The mechanism causing breaks in the radial surface-brightness distribution of spiral galaxies is not yet well known. Despite theoretical efforts, there is not a unique explanation for these features and the observational results are not conclusive. In an attempt to address this problem, we have selected a sample of 34 highly inclined spiral

We report atmospheric parameter estimates (Teff, log g, [Fe/H]) and other information (radial velocities, proper motions, distance estimates) for roughly 40,000 stars (out of a total of some 75,000) from the third public release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), DR-3. As part of this exercise, we have compiled a set of spectral templates that

We briefly communicate about 21st run of the Whole Earth Telescope (WET) in April 2001, where the eclipsing short period binary sdB system PG 1336-018 was the primary target.

Absorption line-strengths have allowed us to carry out a comprehensive stellar populations analysis, providing very strong constraints for discriminating and constraining current galaxy formation scenarios. I describe the main features of this approach, pinpointing the most popular indices and diagnostic diagrams, and the main problems affecting

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Deep observations of the dwarf elliptical (dE) galaxy NGC 1396 (MV = -16.60, Mass ˜4 × 108 M⊙), located in the Fornax cluster, have been performed with the Very Large Telescope/Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer spectrograph in the wavelength region from 4750 to 9350 Å. In this paper, we present a stellar population analysis studying chemical