We report TIMMI2 diffraction-limited mid-IR images of the multipolar PPN IRAS 16594-4656. By using the Lucy-Richardson deconvolution algorithm we recover a two...
We present the results of the analysis of spectra and photometry for more than 14,000 stars which are part of the second public data release of the Sloan...
The Milky Way Bulge Metallicity Distribution Function from DR14 APOGEE Results
The view of the Milky Way bulge has evolved considerably over the past decade with recent findings of a multi-component metallicity distribution, the detection...
Based on a new large, homogeneous photometric database of 69 Galactic globular clusters extended out to 42 kpc from the galactic center, a set of distance and...
The Millenium Outburst of the Yellow Hypergiant ρ Cassiopeiae
We report the largest mass-loss rate of ~5 % of the solar mass per year, directly observed in any stellar object so far during the recent outburst of the Yellow...
The Millennium Outburst of the Cool Hypergiant rho Cassiopeiae: Spectroscopy and Modeling
Between 2000 June and September an exceptional variability phase occurred in the peculiar F-type hypergiant Rho Cas, when the V-brightness dimmed by at least a...
The missing mass conundrum of post-common-envelope planetary nebulae
Most planetary nebulae (PNe) show beautiful, axisymmetric morphologies despite their progenitor stars being essentially spherical. Angular momentum provided by...