The structure and evolution of the Milky Way is imprinted on the kinematics, chemical abundances, and spatial distribution of its constituent stars. In the past, samples of stars in the halo and thick disk have primarily been selected either on the basis of their kinematics (e.g., proper-motion selection), their distinct abundances (e.g., objective

We present a detailed morphological, photometric, and kinematic analysis of two barred S0 galaxies with large, luminous inner disks inside their bars. We show that these structures, in addition to being geometrically disklike, have exponential profiles (scale lengths ~300-500 pc) distinct from the central, nonexponential bulges. We also find them

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We present wide-area UBRI photometry for globular clusters around the Leo group galaxy NGC 3379. Globular cluster candidates are selected from their B-band magnitudes and their (U-B)o versus (B-I)o colours. A colour-colour selection region was defined from photometry of the Milky Way and M31 globular cluster systems. We detect 133 globular cluster

The magnetic, thermal and velocity structure of a regular sunspot, observed close to solar disk center is presented. Spectropolarimetric data obtained with the Tenerife Infrared Polarimeter (TIP) in two infrared FeI lines at 15 648.5 Å and 15 652.8 Å are inverted employing a technique based on response functions to retrieve the atmospheric

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