Context. In nature we observe galaxy aggregations that span a wide range of magnitude gaps between the two first-ranked galaxies of a system (Δm12). Thus, there are systems with gaps close to zero (e.g., the Coma cluster), and at the other extreme of the distribution, the largest gaps are found among the so-called fossil systems. The observed

LZ Cen is a double-lined, near-contact but detached eclipsing binary consisting of two evolved early B stars (B0.5-B1). This paper presents the first photoelectric and spectroscopic analysis of the system, based on new light curves and spectroscopic data. uvby light curves were obtained with the Danish 50 cm telescope at ESO, La Silla (916 points

During the years 1996 through 1998 the MDI and GOLF experiments on the SOHO mission have provided unique and nearly uninterrupted sequences of helioseismic observations. This paper describes the analysis carried out on power spectra from 759 days of calibrated velocity signals provided by these two experiments. The time series investigated in this

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We present extensive early photometric (ultraviolet through near-infrared) and spectroscopic (optical and near-infrared) data on supernova (SN) 2008D as well as X-ray data analysis on the associated Swift X-ray transient (XRT) 080109. Our data span a time range of 5 hr before the detection of the X-ray transient to 150 days after its detection, and