OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DELLA REGIONE AUTONOMA VALLE D'AOSTA:

PROGRAMMA DELLE ATTIVITÀ

DI RICERCA PER IL 2011

Nel 2011 proseguirà il lavoro su quattro progetti di ricerca, tutti in collaborazione on INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino (INAF-OATo):

a) Progetto Corona solare (responsabile Paolo Calcidese) : continuazione del lavoro di calibrazione di un innovativo strumento per lo studio del Sole, in particolare per l'analisi della luce polarizzata proveniente dalla corona solare, visibile solo in condizioni di eclissi totali;

b) Progetto Asteroidi (responsabile Albino Carbognani) : osservazione ed analisi fotometrica degli asteroidi Troiani di Giove per stabilirne le caratteristiche rotazionali e l'origine fisica in collaborazione con il DLR di Berlino e l'INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino (OATo). Analisi teorica comparativa delle proprietà rotazionali degli asteroidi di tipo C ed S della Fascia Principale. Osservazioni astrometriche degli asteroidi di tipo NEA, in grado di costituire un rischio impatto per la Terra, in collaborazione con il Minor Planet Center (MPC) con sede ad Harvard, USA;

c) Progetto Nuclei galattici attivi (responsabile Paolo Calcidese): misure dell'emissione luminosa dalle regioni centrali di galassie lontane miliardi di anni luce nell'ambito di un vasto consorzio internazionale chiamato Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT)

gestito dall'INAF-OATo e comprendente oltre 40 centri in tutto il mondo;

d) Progetto Pianeti extrasolari (responsabili Andrea Bernagozzi, Mario Damasso e Davide Cenadelli): in collaborazione con l'INAF-OATo e con il supporto alle osservazioni da parte dell'INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (INAF-OAPd) e del Centre for Astrophysics Reseach (CAR) della University of Hertfordshire, ha l'obiettivo di cercare pianeti extrasolari di tipo terrestre in zone di abitabilità in orbita attorno a stelle nane di tipo M con il metodo fotometrico del transito.

Inoltre è in fase di avvio un Project Work per un innovativo progetto di ricerca nell'ambito della Comunicazione della scienza, responsabile Matteo Soldi, iscritto al Master in Comunicazione della scienza della Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA) di Trieste. Il tema è la promozione della ricerca scientifica in ambito astrofisico svolta in OAVdA attraverso i new media e il Web 2.0.

Di seguito diamo l'elenco ufficiale delle pubblicazioni scientifiche (in inglese).

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (update : 7november 2011)

RESEARCH PROJECT: ASTEROIDS (responsible: dr. Albino Carbognani)

Publications of the Minor Planet Electronic Circular series

Confirmation of new NEA, comets

MPEC 2007-R20 : 2007 RT1
MPEC 2007-R22 : 2007 RE2
MPEC 2007-R23 : 2007 RF2
MPEC 2007-S17 : 2007 SJ
MPEC 2007-T17 : 2007 RT147
MPEC 2007-T54 : COMET C/2007 T1 (McNAUGHT)
MPEC 2007-U52 : 2007 UG6
MPEC 2007-V94 : 2007 VK184
MPEC 2007-V95 : 2007 VL184

MPEC 2007-Y28: 2007 YM1

MPEC 2008-C68 : 2008 CJ70

MPEC 2008-C83 : 2008 CL116
MPEC 2008-C89 : 2008 CR116
MPEC 2008-C90 : 2008 CS116

MPEC 2008-Y48 : 2008 YJ3

MPEC 2009-B15 : 2009 BE

MPEC 2009-B47 : 2008 YV148

MPEC 2009-B85 : 2009 BO58
MPEC 2009-B83 : 2009 BM58
MPEC 2009-B79 : 2009 BH58
MPEC 2009-B76 : 2009 BE58
MPEC 2009-B75 : 2009 BD58
MPEC 2009-B89 : 2009 BL71
MPEC 2009-B92 : 2009 BD77

MPEC 2009-D45 : 2009 DP4
MPEC 2009-D46 : 2009 DQ4

MPEC 2009-D75 : 2009 DV43
MPEC 2009-D79 : 2009 DC45

MPEC 2009-D81 : 2009 DM45
MPEC 2009-D82 : 2009 DN45

MPEC 2009-F11 : 2009 FF
MPEC 2009-F12 : 2009 FG
MPEC 2009-F23 : 2009 FQ
MPEC 2009-F27 : 2009 FT

MPEC 2009-F32 : 2009 FJ1

MPEC 2009-J02 : 1998 HN3

MPEC 2009-Q21 : 2009 QL2
MPEC 2009-Q25 : 2009 QN5
MPEC 2009-R56 : 2009 RH2

MPEC 2010-E78 : 2010 EK43
MPEC 2010-E77 : 2010 EJ43
MPEC 2010-E76 : 2010 EH43
MPEC 2010-E74 : 2010 EF43
MPEC 2010-E73 : 2010 EE43

