Astrophysical: Methods

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    WASP-127b: a misaligned planet with a partly cloudy atmosphere and tenuous sodium signature seen by ESPRESSO
    Context. The study of exoplanet atmospheres is essential for understanding the formation, evolution, and composition of exoplanets. The transmission...
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    Weather Research and Forecasting prevision model as a tool to search for the best sites for astronomy: application to La Palma, Canary Islands
    We present a study of the spatial variation of forecast conditions at La Palma, Canary Islands. Previsions are obtained with the Weather Research and...
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    Weighing stars from birth to death: mass determination methods across the HRD
    The mass of a star is the most fundamental parameter for its structure, evolution, and final fate. It is particularly important for any kind of stellar...
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    What drives the variance of galaxy spectra?
    We present a study aimed at understanding the physical phenomena underlying the formation and evolution of galaxies following a data-driven analysis of...
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    When nature tries to trick us. An eclipsing eccentric close binary superposed on the central star of the planetary nebula M 3-2
    Bipolar planetary nebulae (PNe) are thought to result from binary star interactions and, indeed, tens of binary central stars of PNe have been found, in...
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    When the horseshoe fits: Characterizing 2023 FY<SUB>3</SUB> with the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias and the Two-meter Twin Telescope
    Context. The Arjuna asteroid belt is loosely defined as a diverse group of small asteroids that follow dynamically cold, Earth-like orbits. Most of them are not...
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    WINGS-SPE II: A catalog of stellar ages and star formation histories, stellar masses and dust extinction values for local clusters galaxies
    Context. The WIde-field Nearby Galaxy clusters Survey (wings) is a project whose primary goal is to study the galaxy populations in clusters in the local...
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    X-ray bubbles in the circumgalactic medium of TNG50 Milky Way- and M31-like galaxies: signposts of supermassive black hole activity
    The TNG50 cosmological simulation produces X-ray emitting bubbles, shells, and cavities in the circumgalactic gas above and below the stellar discs of Milky Way...
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    X-ray jets and magnetic flux emergence in the Sun
    Magnetized plasma is emerging continually from the solar interior into the atmosphere. Magnetic flux emergence events and their consequences in the solar...