ATCA (Australia Telescope Compact Array),
Wide - Area Deep Radio Observations of
SWIRE/APEX fields,
PI: B. Boyle Co-I: Norris, Jackson, Webster, Ivison, Lonsdale,
P. Ciliegi,
120 hours, January-February 2004
GMRT (India),
Low frequency observations of NGC326,
PI: M. Murgia, Co-I: de Ruiter et al.,
18 hours, 11-12 July 2003
GMRT 235 MHz, 327 MHz, 610 MHz,
Low frequency study of the radio
halo in the merging cluster A3562,
PI: T. Venturi, co-I: S. Bardelli et al.,
20 hours, January-February 2003
GMRT 235 MHz, 327 MHz, 610 MHz, 1420 MHz,
Low frequency study of the radio relic
in the ongoing cluster merger A2061,
PI: T. Venturi, co-I: S. Bardelli, E. Zucca et al.,
36 hours, August-October 2003
GMRT 1420 MHz,
Radio source birth and recurrent radio activity
in cD galaxies,
PI: T. Venturi, co-I: S. Bardelli et al.,
14 hours, August 2003
VLA (U.S.),
Fossil radio galaxies,
PI: M. Murgia, Co-I: H. de Ruiter et al.,
20 hours, 4-9 December 2003
ESO
VLT
ESO VLT+FLAMES,
GTO Italflames - Chemical composition and dynamics of
dwarf Spheroidals in the Local Group,
PI: Bonifacio P., Co-I: M. Bellazzini, [...], E. Pancino et
al.,
1 night
ESO VLT+FLAMES,
Formation and evolution of Galactic Globular Clusters:
the first billion years,
PI: Carretta E., Co-I: A. Bragaglia, E. Pancino et al.,
74 hours, 2003-2004 (service)
ESO VLT+FLAMES,
Understanding the blue straggler formation processes
in galactic globular clusters,
P.I.: Ferraro F.R.,
Co-I: [...], E. Carretta, [...],
M. Bellazzini, F. Fusi-Pecci, C. Cacciari, E. Pancino,
Sabbi E., Beccari G.,
4 nights
ESO VLT+FLAMES,
Settling an homogeneous metallicity scale for stellar
clusters in the large magellanic cloud
from high resolution spectroscopy,
PI: Ferraro F.R.,
Co-I.: L. Origlia, Testa V., E. Carretta,
F. Fusi-Pecci, Valenti E,
16 hours
ESO VLT+FLAMES,
GTO Italflames -
Understanding the chemical enrichment history of massive
globular clusters: Centauri and M 22,
PI: Ferraro F.R.,
Co-I:
E. Pancino, M. Bellazzini, L. Origlia, C. Cacciari,
Monaco L, Bonifacio P.,
2 nights
ESO VLT+FLAMES,
Absolute ages for Globular Clusters with accuracy
of 1 Gyr: the fundamental importance of
precise reddenings and metallicities,
PI: R. Gratton,
Co-I: A. Bragaglia, M. Bellazzini, G. Clementini et al.,
27 hours, 2004 (service)
ESO VLT+FLAMES,
The origin and evolution of metals in the LMC:
a novel and
powerful constraint to the star formation history,
PI: V. Hill,
Co-I: M. Tosi,
19 hours, March 2003
ESO VLT+FLAMES,
Ital-FLAMES GTO It#4: Multiobject spectroscopy
of Galactic Open
Clusters of different ages and metallicity,
PI: R. Pallavicini, Co-I: A. Bragaglia, M. Tosi et al.,
3 nights, 21 May & 01 December 2004, 14 February 2004
ESO VLT+FLAMES,
Old Open Clusters as key tracers of the evolution
of light elements
and the Galactic disk,
PI: S. Randich,
Co-I: A. Bragaglia, M. Tosi et al.,
20 hours, 2004 (service)
ESO VLT+FORS1,
Optical identification of faint HELLAS2XMM sources:
chasing type 2 QSOs,
PI: F. Cocchia,
Co-I: F. Fiore, A. Baldi, N. Carangelo,
S. Molendi, A. Comastri, M. Mignoli, M. Brusa,