MPEC 2010-F07 : 2010 EA46
MPEC 2010-F06 : 2010 EZ45
MPEC 2010-F09 : 2010 FC
MPEC 2010-F10 : 2010 FD

MPEC 2010-F22 : 2010 FK
MPEC 2010-F23 : 2010 FL

MPEC 2010-G34 : 2010 GA7
MPEC 2010-G35 : 2010 GZ6
MPEC 2010-G75 : 2010 GX23
MPEC 2010-G120: 2010 GM65
MPEC 2010-G118: 2010 GK65

MPEC 2010-K32 : 2010 KA8
MPEC 2010-K33 : 2010 KB8
MPEC 2010-K37 : 2010 KO10
MPEC 2010-K38 : 2010 KP10
MPEC 2010-M54 : 2010 MY1
MPEC 2011-R15 : 2011 QH50
MPEC 2011-R16 : 2011 RF

DAILY ORBIT UPDATE

MPEC 2007-R05 : (2007 SEPT. 2 UT)

MPEC 2007-R06 : (2007 SEPT. 3 UT)

MPEC 2007-R19 : (2007 SEPT. 5 UT)

MPEC 2007-S18 : (2007 SEPT. 19 UT)

MPEC 2007-S37 : (2007 SEPT. 21 UT)

MPEC 2007-V74 : (2007 NOV. 10 UT)

MPEC 2007-W11 : (2007 NOV. 17 UT)

MPEC 2007-W77 : (2007 NOV. 28 UT)

MPEC 2007-X08 : (2007 DEC. 3 UT)

MPEC 2007-X56 : (2007 DEC. 14 UT)

MPEC 2007-Y30 : (2007 DEC. 19 UT)

MPEC 2008-B27 : (2008 JAN. 21 UT)

MPEC 2008-C48 : (2008 FEB. 9 UT)
MPEC 2008-C77 : (2008 FEB. 12 UT)
MPEC 2008-C78 : (2008 FEB. 13 UT)

MPEC 2008-G20 : (2008 APR. 4 UT)

MPEC 2009-B18 : (2009 JAN. 18 UT)

MPEC 2009-B90 : (2009 JAN. 31 UT)

MPEC 2010-H29 : (2010 APR. 20 UT)

MPEC 2010-H40 : (2010 APR. 22 UT)

In addition, the Minor Planet Center credits to the OAVdA the discovery of two new main belt asteroids, 2007 RT6 and 2007 SB1, and the discovery of a body lost by 7 years, (257875) 2007 XE18.

Papers on scientific journals

•  Carbognani A. “In Search of Stationary Asteroids”, Minor Planet Bulletin, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 18-19 (January-March 2006)

ADS: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006MPBu...33...18C

•  Carbognani A., Calcidese P. “Lightcurve and rotational period of asteroids 1456 Saldanha, 2294 Andronikov and 2006 NM”, Minor Planet Bulletin, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 4-5 (January-March 2007)

ADS: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007MPBu...34....5C

http://www.minorplanetobserver.com/mpb/MPB 34-1.pdf

•  Carbognani A., Pravec P., Krugly Y. N., Pray D.P., Gajdos S., Gaftonyuk N. M., Slyusarev I. “Lightcurve Photometry and Search for Cometary Activity of NEA 2007 PU11”, Minor Planet Bulletin, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 61-62 (April-June 2008)

ADS: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008MPBu...35...61C

•  Carbognani A., “Lightcurve Photometry of NEAs 4450 Pan, (170891) 2004 TY16 2002 RC118, and 2007 VD12”, Minor Planet Bulletin, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 61-62, (July-September 2008)

ADS: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008MPBu...35..109C

http://www.minorplanetobserver.com/mpb/MPB 35-3.pdf

•  Carbognani A. “Discovery of a new Delta Scuti Variable Star" , Open European Journal on Variable stars, September 2009, 6 pages.

pdf (339KB): http://astro.sci.muni.cz/variables/oejv/issues/oejv0113.pdf

•  Warner B.D., Stephens R.D., Carbognani A., "Analysis of
the slow rotator (143651) 2003 QO104", Minor Planet Bulletin, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 179-180 (October-December 2009).

