A comparison between different coronagraphic data reduction techniques

A near-ultraviolet view of the inner region of M 31 with the large binocular telescope

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

A preliminary optical design for the JANUS camera of ESA's space mission JUICE

A smart fast camera

A wide-field telescope for MACHO searching at Dome C

Abell 611

scientific article

Active optics system of the VLT Survey Telescope.

scientific article

An adaptive 2 m class telescope for a microlensing search from Antarctica

An extensive coronagraphic simulation applied to LBT

Arbitrarily small pupils in layer-oriented multi-conjugate adaptive optics

scholarly article

Blue and red channels of LBC: a status report on the optics and mechanics

Engineering a highly segmented very wide-field spectrograph

Expected gain in the pyramid wavefront sensor with limited Strehl ratio

scientific article published in January 2016

Feeding the wavefront sensors of LINC-NIRVANA: the dedicated Patrol Camera

Implementation of MACAO for SINFONI at the VLT, in NGS and LGS modes

article published in 2003

Interferometric direct imaging properties of a BIGRE-DAM device in laboratory

LBC: the prime focus optical imagers at the LBT telescope

LINC-NIRVANA for the LBT: setting up the world's largest NIR binoculars for astronomy

LINC-NIRVANA for the large binocular telescope: setting up the world’s largest near infrared binoculars for astronomy

Layer-oriented simulation tool

scientific article published on 01 August 2004

MAD adaptive optics imaging of high-luminosity quasars: a pilot project ⬇️

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

MCAO near-IR photometry of the globular cluster NGC 6388: MAD observations in crowded fields

scientific article published in January 2009

Manufacturing and alignment tolerance analysis through Montecarlo approach for PLATO

Minimum diameter of a laser projector for some perspective-based laser guide-star tilt retrieval schemes

scientific article

Multiple field of view layer-oriented adaptive optics. Nearly whole sky coverage on 8 m class telescopes and beyond

scientific article published in January 2002

Near infrared VLT/MAD observations of the isolated neutron stars RX J0420.0-5022 and RX J1856.5-3754

scientific article

ONIRICA: an infrared camera for OWL with MCAO low order partial correction

On the radio and near-infrared jet of PKS 2155-304 and its close environment

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

PLATO: a multiple telescope spacecraft for exo-planets hunting

article published in 2016

PLATO: detailed design of the telescope optical units

PLATO: the ESA mission for exo-planets discovery

article published in 2018

Pointing and tracking results of the VST telescope

Radiation, Thermal Gradient and Weight: a threefold dilemma for PLATO

Removing static aberrations from the active optics system of a wide-field telescope

scientific article published on 01 July 2012

Resolving stellar populations outside the Local Group: MAD observations of UKS2323-326

scientific article

SHARK (System for coronagraphy with High order Adaptive optics from R to K band): a proposal for the LBT 2nd generation instrumentation

SHARK-NIR coronagraphic simulations: performance dependence on the Strehl ratio

SHARK-NIR: from K-band to a key instrument, a status update

SHARK-NIR: the coronagraphic camera for LBT in the AIV phase at INAF-Padova

SINFONI - Integral field spectroscopy at 50 milli-arcsecond resolution with the ESO VLT

article

Software and control system for the VLT Survey Telescope

TESS and CHEOPS discover two warm sub-Neptunes transiting the bright K-dwarf HD 15906

scientific article published in August 2023

The ADC for the VST Telescope: theory and preliminary test of the electromechanical system

The Blue Straggler Population in the Globular Cluster M53 (NGC 5024): A CombinedHST, LBT, and CFHT Study1 ⬇️

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

The Elongated Structure of the Hercules Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy from Deep Large Binocular Telescope Imaging ⬇️

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

The LINC-NIRVANA patrol camera

The Large Binocular Camera: description and performances of the first binocular imager

The MCAO wavefront sensing system of LINC-NIRVANA: status report

The NIR arm of SHARK: System for coronagraphy with High-order Adaptive optics from R to K bands

The PLATO opto-mechanical unit prototyping and AIV phase

article published in 2010

The Structural Properties and Star Formation History of Leo T from Deep LBT Photometry ⬇️

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

The V-SHARK high contrast imager at LBT

The VST alignment: strategy and results

The VST auxiliary units: a status report before their commissioning in Paranal

The active optics system of the VST: concepts and results

The assembly integration and test activities for the new SOXS instrument at NTT

The asteroid distribution in the ecliptic

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

The axial actuators for the VST primary mirror

The design of dispersing elements for a highly segmented, very wide-field spectrograph

The double Prime Focus camera for the Large Binocular Telescope

The end of the white dwarf cooling sequence in M 67

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

The jet of the BL Lacertae object PKS 0521-365 in the near-IR: MAD adaptive optics observations

scientific article

The jet of the BL Lacertae object PKS 2201+044: MAD near-IR adaptive optics observations and comparison with optical, radio and X-ray data

scientific article published in January 2011

The performance of the blue prime focus large binocular camera at the large binocular telescope

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

The solar system at 10 parsec: exploiting the ExAO of LBT in the visual wavelengths

The tracking control system of the VLT Survey Telescope

scientific article published on September 2012

The wide-field eyes of the Large Binocular Telescope

Thermal effects on PLATO point spread function

article published in 2016

Tips and tricks for aligning an image derotator

VST: from commissioning to science

Wide and deep near-UV (360 nm) galaxy counts and the extragalactic background light with the Large Binocular Camera

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Wide-field imaging on 8- to 100-meter class telescopes