The Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (ORM), in the Canary Islands (Spain), was one of the candidates to host the future European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) and is the site of the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC), the largest optical infrared facility to date. Sky transparency is a key parameter as it defines the quality of the

In July, the transient neutron star low-mass X-ray binary Aql X-1 was detected in outburst at X-ray, UV, optical and near-infrared wavelengths (ATel #2742, #2744, #2748). On 1st September the X-rays re-brightened (ATel #2850). Here we report on our ongoing optical monitoring campaign (ATel #1218, #1970, #2288) with the Faulkes Telescopes North and

Recent focus on the importance of cold, unshocked gas accretion in galaxy formation - not explicitly included in semi-analytic studies - motivates the following detailed comparison between two inherently different modelling techniques: direct hydrodynamical simulation and semi-analytic modelling. By analysing the physical assumptions built into the

Aims: NGC 2992 is an intermediate Seyfert 1 galaxy showing outflows on kilo parsec scales which might be due either to AGN or starburst activity. We therefore aim at investigating its central region for a putative starburst in the past and its connection to the AGN and the outflows. Methods: Observations were performed with the adaptive optics near

In the notes to Table 1, a unit conversion was incorrect. The text should read 1 MJ Gyr-1 = 6.02e+13 g s-1. As a consequence in the 3rd paragraph of Sect. 3, the mass loss taking place in τ Boo b should be dot M_X = 0.011 MJ Gyr-1 for ρ = 1 g cm-3, or dot M_X = 3.4 M⊕ Gyr-1 in Earth mass units. Independently, the values of “log F_X accumulated”, in

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