotating Ap (ssrAp) stars | HARPS-N | 9.1 |
| A54TAC_33 | M. Monticelli | Dayside weather at the thermal-inversion boundary: high-resolution emission spectroscopy of KELT-18 b | GIARPS | 9.5 |
| A54TAC_39 | A. Miraval Zanon | Optical timing of PSR J1023+0038: a multi-wavelength view of the pulsar engine and mode-switching | SIFAP2 | 6 |
| A54TAC_41 | C. Malacaria | The closest spider: a candidate redback at 600 pc | SIFAP2 | 8 |
| A54TAC_42 | L. Izzo | With or without jet - Unveiling the role of jet in relativistic supernovae | DOLORES/NICS | 9 |
| A54TAC_43 | A. Barone | HARPS-N observations of a compact planetary system featuring 5 planets | HARPS-N | 18 |
| A54TAC_44 | A. di Paola | Decoding an Ultra-Hot Jupiter: a self-consistent optical-near infrared characterization of HAT-P-70 b | GIARPS | 10 |
| A54TAC_45 | G. Illiano | Searching for optical millisecond pulsations from an extremely bright Fermi gamma-ray source | SIFAP2 | 10 |
| A54TAC_48 | G. Illiano | Chasing for optical pulsations from accreting millisecond pulsars in outburst | SIFAP2 | 1.5 |
| A54TAC_50 | R. Dastidar | Hidden Shells: Unveiling the progenitor mass loss of Type II SNe through late-phase spectroscopy | DOLORES | 10 |
| A54TAC_52 | S. Colombo | Observations and Simulations in Concert: Revealing the Circumstellar Disk of WASP-12 | GIARPS | 12 |
| A54TAC_55 | A. Grazian | Crossing the QSO Redshift Desert at z ~ 5.5 with Machine Learning selection: the final run | DOLORES | 26 |
| A54TAC_58 | M. C. D’Arpa | A GIARPS view of highly irradiated Hot Jupiter WASP-93b | GIARPS | 10.5 |
| A54TAC_69 | P. Re Fiorentin | The origin of the Icarus stream: comparison with Shakti, a similar metal-poor disk substructure | HARPS-N | 30.65 |
| Ongoing Large Programmes (until 2028A): | ||||
| A48TAC_48 | 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 | F. Borsa | BRIDGES: Building a Road to the In-Depth investiGation of Exoplanetary atmospheres | GIARPS | 81 |
| A48TAC_66 | A. Sozzetti | The Great HARPS-N hunt for super-Earths and Neptunes interior to outer giant planets detected by Gaia | HARPS-N | 117 |
| New Large Programmes (until 2028A): | ||||
| A54TAC_7 | A. Bonomo/X. Dumusque | Searching for super-Earths in the habitable zone of nearby dwarfs for the Habitable World Observatory (HWO) | HARPS-N | 112 |
| A54TAC_15 | G. Mantovan/V. Bourrier | GINAZ: Gathering Information on the Neptunian Architectures Zoo | GIARPS | 15.75 |
| A54TAC_25 | A. Mortier | Accurate masses of small transiting exoplanets pushing parameter boundaries | HARPS-N | 138 |
| A54TAC_53 | D. Segransan | Architecture of planetary systems with and without Outer Giant Planets: probing the OGP-mass dependence | HARPS-N | 35 |
| Ongoing Long Term Programmes (until 2027A): | ||||
| A53TAC_7 | V. Ripepi | Cepheids - Metallicity in the Leavitt Law with GIANO-B | GIANOB | 38 |
| 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 | 2.7 |
| A53TAC_66 | J. Thomsen | Helium enrichment from asteroseismology of binary stars | HARPS-N | 15.2 |
| 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 | 14 |
| Filler Programmes: | ||||
| A54TAC_11 | R. Aloisi/G. Mantovan | VOYAGERS Survey: Sub-Optimal Conditions HARPSN AOT54 Proposal | HARPS-N | 5 |
Spanish CAT |
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| Programme | PI | Title | Instrument | Allocation (nights) |
| CAT26B_19 | E. Fernandez Alvar | Characterising metal-poor stars with disk kinematics | HARPS-N | 5 |
| CAT26B_36 | G. Lacedelli | Characterization of two multi-planet systems hosting long-period, temperate sub-Neptunes | HARPS-N | 4 |
| CAT26B_120 | M. R. Zapatero Osorio | Planetary systems around low-metallicity stars | HARPS-N | 7 |
| CAT26B_121 | J. Lillo-Box | Planetary systems in late-type K-dwarfs: confirming the transiting candidates | HARPS-N | 5 |
| CAT26B_124 | G. Morello | TOI-5938b: A Benchmark Planet at the Edge of the Neptune Desert | HARPS-N | 1 |
| CAT26B_134 | S. Geraldia Gonzalez | Young Atmospheres: measuring the primordial composition of newly formed planets | GIARPS | 4 |
| CAT26B_145 | P. A. Miles Paez | Detailed Characterization of the Brightest Ultracool Dwarfs as Candidate Planet Hosts | GIANOB | 3 |
| CAT26B_S | IAC Service | No title | Various instruments | 2 |
OPTICON |
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| Programme | PI | Title | Instrument |
Allocation (hours) |
| OPT26_2 | G. Mantovan | Measuring Architectures across the Savanna to Understand Dynamical Inception (MASUDI) | GIARPS | 13 |
| OPT26_5 | J.-V. Harre | Detecting companions to hot Jupiters to probe their origins | HARPS-N | 12.83 |
| OPT26_6 | F. Onori | Understanding the crucial early emission in TDEs with fast-response discovery and high-cadence follow-up in the Rubin-LSST era | DOLORES | 2.8 |
| OPT26_9 | L. Palethorpe | TOI-1634 and the density valley: resolving a key mass ambiguity | HARPS-N | 10 |
| OPT26_11 | J. Turner | Uncovering the true nature of PSR J0435+3233, a new millisecond pulsar with an abnormally high spin-down rate | SIFAP2 | 12.64 |
| OPT26_15 | G. Mantovan | VOYAGERS Survey HARPS-N Giant Exoplanet Candidate Follow-up Proposal | HARPS-N | 5 |
ITP |
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| Programme | PI | Title | Instrument |
Allocation (nights) |
| ITP26_15 | S. Gill | Characterizing transiting warm and temperate Jupiters to shed light on their formation | HARPS-N | 8 |