In this contribution we summarise our science preparation activities to complete the CARMENES (http://carmenes.caha.es/) input catalogue of M dwarfs using low-resolution spectroscopy to derive spectral indices sensible to spectral type, gravity and metallicity as well as the level of chromospheric activity. We provide here all this information for

We present a set of six Astronomy outreach workshops for children called ''Chapuzón cósmico''. These workshops took place at the Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos of La Laguna (Tenerife, Spain), from autumn 2015 to spring 2016 and reached about 240 children. They were carried out using a very dynamical and participative approach, so as to stimulate

In this contribution we summarise our science preparation activities to complete the CARMENES input catalogue of M dwarfs using low-resolution spectroscopy to derive spectral indices sensible to spectral type, gravity and metallicity as well as the level of chromospheric activity. We provide here all this information for 181 stars in addition to

CARMENES, the new ultra-stable high-resolution spectrograph at the 3.5 m Calar Alto telescope and the only one in its category that covers from 0.52 to 1.71μm in one shot, started its guaranteed time observations (GTO) in January 2016. Under GTO, CARMENES is monitoring approximately 300 selected M dwarfs for at least three years with the aim of

Li depletion is strongly age-dependent but currently available data have shown a complex pattern of Li depletion on the pre- and main-sequence stars that is not yet understood. The lithium abundance observed in late-type stars depend not only of the age and the temperature but also on metallicity, mixing mechanisms, convection structure, rotation

The determination of the chemical composition of extrasolar planets has been the subject of numerous studies in the last years. While the composition of the atmosphere of planets can be observed through, e.g., the absorption of the star light, the composition of the solids remains difficult to estimate. As both planetesimals and planets are formed