IAUC 7989 available at Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams.

IAUC 7284 available at Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams.

Early-type dwarf galaxies are not simply featureless, old objects, but were found to be much more diverse, hosting substructures and a variety of stellar population properties. To explore the stellar content of faint early-type galaxies, and to investigate in particular those with recent central star formation, we study colours and colour gradients

We present Keck/LRIS optical spectroscopy of 35 z>=1.4 luminous IR galaxies in the Spitzer Wide-area Infra-Red Extragalactic survey (SWIRE) northern fields (Lockman Hole, ELAIS-N1, ELAIS-N2). The primary targets belong to the "IR-peak" class of galaxies, having the 1.6{mu}m (restframe) stellar feature detected in the IRAC Spitzer channels. The

The next generation of space- and ground-based spectropolarimeters demands new diagnostic tools capable of fast (ideally real-time) and reliable interpretation of the Stokes data. This paper presents a critical review of the various techniques that can be used for Solar magnetometry, from traditional approaches, such as the magnetograph formula, to

A magnetic flux tube anchored at the bottom of the solar convection zone and rising toward the surface as a result of an undulatory instability can be affected by a sudden catastrophic expansion and weakening of the magnetic field at its apex if the original field strength is below a few times 104 G. Such an "explosion" occurs if the flux tube