P. Ciliegi, [...], Vignali C.,
1.8 nights, March 2004 (visitor)
ESO VLT+FORS2,
GMASS: the Galaxy Mass Assembly
ultra-deep Spectroscopic Survey,
PI: Cimatti,
Co-I: Berta, Cassata, Daddi, di Serego Alighieri, Franceschini, Kurk,
B. Lanzoni, Vernet, M. Mignoli, L. Pozzetti,
[...], G. Zamorani,
30.3 hours: April 2004 (service)
ESO VLT+FORS2,
The first building blocks in the Local Group:
probing the oldest stellar
populations in Dwarf Galaxies through the metal
distribution of the RR Lyrae stars in Sculptor,
PI: G. Clementini,
Co-I: A. Bragaglia et al.,
10 hours, 2003 (service)
ESO VLT+FORS2,
The age-metallicity relation and star formation history
of the SMC: star clusters,
PI: E. Grebel,
Co-I: M. Tosi,
18.5 hours, P73
ESO VLT+ISAAC,
Spectroscopic identification of a new population of
super-EROs hosting AGNs,
PI: Maiolino,
Co-I: M. Mignoli, L. Pozzetti, Brusa,
P. Ciliegi, A. Comastri, [...], C. Vignali,
12 hours, April 2004 (service)
ESO VLT+ISAAC,
Supermassive Black Holes in High Redshift Quasars,
PI: A. Marconi,
Co-I: D. Axon, [...], G. Stirpe,
19.5 hours, 2003-2004
ESO VLT+ISAAC,
Unveiling the nature and star formation activity of
dusty EROs,
PI: Vernet,
Co-I: Cimatti, Daddi, di Serego Alighieri,
M. Mignoli, L. Pozzetti, Renzini, G. Zamorani,
34 hours,
April 2003 (service)
ESO VLT+UVES,
Detailed chemical properties of field Blue Stragglers
Stars: probing the
formation mechanism in low-density environments,
PI: Carretta E.,
Co-I: A. Bragaglia, C. Cacciari et al.,
25 hours, 2003-2004 (service)
ESO VLT+UVES,
The properties of dusty red giants in globular clusters,
van Loon J., L. Origlia et al.,
2 nights
ESO VLT+VIMOS,
A Spectroscopic Study of the Globular Clusters in the
Sculptor Spiral Galaxy NGC253,
PI: C. Cacciari Co-I: L. Federici, S. Galleti, E.V. Held,
A. Moretti,
6 hours, June 2003 (service)
ESO VLT+VIMOS,
Large Programme: An ESO-SIRTF WIDE-AREA IMAGING SURVEY
(ESIS), targeting
the history of cosmic transformations of baryons in stars and active nuclei,
PI: Franceschini,
Co-I: Vettolani, Held, Lonsdale, G. Zamorani,
Rowan-Robinson, Smith, Rizzi,
P. Ciliegi, La Franca, Oliver, Perez-Fournon, C. Gruppioni
et al.,
96 hours, April, August 2003 (service);
20 hours, April 2004 (service)
ESO VLT+VIMOS,
An ultra deep IFU spectroscopic coverage of the
Hubble Deep Field south,
PI: Giallongo,
Co-I: S. Bardelli, [...], G. Zamorani,
98 hours: April 2003, 62 hours: April 2004 (service)
ESO VLT+VIMOS,
Globular clusters in the outer halo of
the Sombrero galaxy,
PI: E.V. Held,
Co-I: A. Moretti,
L. Federici,C. Cacciari et al.,
13.5 hours, April 2003 (service)
ESO VLT+VIMOS,
VIMOS Spectroscopy of the COSMOS 2-square degree ACS
Survey Deep Field,
PI: Kneib,
Co-I: Scoville, [...], G. Zamorani, S. Bardelli, A. Cappi,
M. Mignoli, L. Pozzetti, E. Zucca, Marano, Vettolani and the COSMOS team
68 hours: April 2004 (service)
ESO VLT+VIMOS,
AN ESO-XMM-SIRTF WIDE AREA SURVEY: the measure of
the clustering of AGN, and the nature and evolution of
infrared galaxies,
PI: F. La Franca, Co-I: F. Fiore, [...], A. Comastri, E.
