Padova-Asiago Supernova Group
Proposals from the OAPD Supernova Group
List of approved observational programs (from period 2024A to 2024B)
The observation time awarded through the proposals listed below is currently scheduled. The 2024A programmes are in progress.
Active Large and Long-Term programs
- 8.4m Large Binocular Telescope + MODS, LUCI & LBC: "Spectroscopic and photometric ToO follow-up of gravitational wave events" (P.I. A. Rossi Large Program on behalf of the GRAWITA collaboration); 64 hrs
- 3.58m New Technology Telescope + EFOSC2/SOFI: "ePESSTO+: the advanced Public ESO Spectroscopic Survey for Transient Objects" (P.I. C. Inserra; Large Program); 90 nights/year
- 3.58m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo + Dolores: "Characterising the elusive interacting transients" (P.I. G. Valerin; Long Term Program); 30 hrs/semester
- 3.58m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo + Dolores + NICS: "Follow-up of electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational wave sources at TNG during O4" (P.I. P. D’Avanzo; Long Term Program on behalf of the GRAWITA collaboration); 14 + 14 hrs/semester
- 2.56m Nordic Optical Telescope + ALFOSC & NOTCam: "The local transient Universe" (PIs E. Kankare, M. Stritzinger, P. Lundqvist, Large Program); 70 hrs in ToO (ALFOSC) + 4 nights (NOTCam) per semester
- 1.82m Copernico Telescope + AFOSC: "Monitoring the erratic variability of Luminous Blue Variables and interacting Supernovae with the Asiago Schmidt telescope"; (P.I. A. Reguitti; Large Program); 2 nights/month
- 1.82m Copernico Telescope + AFOSC: "Search and characterisation of optical counterparts of GW triggers" (P.I. L. Tomasella; Large Program on behalf of the GRAWITA collaboration); 2 nights/month + 6 ToO triggers/month
- 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. A. Reguitti; Large Program); 10 hrs/month
- 67/92 cm Schmidt Telescope + KAF-16803 CCD: "Search and characterisation of optical counterparts of GW triggers" (P.I. L. Tomasella; Large Program on behalf of the GRAWITA collaboration);
- 0.6m Rapid Eye Mount + ROSS & REMIR: "Characterising the elusive interacting transients" (P.I. G. Valerin; Long Term Program) 50 & 50 hrs
Awarded semestral programs
- 10.4m Gran Telescopio Canarias + OSIRIS: "Peeking into the Very Center of Stellar Explosions with GTC Nebular Observations " (P.I. N. Elias-Rosa); 23 hrs
- 3.7m INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL space telescope): "Unveiling the physics of Type Ia Supernovae" (P.I. J. Isern); 2000000 s
- 2.6m Very large Survey Telescope + OMEGACAM: "Stellar Explosions and their Evolution In Nearby Galaxies (SEEING) with the VST. III" (P.I. L. Izzo) 188 hrs
- 2.56m Nordic Optical Telescope + ALFOSC: "Determining the progenitor types of interacting supernovae" (P.I. A. Reguitti); 12 hrs
- 2.4m Hubble Space Telescope + WFC3: "Delivering on the promise of multi-messenger astronomy" (P.I. A. Levan, on behalf of ENGRAVE collaboration); 40 orbits in Cycles 30
- 2.4m Hubble Space Telescope + WFC3: "Delivering on the promise of multi-messenger astronomy" (P.I. A. Levan, on behalf of ENGRAVE collaboration); 20 orbits in Cycles 31
- 2.2m CAHA Telescope + CAFOS: "Determining the progenitor types of interacting supernovae" (P.I. A. Reguitti); 12 hrs
- 2.0m Liverpool Telescope + IO:O: "Determining the progenitor types of interacting supernovae" (P.I. A. Reguitti); 10 hrs
- 0.6m Rapid Eye Mount + ROSS & REMIR: "REM contribution to the world-wide search for an electromagnetic counterpart of a gravitational wave trigger" (P.I. S. Campana, on behalf of the GRAWITA collaboration); 10 & 10 hrs