Pubblicazione del transito dell’esopianeta TRES-3 in collaborazione con Czech Astronomical Society Repubblica Ceca & Luigi Mancini Max Plank Instutute for astronomy Germania. Autori: Fabio Martinelli & Giorgio Corfini. 
Pubblicazione della SN in M95 sul sito Latest supernovae in collaborazione con ISSP. Italian supernovae search project e pubblicazione dell’immagine della Supernova in NGC 5775.
Link al sito: http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/supernova.html
Pubblicazione del transito dell’esopianeta Wasp-14 in collaborazione con Czech Astronomical Society Repubblica Ceca & Luigi Mancini Max Plank Instutute for astronomy Germania. Autori: Fabio Martinelli & Giorgio Corfini.
Link al sito: http://var2.astro.cz/EN/tresca/transit-detail.php?id=1332953052
Pubblicazione del transito dell’esopianeta GJ1214 in collaborazione con Czech Astronomical Society Repubblica Ceca & Luigi Mancini Max Plank Instutute for astronomy Germania. Autori dell’osservazione Fabio Martinelli e Giorgio Corfini.
Telescopio Cassegrain 302 mm focale 2000 CCD SBIG KAF1600.
Link al sito: http://var2.astro.cz/tresca/transit-detail.php?id=1332519743
Pubblicazione del primo articolo sulla ricerca Supernovae, realizzato da Fabio Briganti e Riccardo Mancini. Astronomical centre association e ISSP Italian Supernovae Search Project.
http://www.coelum.com/coelum/archivio/articoli/ultime-supernovae
Montecaitini VdC astronomical associction pubblicazioni. Osservazione del transito Wasp-43 By Fabio Martinelli, riduzione dati Giorgio Corfini. Telescopio SC 356 mm focale 2257 mm, camera ccd SBIG ST8-XME filtro Baader giallo 495 nm. Pubblicazione dal sito ETD
http://var2.astro.cz/EN/tresca/transit-detail.php?id=1330606862
Scoperta Supernova in NGC 5806
Pubblicato il 23 gennaio 2012 da redazione
Scoperta un altra supernova dal team ISSP Italian Supernovae Search Project, questa volta è stato Fabio Briganti, responsabile della ricerca supernovae presso l’osservatorio astronomico di Montecatini val di Cecina Pisa. L’immagine è stata effettuata con il telescopio da 28cm C11 celestron presso l’osservatorio di Cortina la mattina del 22 gennaio. Controllo da parte di Fabio Briganti, immagine ottenuta tramite controllo robotizzato da Alessandro Dimai. Complimenti al nostro coordinatore per la ricerca SN.
Montecatini astronomical centre redazione. PSN J14595904+0153251 (A.R. 14 59 59.04, Dec. +01 53 25.1) scoperta il 22 gennaio 2012 nella galassia NGC5806 (offset 10W 1S), magnitudine 15.0. PSN scoperta da F. Briganti con il telescopio Schmidt Cassegrain da 11″ dell’Osservatorio del Col Drusciè (Cortina d’Ampezzo). Un ulteriore immagine dellaSN in NGC 5806 ripresa la mattina del 26 gennaio dall’osservatorio astronomico di Montecatini val di Cecina con telescopio meade 35cm e camera SBIG STXME KAF1600.
Atel inerenti alle osservazioni della Supernova. The PTF (ATEL #1964, #3253; http://www.astro.caltech.edu/ptf ) reports the discovery of a new supernova in NGC 5806 (independently discovered by F. Briganti and reported as PSN J14595904+0153251 on Jan 22). The source is located at RA = 14:59:59.08, Dec = +01:53:24.2 (J2000), was first detected by the Palomar 1.2m telescope with an R-band magnitude of about 17 on 2012 Jan 10 (UT) and brightened to about 16.1 mag on Jan 20. PTF did not detect the source prior to 2012 Jan 5. Spectroscopic follow-up was performed with the HET (+LRS) on Jan 14, the INT (+IDS) on Jan 15-18, Gemini N (+GMOS) on Jan 17 and the Palomar 5m (+DBSP) on Jan 18. The spectra show prominent H features as well as He absorption at about 10,000 km/s, consistent with a type IIb classification. Credential Certification: Christopher J. Stockdale (chris.stockdale@mu.edu)
Subjects: Radio, X-ray, Supernovae
