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

We present a study focusing on the nature of compact groups through the study of their elliptical galaxies. We determine velocity dispersions (σ) for 18 bright elliptical galaxies located in the core of Hickson compact groups and a control sample of 12 bright bona fide elliptical galaxies located in the field or very loose groups. Several tests are

We reexamine closely the solar photospheric line at 6300 Å, which is attributed to a forbidden line of neutral oxygen and is widely used in analyses of other late-type stars. We use a three-dimensional time-dependent hydrodynamical model solar atmosphere that has been tested successfully against observed granulation patterns and an array of