Le competenze acquisite nell’uso della tecnica fotometrica grazie alla collaborazione con astrofili e professionisti di tutto il mondo, ha dato all’Osservatorio la possibilità di contribuire alla ricerca scientifica nei settori degli asteroidi, delle stelle variabili, dei pianeti extrasolari e nella sorveglianza ottica di nuclei galattici attivi.
I dati raccolti nel corso delle sessioni osservative sono resi disponibili nei più importanti database internazionali e sono frequentemente utilizzati nella pubblicazione di articoli su riviste di assoluto rilievo scientifico.
Optical monitoring of Blazars (multiband photometry of AGNs – Active Galactic Nuclei)
- X-Ray Polarization Observations of BL Lacertae (ApJL, Jan. 2023)
- The optical behaviour of BL Lacertae at its maximum brightness levels: a blend of geometry and energetics (MNRAS, June 2023)
- Polarized blazar X-rays imply particle acceleration in shocks (Nature, Nov. 2022)
- Rapid quasi-periodic oscillations in the relativistic jet of BL Lacertae (Nature, Sept. 2022)
Extrasolar planets (photometry of exoplanetary transits, TTVs analysis)
- ExoClock Project. III. 450 New Exoplanet Ephemerides from Ground and Space Observations (ApJS, Feb. 2023)
- Utilizing a Global Network of Telescopes to Update the Ephemeris for the Highly Eccentric Planet HD 80606 b and to Ensure the Efficient Scheduling of JWST (AJ, Nov. 2022)
- Discovery of a young low-mass brown dwarf transiting a fast-rotating F-type star by the Galactic Plane eXoplanet (GPX) survey (MNRAS, Aug. 2021)
- Homogeneously derived transit timings for 17 exoplanets and reassessed TTV trends for WASP-12 and WASP-4 (MNRAS, Sep. 2019)
- KPS-1b: The First Transiting Exoplanet Discovered Using an Amateur Astronomer's Wide-field CCD Data (PASP, May 2018)
Asteroids (rotation period determination, 3D modelling)
- 4376 Shigemori: An Asteroid with an Earth Commensurate Rotation Period (MPB, Apr. 2023)
- Spin-Shape Model for 374 Burgundia (MPB, July 2021)
- Photometric Analysis and Rotation Period Determination of the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2020 WU5 (MPB, Apr. 2021)
- 4963 Kanroku: Asteroid with a possible precession of rotation axis (PSS, Apr. 2018)
Variable stars (discovery, characterization, 3D modelling of binary systems)
- Properties of the Hyades, the eclipsing binary HD 27130, and the oscillating red giant ɛ Tauri (A&A, Jan. 2021)
- New Variables Discovered by Data Mining Images Taken During Recent Asteroid Photometric Surveys at the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Siena: Results for the Year 2017 (JAAVSO, Dec. 2018)
- Preliminary Modeling of the Eclipsing Binary Star GSC 05765-01271 (JAAVSO, Dec. 2017)
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