We have carried out a detailed spectral analysis of six early B-type supergiants in the Sculptor Group spiral galaxy NGC 300. To this end, we used state-of-the-art unified blanketed non-local thermodynamic equilibrium model atmospheres (computed with the code FASTWIND), aimed at the determination of the stellar parameters and of detailed surface

We present three different optical and near-infrared (NIR) data sets for evolved stars in the Galactic globular cluster ω Centauri. The comparison between observations and homogeneous sets of stellar isochrones and zero-age horizontal branches provides two reasonable fits. Both of them suggest that the so-called anomalous branch has a metal

We report novel spectropolarimetric observations of sunspots carried out with the Tenerife Infrared Polarimeter in a near-IR spectral region around 15410 Å, which is known to contain two groups of prominent OH lines that show circular polarization signals of opposite polarity. Surrounding these well-known OH lines, we have discovered the presence

We have identified IGR J17303-0601 (1RXS J173021.5-055933) as an intermediate polar (IP). The optical counterpart is USNOA2.0 0825_10606993 (RA=17h30m21.9s Dec=-05d59m31s). Using optical photometry obtained in 2003 at the JKT and at the OGS we determine the white dwarf spin period to be 120s, which is the second-shortest spin period discovered so

We have used ISO to observe the Magnetic Cataclysmic Variable AE Aquarii in the previously unexplored range from 4.8 μm up to 170 μm in the framework of a coordinated multi-wavelength campaign from the radio to optical wavelengths. We have obtained for the first time a spectrum between 4.8 and 7.3 μm with ISOCAM and ISOPHOT-P: the major

We present the final analysis of the European Large Area Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) Survey (ELAIS) 15-μm observations, carried out with the ISO Camera (ISOCAM) instrument on board the ISO. The data-reduction method, known as the Lari Method, is based on a mathematical model of the behaviour of the detector and was specifically designed for