Dr. Luca Naponiello Profile

Dr. Luca Naponiello

at Univ degli Studi di Firenze

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Publications (9)

Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

The telescope assembly of the Ariel space mission: an updated overview

Emanuele Pace, Manuel Adler Abreu, Gustavo Alonso, Bruno Barroqueiro, Andrea Bocchieri, Daniele Brienza, Anna Brucalassi, Paolo Chioetto, Carlos Compostizo, Fausto Cortecchia, Fabio D'Anca, Ciro Del Vecchio, Emiliano Diolaiti, Paul Eccleston, Salma Fahmy, Jose Fernandes, Alejandro Fernandez Soler, Debora Ferruzzi, Mauro Focardi, Sara Freitas, Camille Galy, Laura Garcia Moreno, Andres Garcia Perez, Daniele Gottini, Elisa Guerriero, Jean-Philippe Halain, Marie-Laure Hellin, Delphine Jollet, Riccardo Lilli, Giuseppe Malaguti, Laura Martì, Alexandra Mazzoli, Giuseppina Micela, Gianluca Morgante, Luca Naponiello, Vladimiro Noce, Enzo Pascale, Javier Perez Alvarez, Raffaele Piazzolla, Paolo Picchi, Giampaolo Preti, Stephane Roose, Mario Salatti, Jean-Christophe Salvignol, Antonio Scippa, Christophe Serre, Luca Terenzi, Giovanna Tinetti, Elisabetta Tommasi Di Vignano, Andrea Tozzi, Bart Vandenbussche, Paola Zuppella

Proceedings Volume 13092, 130921C (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018735

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Preliminary surface charging analysis of Ariel payload dielectrics in early transfer orbit and L2-relevant space environment

M. Focardi, M. Michelagnoli, V. Noce, M. Vela Nunez, P. Bolli, R. Nesti, A. Lorenzani, L. Carbonaro, C. Del Vecchio, G. Falcini, A. Tozzi, A, Di Giorgio, E. Galli, M. Farina, G. Giusi, S. Liu, M. Venter, E. Tommasi, F. De Persio, M. Salatti, D. Brienza, R. Piazzolla, G. Morgante, N. Auricchio, E. Pascale, L. Naponiello, G. Redigonda, E. Pace, G. Preti, G. Micela, G. Malaguti, P. Eccleston, A. Caldwell, G. Bishop, L. Desjonqueres, G. Tinetti

Proceedings Volume 12180, 1218047 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628170

KEYWORDS: Space operations, Plasma, Dielectrics, Electrons, Solar processes, Ions, Particles, Satellites, Spectroscopy, Information technology

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Poster + Paper

The detector control unit of the fine guidance sensor instrument on-board the ARIEL mission: design status

Vladimiro Noce, Mauro Focardi, Marina Vela Nunez, Luca Naponiello, Andrea Lorenzani, Raoul Grimoldi, Elio Mangraviti, Luca Carli, Kamil Ber, Miroslaw Rataj, Konrad Rutkowski, Konrad Skup, Przemyslaw Nita, Giuseppina Micela, Giuseppe Malaguti, Natalia Auricchio, Emanuele Pace, Giampaolo Preti, Enzo Pascale, Giovanna Tinetti, Paul Eccleston, Elisabetta Tommasi, Mario Salatti, Raffaele Piazzolla, Pietro Bolli, Renzo Nesti, Marcella Iuzzolino, Luca Carbonaro, Ciro Del Vecchio, Debora Ferruzzi, Federico Miceli, Anna Brucalassi, Gilberto Falcini, Andrea Tozzi, Daniele Gottini

Proceedings Volume 12180, 1218046 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628327

KEYWORDS: Field programmable gate arrays, Electronics, Data processing, Power supplies, Image processing, Infrared imaging, Space telescopes, Exoplanets, Infrared spectroscopy, Photometry

