The high-velocity black hole in the low mass X-ray binary XTE J1118+480 could be the remnant of an massive star formed in the early stages of the evolution of the Galaxy (Mirabel et al. 2001). Alternatively, it could have been ejected from the Galactic plane as a result of a `kick' received during a supernova explosion (Gualandris et al. 2005). The

Context: With the development of new polarimeters for large telescopes, the spectro-polarimetric study of astrophysical bodies is becoming feasible and, indeed, more frequent. In particular, this is permitting the observational study of stellar magnetic fields. Aims: With the aim to optimize and interpret this kind of observations, we have produced

We report on spectropolarimetric observations of a near-IR line of Mn I located at 15262.702 Å whose intensity and polarization profiles are very sensitive to the presence of hyperfine structure. A theoretical investigation of the magnetic sensitivity of this line uncovers several interesting properties. The most important one is that the presence

Velocity catalog of 142 spectroscopically measured galaxies in A773 cluster. (1 data file).

We present TCS-CAIN, a NIR survey of the Galactic plane, recently made public at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, and some results derived from it: with star counts derived directly the structure of the inner the Milky Way can be dissected, obtaining also estimations for the extinction toward the inner MW.

The Corona Borealis supercluster has been observed with the millimeter and infrared testa grigia observatory (MITO). Here we present the results of the observations together with a comparison with observations performed at 33 GHz with the very small array (VSA) interferometer. We have observed in the direction of the supercluster toward a cosmic