Daddi, C. Gruppioni, R. Maiolino, M. Mignoli,
S. Molendi, G.C.
Perola, L. Pozzetti, F. Pozzi, G. Rodighiero, H.E. Smith,
Zamorani G.,
30 hours, April 2004 (service)
ESO VLT+VIMOS,
The VIRMOS/VLT Deep Survey (VVDS),
PI: O. Le Fèvre, G. Vettolani, Co-I: G. Zamorani, S. Bardelli,
A. Cappi, L. Pozzetti, E. Zucca, P. Ciliegi, H. De Ruiter et al.
(VIRMOS Consortium),
19 nights (GTO), February-September 2004
ESO VLT+VIMOS,
The VIRMOS/VLT Deep Survey (VVDS),
PI: O. Le Fèvre, G.Vettolani,
Co-I: G. Zamorani, S. Bardelli,
A. Cappi, L. Pozzetti, E. Zucca, P. Ciliegi, H. De Ruiter
et al. (VIRMOS Consortium),
5 half nights (GTO), December 2003
ESO VLT+VIMOS,
A2163: A ``pre'' and ``post'' merger?,
PI: S. Maurogordato,
Co-I: Benoist, A. Cappi et al.,
2 nights, may 2004 (visitor)
ESO VLT+VIMOS,
Culling K-Band luminous, massive galaxies at z=2,
PI: Renzini,
Co-I: Arimoto, Brusa, Broadhurst, Cimatti, A. Comastri,
Daddi, Ikuta, Ohta, L. Pozzetti, G. Zamorani,
34 hours: October 2003 (service)
ESO VLT+VIMOS (IFU),
Dynamics at High Redshifts: the Key Role of
Integral Field Spectroscopy,
PI: D.Rizzo, co-I: S. Bardelli, A. Cappi, A.Zanichelli,
E. Zucca,
11 hours, March 2003
NTT
ESO NTT+SOFI,
Large Programme:
The nature and evolution of infrared galaxies:
bridging optical and
SIRTF-SWIRE data with near-infrared observations of the
ELAIS-S1 field,
PI: Cimatti,
Co-I: Berta, P. Ciliegi, A. Comastri, Daddi, di Serego Alighieri,
Fiore, Fontana, Franceschini, C. Gruppioni,
La Franca, Lonsdale, Maiolino,
M. Mignoli, Poli, L. Pozzetti,
Rodighiero, Saracco, Smith, Vernet, G. Zamorani,
14 nights, September-Novemeber 2003 (visitor)
ESO NTT+SOFI,
Optical/IR emission lines in bright ISO/SIRTF quasars,
PI: Serjeant S.,
coI: C. Gruppioni, T. Morel,
2 nights, October 2003 (visitor)
ESO NTT+SOFI,
Public Imaging Survey,
PI: Krautter,
Co-I: Arnaud, [...], G. Zamorani et al,
18 nights: January, August, October 2003; September 2004 (visitor)
ESO NTT+SOFI,
Optical/IR emission lines in bright ISO/SIRTF quasars,
PI: S. Serjeant, Co-I: C. Gruppioni, T. Morel,
2 nights, October 2003
3.6m
3.6m+EFOSC2,
Dynamical state and star formation within the
bimodal galaxy cluster A2933: wide field imaging
and multi-object spectroscopy,
PI: C.Benoist, Co-I: A. Cappi et al.,
2 nights, October 2003
2.2m
ESO 2.2m+WFI,
Completing the pre-FLAMES public survey of the
tidally disrupted Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal
Ferraro F.R., M. Bellazzini, Monaco L., Sabbi E.,
E. Pancino, Valenti E., Bonifacio P., Sbordone L.,
8.2 hours
ESO 2.2m+WFI,
Large Programme:
An ESO-SIRTF WIDE-AREA IMAGING SURVEY (ESIS), targeting
the history of cosmic transformations
of baryons in stars and active nuclei,
PI: Franceschini,
Co-I: Vettolani, Held, Lonsdale, G. Zamorani,
Rowan-Robinson, Smith, Rizzi,
P. Ciliegi, [...], C. Gruppioni et al
70 hours: April 2003 (service)
ESO 2.2m+WFI,
Public Imaging Survey - GALEX and SIRTF Coverage and
Completion
of the Deep Survey,
PI: Krautter,
CoI: Arnaud, [...], G. Zamorani, et al,
