We present high-resolution Hα rotation curves for a sample of 15 dwarf and low surface brightness galaxies. From these we derive limits on the slopes of the central mass distributions, using both a direct inversion of the rotation curves and detailed mass models. Assuming that the density distributions of dark matter halos follow a power law at

The color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) of three intermediate-age Large Megallanic Cloud clusters, NGC 2173, SL 556, and NGC 2155, are analyzed to determine their age and metallicity based on Padova stellar models. Synthetic CMDs are compared with cluster data. The best match is obtained using two fitting functions based on star counts in the different

Using Yale stellar evolution models, we present an analysis of the color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) of three intermediate-age LMC clusters, namely, NGC 2173, SL 556, and NGC 2155, obtained with the Very Large Telescope. The main goal of our project is to investigate the amount of convective core overshoot necessary to reproduce the CMDs of

This is the first of a series of three papers devoted to the calibration of a few parameters of crucial importance in the modeling of the evolution of intermediate-mass stars, giving special attention to the amount of convective core overshoot. To this end we acquired deep V and R photometry for three globular clusters of the Large Magellanic Cloud

Esta tesis está dedicada a realizar una parte del estudio sobre formación y evolución de galaxias a edades intermedias, abarcando aspectos científicos e instrumentales. Trata sobre la determinación de la tasa de formación estelar de galaxias a redshigt intermedio. En el estudio se definen las -- instrumentales necesarios para realizar este análisis

Sunrise is a light-weight solar telescope with a 1 m aperture for spectro-polarimetric observations of the solar atmosphere. The telescope is planned to be operated during a series of long-duration balloon flights in order to obtain time series of spectra and images at the diffraction-limit and to study the UV spectral region down to ~200 nm, which