Publication type: Non-refereed

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    The active phasing experiment: Part I. Concept and objectives
    In a framework of ELT design study our group is building an Active Phasing Experiment (APE), the main goals of which is to demonstrate the non-adaptive...
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    The active phasing experiment: Part II. Design and developments
    The purpose of the Active Phasing Experiment, designed under the lead of ESO, is to validate wavefront control concepts for ELT class telescopes. This...
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    The activity of the Jupiter co-orbital comet P/2019 LD2 (ATLAS) observed with the 10.4m GTC.
    Introduction: Comet P/2019 LD2 (ATLAS) was discovered early June 2019 as a faint asteroidal object and initially classified as a Jupiter Trojan. In depth...
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    The adaptive optics lucky imager (AOLI): presentation, commissioning, and AIV innovations
    Here we present the Adaptive Optics Lucky Imager (AOLI), a state-of-the-art instrument which makes use of two well proved techniques, Lucky Imaging (LI) and...
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    The Adaptive Optics Lucky Imager: Diffraction limited imaging at visible wavelengths with large ground-based telescopes
    One of the continuing challenges facing astronomers today is the need to obtain ever higher resolution images of the sky. Whether studying nearby crowded fields...
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    The Advanced X-ray Spectroscopic Imaging Observatory
    The Advanced X-ray Spectroscopic Imaging Observatory (AXSIO) is a NASA facility class X-ray observatory which can carry out many of the science goals of the...
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    The age of the Hyades from the lithium depletion boundary.
    The determination of the observational limit below which the cores of very-low mass objects do not reach high enough temperatures and pressure for lithium...
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    The Ages of Circumnuclear Starbursts from Near-IR Spectroscopy: Bushfires or Mexican Wave?
    We have obtained K-band spectra with CGS4 on UKIRT for circumnuclear star-forming regions in NGC 4321, NGC 2903, and NGC 7469. A comparison of the equivalent...
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    The Ages of Galaxy Bulges and Disks from Optical and Near Infrared Colours
    For a sample of bright nearby early-type galaxies we have obtained surface photometry in bands ranging from U to K. Since the galaxies have inclinations larger...