We report the detection of radio emission near the position of the type-IIb supernova PTF2012os (ATEL #3881) with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array radio telescope in the DnC configuration: A flux density of 0.44 +/- 0.05 mJy was measured at 5.02 GHz (wavelength 6.0 cm) on 2012 Jan. 22.42 UT. The measured position of the radio emission of R.A. = 14h59m59.s12, Decl. = +01d53m23s.3, equinox 2000.0 is in good agreement with the measured optical position of (ending digits) R.A. = 59.s08, Decl. = 24s.2, equinox 2000.0 (ATEL #3881). Radio observations are continuing. Using 9.4 ks of co-added Swift X-Ray Telescope (XRT) data, obtained on 2012-01-14 (2.0 ks exposure time; PI Kasliwal), 2012-01-16 (2.4 ks; PI Kasliwal), and 2012-01-24 (5.0 ks; PI Immler), no X-ray source is detected at the position of the SN. The PSF, dead-time, and vignetting corrected upper limit to the XRT net count rate is 1.1E-03 cts/s (3-sigma), corresponding to an unabsorbed (0.2-10 keV band) X-ray flux limit of 5.4E-14 erg/cm/cm/s and a luminosity limit of 4.2E39 erg/s for an adopted thermal plasma spectrum with a temperature of kT = 10 keV, a Galactic foreground column density of 4.14E+20 (Dickey & Lockman, 1990, ARAA 28) and a distance of 25.4 Mpc (NED). Swift observations are continuing. The object warrants further study in all wavelength bands. Credential Certification: Schuyler D. Van Dyk (vandyk@ipac.caltech.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae, Transient, Variables
Schuyler D. Van Dyk (Spitzer Science Center/Caltech), Avishay Gal-Yam, Iair Arcavi (Weizmann Institute), Mansi M. Kasliwal (OCIW/Princeton), and Assaf Horesh (Caltech), on behalf of the larger PTF collaboration, report their attempt to identify the progenitor of the Type IIb supernova PTF12os, aka PSN J14595904+0153251, in archival Hubble Space Telescope (HST) ACS/WFC F435W, F555W, and F814W images from 2005 March 10 UT (PI: Smartt). We have astrometrically matched a B-band image (with 0.87″ seeing) from 2012 January 18 UT obtained with the IMACS camera on the Magellan Baade 6.5 m telescope at Las Campanas Observatory, Chile, with the ACS F435W image, using 10 fiducial stars in common. The SN position has been located on the ACS image with an uncertainty of 0.57 WFC pixel, or 0.028″. This is within 1 WFC pixel, to the southwest, of a candidate source detected in all three ACS bands. The site of PTF12os lies approximately 2.2″ southeast of the position of the Type II SN 2004dg in this same host galaxy. Preliminary photometry of the ACS images using Dolphot (Dolphin 2000, PASP, 112, 1383) results in a brightness for the object of B=23.30, V=23.04, and I=22.53 (uncertainties are all 0.012 mag or smaller). Assuming the average value of the distance modulus to the host, NGC 5608, from the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED), 32.01 mag, and also assuming only the Galactic foreground extinction at V-band from Schlegel, Finkbeiner, & Davis (1998, ApJ, 500, 525), 0.17 mag, this object had V absolute magnitude of -9.1 and absolute colors (B-V)_0=0.21 and (V-I)_0=0.44 (consistent with an early F spectral type). This could be a highly-luminous supergiant star, or, alternatively, a compact star cluster. Evidence exists from the strength of the Na I D lines in follow-up spectra (ATel 3881) that the extinction to the SN could, in fact, be higher, implying that the source is even more luminous and bluer. We tentatively identify this source as a candidate for the progenitor, although given the offset of the SN position from the object’s centroid, the host galaxy distance, and the inferred higher extinction, it is quite possible that the progenitor has not been detected. Higher-resolution imaging is pending for candidate confirmation, and further analysis is ongoing. Credential Certification: Assaf Horesh (assafh@astro.caltech.edu)
Subjects: Millimeter, Supernovae We report a CARMA observation of the type IIb supernova PTF12os (Arcavi et al.; ATEL# 3881). The observation was undertaken on 2012 Jan 14.65 UT. We report a null-detection in the 3-mm band (at a center frequency of 93 GHz) with a 3 sigma upper limit of 0.36 mJy/beam. We thank the CARMA staff for scheduling this target of opportunity. Pubblicazione della scoperta.
