Size evolution studies have shown that the structural properties of the elliptical galaxies dramatically changed with cosmic time (e. g. Trujillo et al. 2007). This result challenges the ideas developed from the detailed analyses of the stellar populations of these galaxies in the nearby universe. The study of the local elliptical galaxies has

The anomalous microwave emission (AME) is a dust-correlated signal that shows up in the microwave range. Strong interest in this emission has arisen since its discovery in the late 90s, due to its role as a CMB contaminant, and also because it provides a new way to explore the ISM physics. As a consequence, there has been a strong combined effort

The evolution of spiral galaxies is far from being completely understood, especially in terms of internal secular evolution. To address this problem, we combine the kinematics and stellar population parameters extracted from long slit spectra of major and minor axis of six galaxies in order to disentangle disk heating agents. Including arm class

We present a conceptual optical design for a new refractive corrector for the prime focus of the 4.2 m William Herschel Telescope, optimised to allow wide-field multi-object spectroscopy.

Stellar Kinematic Groups are kinematical coherent groups of stars which might share a common origin. These groups spread through the Galaxy over time due to tidal effects caused by galactic rotation and disc heating, however the chemical information survives. The aim of chemical tagging is to show that abundances of every chemical element must be

With the help of CARMENCITA, the CARMENES Cool dwarf Information and daTa Archive (see SEA poster by Caballero et al.), we investigate the membership in double, triple or higher-order multiplicity systems of more than 1300 of the brightest, latest M dwarfs in the solar neighbourhood observable from Calar Alto. We use data compiled from the