We present time-series optical photometry of five new cataclysmic variables (CVs) identified by the Hamburg Quasar Survey (HQS). The deep eclipses observed in HS 0129+2933 (= TT Tri), HS 0220+0603 and HS 0455+8315 provided very accurate orbital periods of 3.35129827(65), 3.58098501(34) and 3.56937674(26) h, respectively. HS 0805+3822 shows grazing

A new theoretical calibration of surface-brightness fluctuations (SBF) for single age, single metallicity stellar populations is presented for the optical and near-IR broad-band filters, as well as for the HST WFPC2 filters. The IAC-star code is used together with two Padua and the Teramo stellar evolution libraries. A set of single-burst stellar

¿Las supernovas (SN/SNs) son herramientas útiles para el estudio del polvo en otras galaxias? ¿Tienden a explotar en regiones donde las propiedades de los granos de polvo son diferentes de las estándares? Contestar a estas preguntas fue el principal objetivo de esta tesis. Durante la primera parte de este trabajo, se recopilaron, reducieron y

Sulphur is the tenth most abundant element in the Universe and plays an im-portant role in studies of the chemical enrichment and star formation history of distant galaxies. Due to the lack of suitable sulphur lines in the visible part of stellar spectra there is, however, still no agreement on the abundance of sulphur in Galactic metal poor stars

We present the main research activities of the IAC research Group ``Stellar Populations in Galaxies'', with emphasis on the topics that are directly related to planned research using the GTC.

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