34 hours, April 2003 (service)
ESO 2.2m+WFI,
Public Imaging Survey: WFI Follow-up of XMM-Newton
Serendipituous Fields,
PI: Krautter,
CoI: Arnaud, [...], G. Zamorani et al,
157.5 hours, April-October 2003 (service)
ESO 2.2m+WFI,
Search for planetary transits in the metal-rich open
cluster NGC 6253 and the surrounding field,
PI: G. Piotto,
Co-I: A. Bragaglia et al.,
10 nights, June 2004
1.52m
ESO 1.52m+FEROS
Ground-based characterization of the targets
for the COROT space mission,
PI: E. Poretti,
Co-I: A. Buzzoni and the COROT intl. team,
5 nights, January 2003
TNG
TNG+DOLORES,
Getting accurate distances to local-group galaxies,
PI: F.R. Ferraro, Co-I:
M. Bellazzini, L. Origlia, E. Pancino,
3 nights
TNG+DOLORES,
The RR Lyrae star population of the remote Galactic
Globular Cluster
NGC 2419, PI: V. Ripepi, Co-I: M. Marconi, I. Musella, M. Di Crescienzo,
G. Clementini et al.,
12 hours, 2003, service
TNG+LRS
Do old metal-rich open clusters hide the secret of the
UV-upturn phenomenon in elliptical galaxies?,
PI: L. Buson
Co-I: A. Buzzoni, E. Bertone,
7hours, AOT8 period (service)
TNG+LRS,
Structure of the Galactic Halo towards the
North Galactic Pole (NGP),
PI: C. Cacciari, Co-I: A. Bragaglia, A. Buzzoni,
T. Kinman, A. Spagna,
32 hours, Spring 2003 (service)
TNG+LRS,
Structure of the Galactic Halo towards the Anticenter,
PI C. Cacciari, Co-I A. Bragaglia, A. Buzzoni,
T. Kinman, A. Spagna,
27 hours, 24-26 Jan 2004
TNG+LRS/MOS,
Membership in old open clusters
from multi-slit intermediate resolution
spectroscopy: Be 17 and Be 32,
PI: A. Bragaglia, Co-I: M. Tosi, E.V. Held, L. Di Fabrizio,
18 hours, February 2004 (service)
TNG+LRS/MOS,
Spectroscopic follow-up for candidate
transiting planets in the open cluster
NGC 6791,
PI: G.P. Piotto, Co-I: A. Bragaglia et al.,
5.5 hours, Spring 2004 (service)
TNG+NICS,
Near-Infrared PL and PLC relations of anomalous Cepheids
in the dwarf spheroidal galaxy Ursa Minor,
PI: M. Marconi,
Co-I: F. Caputo,
G. Clementini et al.,
24.5 hours, 2003 (service)
TNG+NICS/DOLORES,
F. Fusi-Pecci, A. Buzzoni, M. Bellazzini, L. Origlia,
Ferraro F.R. et al.,
Spectral energy distribution and bolometric corrections
of luminous RGB stars in old star clusters,
30 hours
TNG+SARG,
Metal abundances of old open clusters
as tracers of Galactic chemical evolution,
PI: A. Bragaglia,
Co-I: M. Tosi, E. Carretta, R. Gratton,
31 hours, Autumn 2003, service
TNG+SARG,
Metal abundances of open clusters as tracers
of Galactic chemical evolution : NGC 6791, the oldest one,
PI: A. Bragaglia, Co-I: M. Tosi, E. Carretta, R. Gratton,
2 nights, 24-25 July 2004
TNG+SARG
Ground-based characterization of the targets
for the COROT space mission,
PI: E. Poretti,
Co-I: A. Buzzoni and the COROT intl. team,
2 nights, January 2003
Miscellaneous ground based telescopes
CTIO 4m Blanco+WFI,
The Oosterhoff Phenomenon In Globular Clusters of
the Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy,
PI: H. Smith,
Co-I: G. Clementini, M. Catelan, E.
