Low-frequency radio surveys are ideal for selecting orientation-independent samples of extragalactic sources because the sample members are selected by virtue of their isotropic steep-spectrum extended emission. We use the new 7C Redshift Survey along with the brighter 3CRR and 6C samples to investigate the fraction of objects with observed broad

EMIR is a near-IR, multi-slit camera-spectrograph under development for the 10m GTC on La Palma. It will deliver up to 45 independent R equals 3500-4000 spectra of sources over a field of view of 6 feet by 3 feet, and allow NIR imaging over a 6 foot by 6 foot FOV, with spatial sampling of 0.175 inch/pixel. The prime science goal of the instrument

We describe the European Large Area ISO Survey (ELAIS). ELAIS was the largest single Open Time project conducted by ISO, mapping an area of 12deg2 at 15μm with ISOCAM and at 90μm with ISOPHOT. Secondary surveys in other ISO bands were undertaken by the ELAIS team within the fields of the primary survey, with 6deg2 being covered at 6.7μm and 1deg2

We have measured the center-to-limb variation (CLV) of parameters describing geometric and photometric statistical properties of the solar granulation at 6708 Å. This work is based on an excellent series of white-light images obtained with the Swedish Vacuum Solar Telescope at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma, during the partial solar

This paper presents the results from the Jodrell Bank-Instituto de Astrofisicia de Canarias (IAC) two-element 33-GHz interferometer operated with an element separation of 32.9 wavelengths and hence sensitive to 1°-scale structure on the sky. The level of cosmic microwave background (CMB) fluctuations, assuming a flat CMB spatial power spectrum over

The Optical System for Imaging and low Resolution Integrated Spectroscopy (OSIRIS) will be a Day-One instrument of the Spanish 10.4 m telescope Gran Telescopio Canarias, whose first light is planned for 2002. GTC will be installed at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos in La Palma, Spain. OSIRIS three primary modes are imaging and low