We present the emission-line fluxes and kinematics of 48 representative elliptical and lenticular galaxies obtained with our custom-built integral-field spectrograph, SAURON, operating on the William Herschel Telescope. Hβ, [OIII]λλ4959,5007 and [NI]λλ5198,5200 emission lines were measured using a new procedure that simultaneously fits both the

We investigate the well-known correlations between the dynamical mass-to-light ratio (M/L) and other global observables of elliptical (E) and lenticular (S0) galaxies. We construct two-integral Jeans and three-integral Schwarzschild dynamical models for a sample of 25 E/S0 galaxies with SAURON integral-field stellar kinematics to about one

There is morphological evidence that the activity in powerful radio galaxies could be triggered by mergers and galaxy interactions. However, nothing is known about the timescales, order of events, and the type of interaction involved. It is not yet known whether there exists an evolutionary link between radio galaxies and other merger systems such

This abstract details the engineering processes used in the overall landing site selection process. The performance of the landing RADAR, IMU, thrusters and robustness of the lander structure to slopes and rocks drive safety concerns.

We review the progress of ESO/WFI Imaging and VLT/FLAMES spectroscopy of large numbers of individual stars in nearby dwarf spheroidal galaxies by the Dwarf galaxy Abundances and Radial-velocities Team (DART). These observations have allowed us to show that neither the kinematics nor the abundances nor the spatial distributions are easy to explain

Aims.Our aim in this paper is to present an explanatory scenario for the formation of the observed relatively metal rich globular clusters associated with the thick disc of the Galaxy, distinct from the mode of formation of the lower metallicity halo clusters.Methods.The observations to be accounted for here are the two peaks in the metallicity