Poretti, E.V. Held, B. Pritzl,
3 nights, 13-15/11/2003
JKT+JAG,
RR Lyrae distances to the Sagittarius stream,
PI: F. Prada, Co-I:
D. Martinez-Delgado, [...], G. Clementini,
7 nights, 1-7 February 2003
KECKII+NIRSPEC,
Abundances of Bulge stars and Clusters,
Rich M., L. Origlia,
1 night
Magellan 6m Clay+MagIC,
SX Phoenicis and RR Lyrae variables
in two dense globular clusters of
the Fornax dSph galaxy,
PI: M. Catelan,
Co-I: G. Clementini et al.,
3 nights, 12-14 November 2003
NOT+AFOSC,
RR Lyrae distances to the Sagittarius stream,
PI: D. Martinez-Delgado,
Co-I: F. Prada, Z. Ivezic, L. Di Fabrizio, K. Vivas, R. Zinn, G.
Clementini;
5 nights, 2003
WHT+WYFFOS,
Investigating the nature of
Low Luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei (LLAGN),
PI: D. Trevese,
Co-I: F. Vagnetti, V. Zitelli,
2 nights, April 2003
FUSE
FUSE,
FUV spectra of the most metal-poor star forming dwarf
galaxies in the
local universe,
PI: A. Aloisi,
Co-I: M. Tosi,
115 ksec, cycle 5
HST
HST+ACS,
Searching for primeval galaxies: the promising case of
SBS 1414+437,
PI: A. Aloisi, Co-I: M. Tosi,
18 orbits, May 2003
XMM-Newton
XMM-Newton,
Exploring the connection between the X-ray properties
and recurrent radio activity,
PI: S. Bardelli,
co-I: E. Zucca et al.,
43 ks, August 2004
XMM-Newton,
Unveiling the nature of hard X-ray selected AGN
through XMM-Newton spectroscopy,
PI: M. Brusa,
Co-I: A. Comastri, C. Vignali,
M. Mignoli, F. Fiore, F. La Franca, G. Matt, S. Molendi, F. Cocchia,
N. Carangelo, A. Baldi, G.C. Perola, P. Ciliegi, R. Maiolino,
80 ks, to be scheduled
XMM-Newton,
Spatially resolved observation of merging
clusters in the Shapley Concentration: A3530,
PI: S. Ettori,
Co-I: S. Bardelli, E. Zucca et al.;
20,000 sec, January 2004
XMM-Newton,
Evolution of AGN in the cosmic web:
the HST + VIMOS + SWIRE Cosmos field,
PI: Günther Hasinger,
Co-I: A. Comastri, [...],
G. Zamorani, 840 ks, December 2003-December 2004
XMM-Newton,
Elusive AGN and the local density of active galaxies,
PI: R. Maiolino
Co-I A. Comastri et al.,
90 ks, Summer 2004
XMM-Newton,
Gaseous abundances in M82,
PI: P. Ranalli,
Co-I: A. Comastri, L. Origlia, R. Maiolino,
100 ks, April 2004
Chandra
Chandra,
A Chandra survey of Extremely Red Objects,
PI: M. Brusa,
Co-I: A. Comastri, A. Cimatti, E. Daddi, C. Vignali,
L. Pozzetti,
M. Mignoli, D.M. Alexander, 90 ks, June 2004
Chandra,
Spatially resolved observation of a major merging event
in the Shapley Supercluster
PI: S. Ettori,
Co-I: S. Bardelli, E. Zucca et al.;
80 ks, March-December 2003
Chandra,
Chasing quasar 2,
PI: F. Fiore,
Co-I: A. Comastri, M. Brusa,
P. Ciliegi, M. Mignoli, [...], C. Vignali,
45 ks, July 2003
Chandra,
Unveiling the engine powering OH Gigamaser sources
through
X-rays. A well-defined Chandra survey,
PI: C. Vignali,
Co-I: A. Comastri,
N. Brandt, 27 ks, December 2003