•  Carbognani A., “Statistical analysis of C and S Main Belt Asteroids" Icarus, Vol. 205, Issue 2, pp. 497-504 (February 2010).

•  Bonzo D., Carbognani A., “Lightcurves And Periods For Asteroids 1001 Gaussia, 1060 Magnolia, 1750 Eckert, 2888 Hodgson, and 3534 Sax”, Minor Planet Bulletin, Vol. 37, n.3, p.93-95 (July-September 2010).

•  Franco L., Carbognani A., Wiggins P., Koehn B.W., Schmidt R., “Collaborative Lightcurve Photometry Of Near-Earth Asteroid (159402) 1999 AP10”, Minor Planet Bulletin, Vol. 37, n.3, p.83-85 (July-September 2010).

http://www.minorplanetobserver.com/mpb/MPB37-3.pdf

•  Carbognani A., “A possible YORP effect on C and S Main Belt Asteroids”, Icarus, Vol. 211, Issue 1, pp.519-527 (January 2011).

•  Carbognani A., “Lightcurves and Periods of Eighteen NEAs and MBAs", Minor Planet Bulletin, Vol. 38, n.1, pp. 57-63 (January-March 2011).
http://www.minorplanetobserver.com/mpb/MPB38-1.pdf

•  Buzzi L, Carbognani A., “Lightcurve and periods of the NEA 2010 WA9", Minor Planet Bulletin, Vol. 38, n.2, p.81 (April-June 2011).

•  Mottola S., Di Martino M., Erikson A., Gonano M., Carbognani A., Carsenty U., Hahn G., Schober H-J., Lahulla F., Delbò M., Lagerkvist C-I, “Rotational Properties of Jupiter Trojans. I. Light Curves of 80 Objects”, The Astronomical Journal, Vol. 141, Issue 5, id. 170 (May 2011).

http://iopscience.iop.org/1538-3881/141/5/170

Contributions to scientific conferences

• Mottola S., Di Martino M., Erikson A., Gonano-Beurer M., Carbognani A., Carsenty U., Hahn G., Schober H-J., Lahulla F., Delbò M., Lagerkvist C-I, “The Jupiter Trojans Photometric Survey: Lightcurves of 80 Objects”, scientific poster accepted for the 42nd annual meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, Pasadena, California, USA (3-8 October 2010).

http://dps.aas.org/dps_meetings_archive/2010/index.shtml

• Carbognani A., “The Aosta Valley Astronomical Observatory”, Proceedings of Gaia Follow-up Network for Solar System Objects, international Workshop IMCCE-Paris Observatory, Paris (29 november - 1st december 2010), pp. 67-71.

http://www.imcce.fr/langues/en/publications/colloques/gaiafun/

• Carbognani A., Tanga P., Cellino A., Delbo M., Mottola S., “The representation of asteroids shapes: a test for the inversion of Gaia photometry”. Oral contribution at the workshop “Solar System science before and after Gaia”, Pisa (4-6 May 2011).

http://www.oca.eu/workshop/Pise/slides/The_representation_of_asteroids_shapes.pdf

Referee of scientific journals

• Planetary and Space Science

RESEARCH PROJECT: ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI (responsible: dr. Paolo Calcidese)

Papers on scientific journals

•  Raiteri C. M., Villata M. et al. (including Calcidese P.) “WEBT and XMM-Newton observations of 3C 454.3 during the post-outburst phase. Detection of the little and big blue bumps”, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 473, Issue 3, pp. 819-827 (October 2007).

ADS: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007A%26A...473..819R

•  Raiteri C. M., Villata M. et al. (including Calcidese P.) “Radio-to-UV monitoring of AO 0235+164 by the WEBT and Swift during the 2006-2007 outburst”, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 480, Issue 2, pp. 339-347 (March 2008).

ADS: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008A%26A...480..339R 2

•  Villata M., Raiteri C. M. et al. (including Calcidese P.) “Multifrequency monitoring of the blazar 0716+714 during the GASP-WEBT-AGILE campaign of 2007”, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 481, Issue 2, pp. L79-L82 (April 2008).

ADS: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008A%26A...481L..79V

•  Raiteri C. M., Villata M. et al. (including Calcidese P.) “The high activity of 3C 454.3 in autumn 2007. Monitoring by the WEBT during the AGILE detection”, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 485, Issue 2, pp. L17-L20 (July 2008).

