This communication presents the current status of the conceptual design of a high resolution, integral field spectrograph with multi-slit and multi-wavelength capabilities, designed for the 4 meter European Solar Telescope (EST).

Stellar kinematic groups are kinematically coherent groups of stars that may share a common origin. These groups spread through the Galaxy over time due to tidal effects caused by Galactic rotation and disk heating, however the chemical information survives. The aim of chemical tagging is to show that abundances of every element in the analysis

Theoretical studies suggest that C/O and Mg/Si are the most important elemental ratios in determining the mineralogy of terrestrial planets. The C/O ratio controls the distribution of Si among carbide and oxide species, while Mg/Si gives information about the silicate mineralogy. We find mineralogical ratios quite different from those of the Sun

Context. Open clusters are ideal test particles for studying the chemical evolution of the Galactic disc. However, the number and accuracy of existing high-resolution abundance determinations, not only of [Fe/H], but also of other key elements, remains largely insufficient. Aims: We attempt to increase the number of Galactic open clusters that have

Carrying out detailed analyses on massive blue stars further than the Milky Way is a demanding task, however it is feasible and the best way to comprehend the stellar evolution in environments with different metallicity. We present the first quantitative study performed on a massive blue star sample belonging to NGC~55, about 1.9 Mpc away. The

We present here the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field spectroscopy Area survey (CALIFA). CALIFA is large collaboration comprising more than 50 astronomers of 8 different countries, which main aim is to obtain detailed spatially resolved spectroscopic information of ˜ 600 galaxies of any type at the Local Universe (0.005