Projeto Observacional para 2020A - OP2020A-013

Autor: Alessandro Ederoclite
Instituição: IAG/USP

Co-autores:
Antonio Amadeu
Affonso Gino Neto
Florence Irene H Almeida
Henrique Lupinari Volpato
Matheus Castro
Milena Hygino
Vinicius Camargo

Título: Characterization of Gaia Transients

Resumo: The currently available large photometric surveys are discovering a vast amount of transients, ranging from supernovae to dwarf nova outbursts. In particular, the Gaia satellite is discovering such phenomena at a rate of about three per day.A complete follow-up of these objects is barely feasible and a preliminary characterisation is crucial to isolate the targets which deserve a detailed study.The Cassegrain Spectrograph is ideally suited for this task, sitting on a 1.6m telescope and providing sufficient resolution to provide a useful spectrum in a reasonable amount of time.The present proposal is aimed at observing Gaia transients for characterisation and trigger a more complete follow-up observations with larger facilities.