GRO J1744-28: The Swift view of the reactivation of The Bursting Pulsar
GRO J1744-28, AKA "The Bursting Pulsar", first discovered in 1995 by the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, has lay dormant since its 2nd outburst in 1996. On...
Ground Based Observations of Comet 103P/Hartley 2 at the time of EPOXI fly-by
In the context of the EPOXI mission, at the beginning of November 2010 the comet 103P/Hartley 2 was visited by the Deep-Impact spacecraft, that passed at only...
Ground deformation at Campi Flegrei caldera using long water pipe tiltmeters and sea level gauges
Campi Flegrei is a caldera complex located in the Campanian plain region of southern Italy, 15 km west of the city of Naples, and forms part of the Roman co...
Ground-based characterization of transiting exoplanets using the GTC
We observed the transits of six hot Jupiters with the Gran Telescopio de Canarias (GTC). The planets cover a large range of physical parameters such as...
Ground-Based Detection of Terrestrial-Sized Extrasolar Planets Around Small Eclipsing Binary Systems
We have photometrically searched the circumstellar habitable zone (about 95 eclipsing binary system CM Draconis for evidence of planetary transits. With 1014...
Ground-based follow-up in relation to Kepler asteroseismic investigation
The Kepler space mission, successfully launched in March 2009, is providing continuous and high-precision photometry of thousands of stars simultaneously. The...
This contribution gives an overview of the ground-based observing efforts organized to collect the auxiliary data mandatory for the calibrations and tests of...