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

The telescope assembly of the Ariel space mission

Emanuele Pace, Andrea Tozzi, Manuel Adler Abreu, Gustavo Alonso, Bruno Barroqueiro, Giovanni Bianucci, Andrea Bocchieri, Daniele Brienza, Anna Brucalassi, Matteo Burresi, Rodolfo Canestrari, Luca Carbonaro, João Castanheira, Paolo Chioetto, Josep Colomé Ferrer, Carlos Compostizo, Fausto Cortecchia, Fabio D'Anca, Ciro Del Vecchio, Emiliano Diolaiti, Paul Eccleston, Salma Fahmy, Alejandro Fernandez Soler, Debora Ferruzzi, Mauro Focardi, Sara Freitas, Camille Galy, Andres Garcia Perez, Daniele Gottini, Samuele Grella, Gabriele Grisoni, Elisa Guerriero, Jean-Philippe Halain, Marie-Laure Hellin, Lucia Ianni, Marcella Iuzzolino, Delphine Jollet, Matteo Lombini, Ricardo Machado, Giuseppe Malaguti, Alexandra Mazzoli, Giuseppina Micela, Federico Miceli, Giuseppe Mondello, Gianluca Morgante, Lorenzo Mugnai, Luca Naponiello, Vladmiro Noce, Enzo Pascale, Javier Perez Alvarez, Raffaele Piazzolla, Carlo Pompei, Giampaolo Preti, Stephane Roose, Mario Salatti, Jean-Christophe Salvignol, Antonio Scippa, Christophe Serre, Carlo Simoncelli, Frederico Teixeira, Luca Terenzi, Giovanna Tinetti, Leonardo Tommasi, Elisabetta Tommasi Di Vigano, Bart Vandenbussche, Dervis Vernani, Paola Zuppella

Proceedings Volume 12180, 1218011 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629432

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Optical benches, Aluminum, Off axis mirrors, Manufacturing, Interfaces, Coating, Space operations, Cryogenics

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Poster + Paper

The instrument control unit of the ARIEL payload: design evolution following the unit and payload subsystems SRR (system requirements review)

Vladimiro Noce, Mauro Focardi, Anna Maria Di Giorgio, Emanuele Galli, Maria Farina, Giovanni Giusi, Marina Vela Nunez, Luca Naponiello, Andrea Lorenzani, Luca Serafini, Carlo Del Vecchio Blanco, Marco Verna, Cristophe Cara, Michel Berthé, Jerome Martignac, Roland Ottensamer, Giuseppina Micela, Giuseppe Malaguti, Emanuele Pace, Giampaolo Preti, Federico Miceli, Enzo Pascale, Giovanna Tinetti, Paul Eccleston, Elisabetta Tommasi, Fulvio De Persio, Pietro Bolli, Renzo Nesti, Marcella Iuzzolino, Luca Carbonaro, Ciro Del Vecchio, Debora Ferruzzi, Anna Brucalassi, Gilberto Falcini, Andrea Tozzi, Daniele Gottini

Proceedings Volume 12180, 1218043 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628172

KEYWORDS: Space operations, Infrared spectroscopy, Control systems, Spectroscopy, Telescopes, Infrared radiation, Power supplies, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Optimization of the Ariel primary mirror

Ciro Del Vecchio, Luca Carbonaro, Anna Brucalassi, Andrea Tozzi, Daniele Gottini, Antonio Scippa, Emanuele Pace, Giuseppe Malaguti, Giuseppina Micela, Giuanluca Morgante, Mauro Focardi, Enzo Pascale, Giampaolo Preti, Paola Zuppella, Mario Salatti, Raffaele Piazzolla, Elisabetta Tommasi Di Vigano, Luca Naponiello, Paolo Chioetto

Proceedings Volume 12180, 1218041 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629819

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Finite element methods, Telescopes, Exoplanets, Space telescopes, Optical benches, Aluminum, Space operations, Satellites, Reflectivity

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Paper

FEA testing the pre-flight Ariel primary mirror

Daniele Gottini, Emanuele Pace, Andrea Tozzi, Giovanni Bianucci, Andrea Bocchieri, Daniele Brienza, Anna Brucalassi, Rodolfo Canestrari, Luca Carbonaro, Paolo Chioetto, Fausto Cortecchia, Ciro Del Vecchio, Emiliano Diolaiti, Paul Eccleston, Salma Fahmy, Debora Ferruzzi, Camille Galy, Gabriele Grisoni, Elisa Guerriero, Jean-Philippe Halain, Marie-Laure Hellin, Marcella Iuzzolino, Delphine Jollet, Matteo Lombini, Giuseppe Malaguti, Giuseppina Micela, Nadia Missaglia, Gianluca Morgante, Lorenzo Mugnai, Luca Naponiello, Enzo Pascale, Raffaele Piazzolla, Giampaolo Preti, Stephane Roose, Mario Salatti, Jean-Christophe Salvignol, Antonio Scippa, Luca Terenzi, Giovanna Tinetti, Elisabetta Tommasi Di Vigano, Paola Zuppella