ADS: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008A%26A...485L..17R

•  Raiteri C. M., Villata M. et al. (including Calcidese P. ) “A new activity phase of the blazar 3C 454.3. Multifrequency observations by the WEBT and XMM-Newton in 2007-2008” Astronomy and Astrophysics , Volume 491, Issue 3, pp.755-766 (2008).

ADS: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008A%26A...491..755R

•  Raiteri C. M., Villata M. et al. (including Calcidese P. ) “Results of WEBT, VLBA and RXTE monitoring of 3C 279 during 2006-2007” Astronomy and Astrophysics , Volume 492, Issue 2, pp.389-400 (2008).

ADS: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008A%26A...492..389L

•  Böttcher M., Fultz K., Aller H.D., Aller M.F. et al. (including Calcidese P.) "The Whole Earth Blazar Telescope Campaign on the Intermediate BL Lac Object 3C 66A in 2007-2008" The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 694, Issue 1, pp. 174-182 (March 2009).

ADS: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009ApJ...694..174B

•  Villata M., Raiteri C. M., Gurwell M.A., Larionov V. M. et al. (including Calcidese P.) "The GASP-WEBT monitoring of 3C 454.3 during the 2008 optical-to-radio and gamma-ray outburst" Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 504, Issue 3, pp. L9-L12 (September 2009).

ADS: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009A%26A...504L...9V

•  Raiteri C. M., Villata M., Capetti A., Aller M. F. et al. (including Calcidese P.) "WEBT multiwavelength monitoring and XMM-Newton observations of BL Lacertae in 2007-2008. Unveiling different emission components", Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 507, Issue 2, pp. 769-779 (november 2009).

ADS: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009arXiv0909.1701R

•  Raiteri C. M., Villata M. et al. (including Calcidese P.) "Multiwavelength observations of 3C 454.3. III. Eighteen months of AGILE monitoring of the 'Crazy Diamond'" The Astronomical Journal, Issue 1, pp. 405-420 (March 2010).

ADS: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010arXiv1002.1020V

• Raiteri C.M., Villata M. et al. (including Calcidese P.) “Another look at the BL Lacertae flux and spectral variability. Observations by GASP-WEBT, XMM-Newton, and Swift in 2008-2009”, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 524, id. A43 (December 2010).

• Abdo A.A., Ackermann M. et al. (including Calcidese P.) “Multi-wavelength Observations of the Flaring Gamma-ray Blazar 3C 66A in 2008 October”, The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 726, Issue 1, id. 43 (January 2011).

• Abdo A.A., Ackermann M. et al. (including Calcidese P.) “Insights into the High-energy ?-ray Emission of Markarian 501 from Extensive Multifrequency Observations in the Fermi Era”, The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 727, Issue 2, id. 129 (February 2011).

The Astronomer's Telegram Publications (ATEL)

•  Villata M., Raiteri C. M. et al. (including Calcidese P.) “GASP detection of a bright optical flare and mm-cm activity from the blazar 3C 454.3”, ATel #1625 (22 July 2008).

ATel: http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=1625

ADS: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008ATel.1625....1V

Contributions to scientific conferences

•  Raiteri C. M., Villata M. et al. (including Calcidese P. ) “Multiwavelength monitoring of 3C 454.3 by the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope”, scientific poster accepted for the conference Active Galactic Nuclei 8. “Quattordici anni dopo...” , Turin, 19-22 May 2008.

http://agn8.oato.inaf.it

RESEARCH PROJECT: SOLAR CORONA

(responsible: dr. Paolo Calcidese)

Contributions to scientific conferences

•  Zangrilli L., Fineschi S., Massone G., Capobianco G., Porcu F., Calcidese P., “EKPol: liquid crystal polarimeter for eclipse observations of the k-corona ” in Ramelli R., Shalabiea O., Saleh I., Stenflo J. O. Eds., Proceedings of the International Symposium on Solar Physics and Solar Eclipses (SPSE 2006) held at Waw an Namos, Libya, 27-29 March 2006, pp. 37-45.

http://www.irsol.ch/spse/spse-download.php?pid=19

•  Fineschi S., Zangrilli L., Capobianco G., Massone G., Antonucci E., Calcidese P., Elmore D. “KPol – K-corona Polarimeter for Space Coronagraphic Missions: Eclipse 2006 Tests”, scientific poster accepted for the conference 2nd European General Assembly of the International Heliophysical Year . “European Implications to the Large Infrastructures of the Future”, Torino, 18-22 june 2007.

http://ihy2ega.oato.inaf.it/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

•  Abbo L., Zangrilli L., Antonucci E., Fineschi S., Kohl J., Giordano S., Massone, G., Capobianco G., Calcidese P., Porcu F. “Investigation of the solar wind outflows and joint observations during the total solar eclipse of March 29, 2006”, scientific poster accepted for the conference 37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Montréal, Canada, 13-20 luglio 2008. Symposium D, session 24, paper number D24-0038-08,

p. 7.

