New spectroscopic observations, including the optical and near-infrared ranges, have been obtained for a sample of HII regions located towards the Galactic anticentre. The sample includes HII regions with known galactocentric distances, their ionizing stars having been clearly identified from previous work. The spectra correspond to low-to

Here we describe a method that can be used to derive, with a high degree of confidence, the direction of the rotation axis of a galaxy. The method is based on the deformation, caused by differential galactic rotation, of the remnants produced by multi-supernova explosions. We consider two realistic extreme sets of galactic boundary conditions, and

Plage areas and intensities derived from CaIIK spectroheliograms are used as a proxy for the facular irradiance excess of solar active regions for the period 19 August to 4 September 1980. Applying a calibration method proposed by Vrsnak et al. (1991) and adopting it for photometrically measured plage intensities, the "Photospheric Facular Index"

LA TESIS PRESENTADA EXPONE UN NUEVO METODO PARA DERIVAR LA HISTORIA DE LA FORMACION ESTELAR EN GALAXIAS IRREGULARES ENANAS. INTENTOS ANTERIORES SE HAN VISTO SIEMPRE MUY LIMITADOS DEBIDOS A LA DIFICULTAD DE SEPARAR LOS EFECTOS DE LA EDAD Y LA METALICIDAD DE LAS ESTRELLAS, JUNTO CON LAS INCERTIDUMBRES EN DIFERENTES PARAMETROS (EL RITMO DE FORMACION

We discuss in detail the evolutionary path of the multiple-shell planetary nebula M1-46, in the light of our new observations. The velocities of the halo and main nebula correspond to a dynamical time lap between the shells of about 6.8 x 104 yr. By means of a non-LTE analysis of the central star's spectrum, we derived a stellar temperature of Teff

The Sun is not a rigid body and it is well known that its surface rotation is differential, the polar regions rotating substantially slower than the equator. This differential rotation has been demonstrated by helioseismology to continue down to the base of the convective zone, below which it becomes closer to a rigid body rotation. Far deeper