Proceedings Volume 12180, 1218042 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629815

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Prototyping, Finite element methods, Space operations, Exoplanets, Aluminum, Reflectivity, Planets, Optical testing

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

The role of the instrument control unit within the ARIEL Payload and its current design

Luca Naponiello, Vladimiro Noce, Mauro Focardi, Anna Maria Di Giorgio, Giampaolo Preti, Andrea Lorenzani, Andrea Tozzi, Ciro Del Vecchio, Maria Farina, Emanuele Galli, Gianluca Morgante, Antonio Scippa, Gabriele Redigonda, Giovanni Giusi, Jerome Amiaux, Christophe Cara, Michel Berthe, Roland Ottensamer, Paul Eccleston, Andrew Caldwell, Georgia Bishop, Lucile Desjonqueres, Rachel Drummond, Daniele Brienza, Emanuele Pace

Proceedings Volume 11443, 114434P (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560504

KEYWORDS: Infrared spectroscopy, Spectroscopic atmospheric monitoring techniques, Infrared radiation, Exoplanets, Remote sensing, Spectroscopes, Control systems, Electronics, Spectroscopy, Space operations

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Paper

Photometry of transients and variable sources at the Osservatorio Polifunzionale del Chianti (OPC)

L. Naponiello, D. Trisciani, L. Betti, A. Biagini, R. Stanga, M. Agostini, M. Focardi, E. Pace

Proceedings Volume 10704, 107042C (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313495

KEYWORDS: Stars, Telescopes, Photometry, Exoplanets, Charge-coupled devices, Error analysis, Astronomy, Observatories, Sensors

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The Osservatorio Polifunzionale del Chianti is a new astronomical site located in the neighbourhoods of San Donato in Poggio (Firenze), on top of one of the highest hills of the Chianti area, among the darkest places in Tuscany, and it is managed by the University of Florence. The name takes origin from the different observatories that are hosted in the building. Beside the Astronomical Observatory, Geo-seismic, Meteorological and Environmental Observatories fully operate in a fruitful synergic collaboration among themselves.

Presently, the main research activity at OPC concerns the observation and follow-up of transiting exoplanets while the team is involved in national and international collaborations, like TESS SG1 follow-up for the observation of exoplanet candidates and GAPS, which exploits several telescopes and facilities in Italy (Asiago, OAVdA) and Canary Islands (HARPS-North and GIANO instruments as well as their improved combined version) for exoplanetary characterization.

OPC researchers perform their activity in the framework of collaborations with Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino and Osservatorio Autonomo della Val d'Aosta. From July 2017, to date, commissioning observing runs have been done in order to test the telescope and mount capabilities, systematics and limits and to eventually improve the accuracy of the overall system. A software algorithm has been developed¹ in order to estimate the accuracy of any transit observation, so that parameters like the integration time and telescope focus can be chosen to obtain a higher signal to noise ratio, and also to understand the observational limits of the instruments. Currently, the system is able to work within±1 mmag of accuracy and differential photometry error (refer to the error bars in Figure 6) so that exoplanet transits with (see abstract for symbol _5 mmag) of relative depth can be observed fruitfully.

The OPC Research Team also aims at the observation of the optical/visible counterpart of gamma ray bursts afterglows, supernovae and GW ToO (Gravitational Waves events / Targets of Opportunity) follow-up along with transiting exoplanets follow-up. The reason is twofold. First of all, the scientific interest on these events of the researchers supporting OPC, and then the demand of the astronomical community for follow-up observations with small telescopes, around the 1-m class, since larger telescopes are often used for primary targets observations. To pursue the target of observing GRBs and the optical counterpart of GW events, it is planned to improve the main instrument accuracy and to develop a consolidated observation procedure, to be ready for the next LIGO-VIRGO O3 run scheduled for the Autumn, 2018.

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