Central Bureau for Astronomical TelegramsINTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION CBAT Director: Daniel W. E. Green; Hoffman Lab 209; Harvard University; 20 Oxford St.; Cambridge, MA 02138; U.S.A.e-mail: cbatiau@eps.harvard.edu (alternate cbat@iau.org) URL http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/index.html Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network SUPERNOVA 2012P IN NGC 5806 = PSN J14595904+0153251 Alessandro Dimai, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, on behalf of the Italian Supernovae Search Project (ISSP), reports the discovery by Fabio Briganti (Santa Croce sull’Arno, Pisa, Italy) of an apparent supernova (mag about 15.0) on unfiltered CCD images (limiting mag about 16.5) taken with the “Maioni” 0.28-m telescope of the Osservatorio Astronomico del Col Druscie at Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, on Jan. 22.1556 UT. The new object is located at R.A. = 14h59m59s.12, Decl. = +1d53’24″.4 (equinox 2000.0), which is 10″ west and 1″ south of the nucleus of NGC 5806. Nothing is visible at this position on Palomar Sky Survey infrared, red, and blue plates. The discovery image is posted at website URL http://tinyurl.com/7lzoeyv. The variable was designated PSN J14595904+0153251 when it was posted at the Central Bureau’s TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2012P based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Additional CCD magnitudes for 2012P (unfiltered unless noted otherwise): 2011 Dec. 7, [18.0 (ISSP); 2012 Jan. 23.227, 15.2 (Briganti); 23.549, 16.3 (Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia; remotely using a 51-cm RCOS telescope + STL11K camera + luminance filter at the New Mexico Skies Observatory near Mayhill, NM, U.S.A.; position end figures 59s.09, 24".1; image posted at URL http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/6752536997/). The type-II supernova 2004dg also appeared in NGC 5806 (cf. IAUC 8375). L. Borsato and V. Nascimbeni, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Universita di Padova; and S. Benetti, A. Pastorello, S. Valenti, L. Tomasella, E. Cappellaro, P. Ochner, and M. Turatto, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, report that a spectrum (range 360-810 nm; resolution 2.2 nm) of PSN J14595904+0153251 = SN 2012P was obtained on Jan. 23.17 UT with the Ekar-Copernico 1.82-m telescope (+ AFOSC). Using a library of supernova spectra via GELATO (Harutyunyan et al. 2008, A.Ap. 488, 383; available via https://gelato.tng.iac.es/login.cgi), they found a best match with typical type-Ib/c supernovae soon after maximum if a redshift of z = 0.004533 (Falco et al. 1999, PASP 111, 438; via NED) is assumed. From the minimum of a deep-intense absorption measured at 627.6 nm, an expansion velocity of about 5100 km/s is deduced for the ejecta if identified with Si II 635.5-nm (but an expansion velocity of about 14400 km/s if identified with H-alpha).NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are sometimes superseded by text appearing later in the printed IAU Circulars. (C) Copyright 2012 CBAT 2012 January 25 (CBET 2993) Daniel W. E. Green
Scoperta una Supernova nella galassie NGC 7485
Pubblicato il 17/10/2011 da redazione
Da poco più di un mese dall’inizio attività dell’osservatorio astronomico di Montecatini val di Cecina Pisa con i primi telescopi, abbiamo la prima scoperta! Durante la sessione di ricerca Supernovae all’interno del programma ISSP, Italian Supernovae Search Project, è stata scoperta una Supernova nella galassia NGC 7485. Gli scopritori della Supernova sono, Fabio Martinelli, Riccardo Mancini e Fabio Briganti. L’immagine ottenuta con il telescopio da 35cm, C14 su montatura Bellincioni Beta, con camera DTA company di Cascina Pisa con sensore Kodak KAF1000. Ripresa la notte del 13/10/2011
presenta la stella esplosa nella galassia di magnitudine 17.0.
Dopo una seconda immagine di conferma, l’avvenuta segnalazione all’ IAU, Iternational Astronomical Union. http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/followups/J23060280+3406367.html PSN J23060280+3406367 Una grande soddisfazione da parte dello staff dell’osservatorio astronomico di Montecatini val di Cecina, in quanto i lavori dell’osservatorio non sono ancora terminati, e abbiamo già una scoperta all’attivo! Ringraziamento in particolare ai titolari del Podere Palareta per aver dato il terreno, e l’amministrazione comunale di Montecatini val di Cecina per i permessi della costruzione dell’osservatorio. A. Dimai, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, reports the discovery by Fabio Martinelli, Riccardo Mancini and Fabio Briganti, on behalf of Italian Supernovae Search Project, of an apparent supernova (see PSN J23060280+3406367), on unfiltered CCD images taken with the 0.35-m telescope of the Montecatini Valdicecina Observatory (Pisa – Italy) on October 14.0299 (at mag about 18.0; limiting mag about 19.0) and 14.9319 UT (mag about 17.6; limiting mag about 19.0). The new object is located at R.A. = 23h06m02s.80, Decl. = +34°06’36″.7 (equinox 2000.0), which is 22″ west and 8″ north of the nucleus of NGC 7485. ISSP images of the same field taken on 2011 Oct. 01 (limiting mag about 19.5) shows nothing at this position, nor do Palomar Sky Survey infrared, red, and blue plates. A confirmation image, taken by A. Dimai with the “Maioni” 0.28 m. telescope of the Col Drusciè Observatory on October 15.9, shows the PSN at mag. +17.0 C. Best Regards Alessandro Dimai Montecatini val di Cecina Astronomical association.
