The asymptotic giant branch (AGB) is formed by low- and intermediate-mass stars (0.8 M_{⊙} M 8 M_{⊙}) in their last nuclear-burning phase, when they develop...

The European Solar Telescope (EST) will be equipped with a MCAO system to provide an excellent correction within one arcminute field of view (FOV). A prototype...

CaNaPy is an LGS-AO experimental facility of new generation, currently being assembled by the research institutes participating to the project (INAF, IAC and...

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The measurement of distances to individual stars with Gaia is enabling the construction of deep colour-magnitude diagrams (CMD) for large volumes within our...

We derive the bar fraction in three different environments ranging from the field to Virgo and Coma clusters, covering an unprecedentedly large range of galaxy...

Early-type (E/SO) galaxies follow tight relations such as the Fundamental Plane, the Color-Magnitude Relation or the Mg2-σ relation (Bender et al. 1992)...

In this paper we discuss the reason for the widely found discrepancy between Sérsic brightness law fitted along major and minor axes of elliptical galaxies. We...

We present the values of CN and Mg overabundances with respect to Fe, for early-type galaxies in 8 clusters over a range of richness and morphology. Spectra...