A kinematical study of the Giant H II Regions in NGC 4449
We present the results of a kinematical study of the H II regions in the central area of the giant irregular galaxy NGC 4449. A new method is defined to...
A Ks-band-selected catalogue of objects in the ALHAMBRA survey
The original ALHAMBRA catalogue contained over 400 000 galaxies selected using a synthetic F814W image, to the magnitude limit AB(F814W) ≈ 24.5. Given the...
A Large Brightness Enhancement of the QSO 0957+561 A Component
We report an increase of more than 0.2 mag in the optical brightness of the leading image (A) of the gravitational lens Q0957+561, detected during the 2000...
Extensive infrared observations were taken of OJ 287 in 1993/94 as part of an on-going monitoring campaign of this object started in 1988. The data show that...
A large tidal stream observed in the Sombrero galaxy
According to the latest cosmological models, large spiral galaxies such as the Milky Way grew by absorbing smaller galaxies, by a sort of galactic cannibalism...
A linear-filter approach to extracting the Rees-Sciama effect in merging clusters of galaxies
We discuss the prospects for detecting the Rees-Sciama (RS) effect associated with merging clusters of galaxies in millimetric observations. Using the extended...
A logNHI = 22.6 Damped Lyα Absorber in a Dark Gamma-Ray Burst: The Environment of GRB 050401
The optical afterglow spectrum of GRB 050401 (at z=2.8992+/-0.0004) shows the presence of a damped Lyα absorber (DLA), with logNHI=22.6+/-0.3. This is the...
A long-wavelength view on galaxy evolution from deep surveys by the Infrared Space Observatory
We discuss the constraints set on galaxy evolution by a variety of data from deep extragalactic surveys performed in the mid-IR and far-IR with the Infrared...
A low mass cluster of extremely red galaxies at z = 1.10 in the GOODS Southern Field
We have studied the spatial clustering of high redshift (z > 1) extremely red objects (EROs) as a function of photometric redshift in the GOODS Southern Field...