We carried out high-sensitivity spectro-polarimetric observations of the central star of the Red Rectangle protoplanetary nebula with the aim of constraining...
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PublicationConstraining the shaping mechanism of the Red Rectangle through the spectro-polarimetry of its central star
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PublicationCoRoT space mission. I. (Barge+, 2008)
Raw data were filtered from outliers and residuals at the orbital period of the satellite. The orbital parameters and the radius of the planet were estimated by...
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PublicationDeep WFC Images of the region around NGC 7027
We present deep images in H alpha +[NII] and [OIII] lambda 5007 of the region around NGC 7027 obtained with the wide field camera (WFC) at the Isaac Newton...
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PublicationDensity and Excitation Mapping of M2-9
We have acquired imaging of the bipolar outflow M2-9 in the transitions [O III] λ5007, H I λ6563, [N II] λ6584, and [S II] λλ6717, 6731. As a result, we are...
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PublicationDetection of a Giant Halo Around NGC 7027
As a parallel result of an IT Project aimed at determining accurate distances to more than 30 planetary nebulae using the extinction-distance method, we report...
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PublicationDetection of Collimated Bipolar Outflows in the Planetary Nebula NGC 6572 Shaping Its Nebular Shell
Highly collimated bipolar outflows have been detected in the planetary nebula NGC 6572 via ground-based optical imagery and high-resolution long-slit...
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PublicationDetection of New Planetary Nebulae by IPHAS, the Hα Survey of the North Galactic Plane
IPHAS is an ongoing Hα imaging survey of the North Galactic plane. When completed, it is expected to discover several hundred new Galactic planetary nebulae, in...
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PublicationDiffuse Interstellar Bands in (Proto-) Fullerene-Rich Environments
The recent infrared detection of fullerenes (C60 and C70) in Planetary Nebulae (PNe) and R Coronae Borealis (RCB) stars offers a beautiful opportunity for...
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PublicationDiffuse interstellar bands in fullerene planetary nebulae: the fullerenes - diffuse interstellar bands connection
We present high-resolution (R ~ 15 000) VLT/UVES optical spectra of two planetary nebulae (PNe; Tc 1 and M 1-20) where C60 (and C70) fullerenes have already...