Stellar kinematics and dark matter in dwarf galaxies
In this review I will tour through the most recent findings on the internal kinematic properties of Local Group dwarf galaxies, as determined from extensive...
Stellar mass fraction and quasar accretion disk size in SDSS J1004+4112 from photometric follow-up
The gravitational lens SDSS J1004+4112 was the first discovered system where a background quasar is lensed by a galaxy cluster instead of a single galaxy. We...
Stellar masses of star-forming galaxies at 0.3 < z < 1.2 in the GOYA survey
Starforming galaxies with compact morphology and high optical luminosity (LBCGs) are very common at redshitfs z = 0.4 - 1.2. Those galaxies are believed to have...
Stellar Nuclear Rings in Barred Galaxies: Fossils of Past Circumnuclear Starbursts?
We have found four barred S0 galaxies---NGC 936, NGC 3945, NGC 4340, and NGC 4371---which contain smooth, luminous, purely stellar nuclear rings within their...
Stellar Observations Network Group: The prototype is nearly ready
The prototype telescope and instruments for the Stellar Observations Network Group (SONG) are nearing completion at the Observatorio del Teide on Tenerife. In...
Stellar Occultations by TNOs: the January 08, 2011 by (208996) 2003 AZ84 and the May 04, 2011 by (50000) Quaoar
Between February 2010 and May 2011, our group has observed five stellar occultations by Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), giving the size and shape for some of...
Stellar parameters of metal-rich solar-type stars (Sousa+, 2006)
Table 23 (tables 2 & 3 of the paper) contains the derived stellar parameters, metallicities, and masses, for stars not known to harbor any planetary-mass...