Padova-Asiago Supernova Group
Supernova Group - Active Observational Programs
List of running observational programs (from period 2021B)
The observational time awarded through the proposals indicated below is currently scheduled, and the observations are in progress.
Active Large and Long-Term programs (over periods 2021B to 2022B)
- 3.58m New Technology Telescope + EFOSC2/SOFI: "ePESSTO+: the advanced Public ESO Spectroscopic Survey for Transient Objects" (P.I. Inserra; Large Program); 90 nights/year
- 3.58m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo + Dolores & NICS: "Exploring the diverse landscape of interacting transients" (P.I. Valerin; Long Term Program); 20 hrs/semester in AOTs 44-45-46
- 2.56m Nordic Optical telescope + ALFOSC & NOTCam: "NUTS2: The local transient Universe" (P.I. Kankare, Stritzinger, Lundqvist); Long-Term Program of 11 + 11 nights in service mode; in 2022A e 2022B
- 1.82m Copernico Telescope + AFOSC: "Nearby and strongly-interacting Supernovae" (P.I. Salmaso; Large Program); 2 nights/month + 3 ToO triggers/month in 2022A e 2022B
- 1.82m Copernico Telescope + AFOSC: "Search and characterization of optical counterparts of GW triggers (kilonovae)" (P.I. Tomasella; Large Program; two years); 6 ToO triggers/year
- 67/92 cm Schmidt Telescope + KAF-16803 CCD: " Monitoring the erratic variability of Luminous Blue VAriables and interacting Supernovae with the Asiago Schmidt telescope " (P.I. Reguitti; Large Program); 60 hrs/semester in 2022A e 2022B
- 0.6m Rapid Eye Mount + ROSS & REMIR: "Exploring the diverse landscape of interacting transients of interacting transients" (P.I. Valerin; Long Term Program) 50 & 50 hrs in AOTs 44-45-46
Active semestral programs for period 2022A
- 10.4m Gran Telescopio Canarias + OSIRIS & EMIR: "Peeking into the Very Center of Stellar Explosions with GTC Nebular Spectroscopy" (P.I. Elias-Rosa); 23 hrs (queuing)
- 8.2m ESO Very Large Telescope + MUSE (UT4): "The Extreme Host Galaxy Environments of Low-Luminosity Type Ia SNe with late-time H-alpha emission" (P.I. Prieto); 17 hrs (queuing)
- 2.56m Nordic Optical Telescope + ALFOSC & NOTCam: "Strongly-interacting supernovae in the multi-messenger context" (P.I. Salmaso); 15 hrs (ALFOSC) + 9 hrs (NOTCam)
- 2.0m Liverpool Telescope + IO:O: "Interacting gap transients, fast (Ibn/Icn) and slow-evolving (IIn) supernovae" (P.I. Mazzali); 35 hrs
- 2.4m Hubble Space Telescope + WFC3: "Unveiling the nature of interacting supernovae or supernova impostors" (P.I. Elias-Rosa); 8 cycles
- 2.4m Hubble Space Telescope + WFC3: "Delivering on the promise of multi-messenger astronomy" (P.I. ENGRAVE Collaboration); 82 cycles in 3 periods
- 3.7m INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL space telescope): "Unveiling the physics of Type Ia Supernovae" (P.I. J. Isern); 2000000 s (ToO)