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008cosp...37....7A

http://www.cospar2008.org

RESEARCH PROJECT: EXTRASOLAR PLANETS (responsibles : dr. Mario Damasso and dr. Andrea Bernagozzi)

Papers on scientific journals

•  Damasso M., Carbognani A., Calcidese P., Giacobbe P., Bernagozzi A., Bertolini E., Lattanzi M.G., Smart R.L., Sozzetti A., “Two new variable stars observed in the field of the extrasolar planet host star WASP-3”, Open European Journal on Variable Stars, paper #0122 (March 2010).

http://astro.sci.muni.cz/variables/oejv/issues/oejv0122.pdf

•  Damasso M., Giacobbe P., Calcidese P., Sozzetti A., Lattanzi M. G., Bernagozzi A., Bertolini E., Smart R.L., “Photometric transit search for planets around cool stars from the Western Italian Alps: a site characterization study”, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 122, Issue 89, pp. 1077-1091 (September 2010)

http://arxiv.org/abs/1007.0252

•  Nascimbeni V., Piotto G., Bedin L.R., Damasso M., “TASTE: The Asiago Search for Transit timing variations of Exoplanets. I. Overview and improved parameters for HAT-P-3b and HAT-P-14b”, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 527, id. A85 (March 2011).

•  Damasso M., Giacobbe P., Toso G., Calcidese P., Bernagozzi A., Bertolini E., Sozzetti A., Lattanzi M.G., Perdoncin M., Smart R.L. “New variable stars discovered from the Western Italian Alps I. Observations from fields 12hr < RA < 24hr”, Open European Journal on Variable Stars, paper #0138, 45 pages (April 2011).

URL: http://var.astro.cz/oejv/issues/oejv0138.pdf

•  Nascimbeni V., Piotto G., Bedin L.R., Damasso M., Malavolta L., Borsato L. “TASTE II. A new observational study of transit time variations in HAT-P-13b”, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 532, id. A24 (August 2011).

http://tinyurl.com/3r8mv6z

•  Damasso M., Giacobbe P., Calcidese P., Sozzetti A., Lattanzi M.G., Bernagozzi A., Bertolini E., Smart L.R. “ Photometric Transit Search for Planets around Cool Stars from the Western Italian Alps: A Site Characterization Study ”, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific , Volume 122, issue 895, pp.1077-1091 (september 2010).

http://www.jstor.org/pss/10.1086/656048

Contributions to scientific conferences

•   Damasso M., Calcidese P., Bernagozzi A., Bertolini E., Giacobbe P., Lattanzi M.G., Smart L.R., Sozzetti A., "A photometric transit search for planets around cool stars from the italian alps: results from a feasibility study" in Eds. Coudé du Foresto, V., Gelino, D. M., Ribas, I., Pathways Towards Habitable Planets, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series vol. 430, 2010, pp. 420-421 (October 2010).

http://www.pathways2009.net/

•   Damasso M., Calcidese P., Bernagozzi A., Bertolini E., Giacobbe P., Lattanzi M. G., Smart R.L., Sozzetti A., "A pilot study for a transiting planet search around M dwarfs: Progress Report", scientific poster accepted for the conference Putting our Solar System in Context: Origin, Dynamical and Physical Evolution of Multiple Planet Systems, Ötz Valley, Austria, 25-30 April 2010.

