An overview is given of the type I X-ray burst properties of the transient KS 1731-260. These characteristics appear to be proto-typical for all type I X-ray...
The globular cluster NGC6528 the ferrous side of the Galactic Bulge.
We present new and accurate optical photometry of the Bulge globular cluster NGC6528. The images were collected with ACS at HST and together with WFC3 (UVIS, IR...
The Globular Cluster Relative Ages and the Milky Way Formation Time Scale
The ACS Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters is a Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Treasury program designed to provide a new large, deep and homogeneous...
The GOLF-NG prototype and the solar European perspective for cosmic vision 2015-2025
The progress on the dynamics of the radiative zone by global Doppler velocity measurements aboard SoHO (GOLF+ MDI) and with ground networks (BiSON and GONG)...
The Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG) project is planning to place six observing stations around the world to observe the solar oscillations as...
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Three Types of Disks
We briefly review the revised classification of the radial surface brightness profiles focusing on the outer disk structure, discussing possible formation...
The outstanding quality of the Canarian sky, protected by law, makes it feasible to install the largest telescopes in the world at the observatories of the...
The Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) ready for First Light
The GTC is a 10.4m telescope being built in La Palma, Spain, by a consortium lead by the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC). Other members of the...
The Gran Telescopio Canarias laser guide star AO system: error budget and expected performance
The Natural Guide Star Adaptive Optics system for the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) is in its integration phase, and meanwhile the Laser Guide Star update...