Hubble Space Telescope (HST) V- and I-band observations show that the gravitational lens B1359+154 consists of six images of a single zs=3.235 radio source and its star-forming host galaxy, produced by a compact group of galaxies at zl~=1. Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) observations at 1.7 GHz strongly support this conclusion, showing six compact

Some planetary nebulae (PNe) show microstructures of low ionization located in their outer regions, i.e. external to the bright rim defined by the fast vs. slow wind interaction region. Morphological and kinematic analysis of some of these PNe show low ionization knots which clearly share the expansion of the outer shell of the host nebulae (e.g

A new calibration method, applicable to multidetector telescopes, is presented. This method is based on the comparison between experimental data and the ones obtained from Monte-Carlo simulation. The method just needs a accurate knowledgment of the detector spectrum. To test the method, data obtained in GANIL accelerator, are used. Obtained results

We present mid- and far-IR Infrared Space Observatory data of the CfA Seyfert galaxy sample. These data allow a detailed study of the far-IR spectral energy distribution (SED) of these galaxies. A Bayesian inversion method has been used to invert the SED of these objects and to identify three characteristic temperature ranges of dust emission. The

With the goal of confirming the metallicity ``excess'' present in stars with planetary-mass companions, we present in this paper a high-precision spectroscopic study of a sample of dwarfs included in the CORALIE extrasolar planet survey. The targets were chosen according to the basic criteria that 1) they formed part of a limited volume and 2) they

Optical spectra were obtained of the optical counterpart of the high-latitude (b~=62deg) soft X-ray transient XTE J1118+480 near its quiescent state (R~=18.3) with the new 6.5 m Multiple Mirror Telescope and the 4.2 m William Herschel Telescope. The spectrum exhibits broad, double-peaked emission lines of hydrogen (FWHM~=2400 km s-1) arising from