• Giacobbe P., Damasso M., Calcidese P., Bernagozzi A., Bertolini E., Lattanzi M.G., Smart R.L., Sozzetti A. “A pilot study for a transiting planet search around M dwarfs: Progress Report (II)”, scientific poster accepted for the conference When Darwin meets Copernicus. 3rd Workshop of the Italian Astrobiology Society, Duino-Aurisina, Trieste, 26-28 May 2010.

http://adlibitum.oats.inaf.it/astrobiots10

• Damasso M., Bernagozzi A., Bertolini E., Calcidese P., Giacobbe P., Lattanzi M.G., Perdoncin M., Sozzetti A., Smart R.L., Toso G. “A microvariability study of nearby M dwarfs from the Western Italian Alps: status update", scientific poster accepted for the conference of the International Astronomical Union Symposium 276 (IAUS 276) "The Astrophysics of planetary systems – formation, structure, and dynamical evolution", Torino, 11-15 October 2010.

http://iaus276.oato.inaf.it/IAUS_276/index.htm

• Damasso M., Sozzetti A., Giacobbe P., Calcidese P., Toso G., Lattanzi M.G., Smart L.R., Perdoncin M., Bernagozzi A., Bertolini E., Piotto G., "Searching for transiting planets around M dwarfs: results of a 1-year photometric survey", scientific poster accepted for the conference XXII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics "Asteroseismology", La Laguna, Tenerife, 15-26 November 2010.
http://www.iac.es/winschool2010/pages/meeting/view-abstract.php?aid=16)

APPENDICE: Didattica

dell'Astronomia e dell'Astrofisica

Nota esplicativa

Parallelamente allo sviluppo dell'attività di ricerca, i fisici dell'OAVdA sono stati inseriti nelle attività proposte a studenti e insegnanti. Un fattore che si è rivelato decisivo per il successo delle iniziative, perché ha messo sotto l'occhio di tutti in maniera concreta il legame inscindibile che esiste tra la ricerca scientifica e la didattica. Questa impostazione ha contribuito a elevare notevolmente la qualità dell'offerta per le scuole, al punto che alcuni laboratori didattici ispirati ai progetti di ricerca attivati in OAVdA sono stati oggetto di presentazioni orali a congressi scientifici e pubblicazioni su riviste internazionali con peer review. Per questo motivo è pertinente citarli in questa sede.


Papers on scientific journals

•    Cenadelli D., Zeni M., Bernagozzi A., Calcidese P. , Ferreira L., Hoang C., Rijsdijk C. “An international parallax campaign to measure distance to the Moon and Mars”, European Journal of Physics , n. 1, Vol. 30, January 2009, pp. 35-46
ADS: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009EJPh...30...35C

•     Cenadelli D., Zeni M., Bernagozzi A., Calcidese P. , Ferreira L., Hoang C., Rijsdijk C. “La parallasse e la misura della distanza di Marte”, Giornale di Fisica , n. 2, Vol. L, pp. 117-125. Home page della rivista: http://www.sif.it/SIF/it/portal/riviste/gdf

•     Cenadelli D., Zeni M., Bernagozzi A., Calcidese P. , Ferreira L., Hoang C., Rijsdijk C. “An international parallax campaign to measure the distance to the Moon and Mars”, Monthly notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa, Vol. 68, June 2009, Issues 5-6, p. 116.

Contributions to scientific conferences

•    Bernagozzi, A. “Experience in Astronomy Education made by the OAVdA with the Schools in the Aosta Valley” , presentazione orale alla Sessione Speciale 4 (SpS4) Astronomy Education between Past and Future all'interno della XXVII Assemblea Generale (General Assembly, GA) della IAU (International Astronomical Union), Rio de Janeiro (Brasile), 3-14 agosto 2009.
Abstract pubblicato nell'Abstract book della XXVII GA in formato elettronico, p. 432: http://www.fisica.ufmg.br/~iau2009/AbsBookXXVIIga09rev.pdf
L'abstract è stato pubblicato in formato cartaceo nel 2010 nel volume Corbett, Ian F. ed. Highlights in Astronomy v. 15 (Cambridge-UK, Cambridge University Press).

• Bernagozzi A., “Scientific Research and Astronomy Education: The OAVdA Experience”, presentazione orale al convegno internazionale “Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2010 (CAP 2010) - Building on the International Year of Astronomy 2009”, Cape Town, South Africa, 15-19 Marzo 2010. http://www.communicatingastronomy.org/cap2010/presentations/bernagozzi_100319.ppt

• Pellissier P., Bernagozzi A., Bertolini E., Calcidese P., Dondeynaz P., Soldi M. “The Planetarium of Lignan and the Astronomical Observatory of the Autonomous Region of the Aosta Valley: a professional education and research centre in the Italian Alps”, poster scientifico presentato al 20° convegno biennale della International Planetarium Society (IPS) “Back to Alexandria, the Cradle of Astronomy”, Alexandria, Egitto, 26-30 giugno 2010. http://www.bibalex.org/IPS2010/home/home.aspx