A possible correlation between spiral galaxy pitch angle (P) and the mass of the central supermassive black hole (SMBH) of the galaxy (M) was reported (Seigar et al. 2008) from a sample of 27 nearby galaxies. Here we investigate the extension of this result to intermediate and high redshifts. We have selected AGN showing spiral structure in their

We present the discovery of substellar-mass companions to three giant stars by the ongoing Penn State-Toruń Planet Search conducted with the 9.2 m Hobby-Eberly Telescope. The most massive of the three stars, K2-giant HD 240237, has a 5.3 MJ minimum mass companion orbiting the star at a 746 day period. The K0-giant BD +48 738 is orbited by a >=0.91

The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) will undertake an H-band (1.52-1.68 micron) spectroscopic survey of 1E5 red giant stars spanning the Galactic disk, bulge, and halo, with typical limiting magnitude H 12.5. During the commissioning of APOGEE a number of plates containing stellar clusters were observed. Some of

Context. Siphon flows that are driven by a gas pressure difference between two photospheric footpoints of different magnetic field strength connected by magnetic field lines are a well-studied phenomenon in theory, but observational evidence is scarce. Aims. We investigate the properties of a structure in the solar chromosphere in an active region

We analysed the longest phase-connected photometric data set available for NGC 1313 X-2, looking for the ˜6-day modulation reported by Liu et al.. The folded B-band light curve shows a ˜6-day periodicity with a significance slightly larger than 3σ. The low statistical significance of this modulation, along with the lack of detection in the V band

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey III/Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (SDSS-III/APOGEE) is a large-scale spectroscopic survey of Galactic stars and star clusters. The SDSS-III/APOGEE survey is designed to produce high-S/N, R = 22,500 spectra that cover a wavelength range of 1.51 to 1.68 microns. By utilizing APOGEE's excellent