[vsnet-alert 13737] 1RXS J231935.0+364705: superhumps evolution
Denis Denisenko d.v.denisenko at gmail.com Fri Oct 7 17:55:49 JST 2011 Fabio Martinelli (Astronomical Centre at Montecatini, Italy) has obtained fifty 160-sec exposures of J2319+3647 covering 2.3 hours interval from 00:58 to 03:18 UT on 2011 Oct. 05. Light curve (unfiltered magnitudes with Red zero point) is uploaded to http://pics.livejournal.com/bigdenru/pic/000adk0k/ I was using R=14.4 as the comparison star and R=14.2 as check star from my 2007 finder chart at http://hea.iki.rssi.ru/~denis/J2319+3647-comps.gif Amplitude of orbital modualtion has decreased to 0.13-0.14m. It was 0.24m during Oct. 01/02 observations by Etienne Morelle. Denis Denisenko P.S. Regarding the new object from vsnet-alert 13736: dwarf nova 1RXS J231935.0+364705 is also a hard ROSAT source (HR1=1.00+/-0.09, HR2=0.47+/-0.16).
Osservazione e comunicazione dell’avvenuta esplosione della SN in M101. L’osservazione, l’immagine ripresa poche ore prima dell’esplosione conferma quanto sia stata rapida l’aumento di luminosità della Supernova. http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2011/sn2011fe.html Montecatini val di cecina astronomical observatory Supernova Scoperta in IC1584 F. Ciabattari, S. Donati, G. Petroni, M. Rossi and R. Simonetti Italian Supernovae Search Project. Osservazione del 22/08/2011 osservatorio astronomico Monte Agliale Lucca. Telescopio Newton 50cm. PSN J00471993+2749355 2011 08 22.08 * 00 47 19.93 +27 49 35.5 18.1 U 18E 5S I1584 92 Fabrizio Ciabattari.
Scoperta Supernova in UGC 12179! L’ennesima scoperta da parte dell’osservatorio di Montarrenti Siena, una delle prime scoperte da parte dell ISSP, Italian Supernovae Search Project. Immagine effettuata la notte del 24/08/2011 da Simone Leonini con telescopio catadriottico da 53 cm. PSN J22450228+3400150, CBAT TOCP discovered 2011/08/22.969 by Simone. Leonini (Italian Supernovae Search Project) Found in UGC 12179 at R.A. = 22h45m02s.27, Decl. = +34°00’15″.0 Located 18″ west and 30″ north of the center of UGC 12179 Mag 16.8, Type unknown 
Scoperta.
Supernova in NGC 2273B
La supernova è stata scoperta la notte del 20/08/2011 da Alessandro Dimai, Italian Supernovae Search Project. Al momento della scoperta la SN era di 15.4 magnitudini. L’immagine ripresa dall’osservatorio astronomico del Col Druscie con il telescopio SC C11 celestron, diametro 280mm. PSN J06463985+6021028, CBAT TOCP discovered 2011/08/20.121 by Alessandro Dimai (Italian Supernovae Search Project) Found in NGC 2273B at R.A. = 06h46m39s.84, Decl. = +60°21’02″.7 Located 60″ east and 36″ north of the center of NGC 2273B Mag 15.4 (14.8), Type unknown (in realtà è tipo IIP).
Pubblicazione sulla rivista Coelum sull’attività di ricerca del progetto Italian Supernovae Search, ISSP.
Articolo sulle SN ISSP Italian language only ( Osservazioni e pubblicazioni durante le prove strumentali precedenti l’apertura dell’attività scientifice dell’osservatorio).
Prediscovery immage of the SN near NGC 6577, osservata 27/06/2011. Ripresa da Fabio Martinelli, controllo by Fabio Briganti. SN Scoperta da Fabrizio Ciabattari, S. Donati e G. Fornaciari Italian Supernovae Search Project Telescopip C14 con Dta camera, KAF1000 60 secondi esposizione. Comunicazione inviata il 28/06/2011.
Comunicazione osservazione SN del 09/05/2011 nella galassia UGC9356 Immagine con Schmidt cassegrain 35cm Sensore KAF1600 DTA camera. Immagine realizzata da Fabio Martinelli, controllo Fabio Briganti.
Supernova osservata la notte del 14/05/2011 in galassia anonima con telescopio C14 celestron camera DTA Comunicazione presso Latest Supernovae del 14/05/2011. Osservatore: Fabio Martinelli e Fabio Briganti.
