We report the discovery of two novae in M81 on a co-added 1600-s narrow-band H-alpha CCD image taken with the 2.5-m Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) + WFC at La Palma under ~0.8" seeing on May 22.901 UT. The new objects are well visible on the co-added image (see the finding chart linked below) as well as on individual 400-s frames, but are not present

We have searched the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer first data release for widely separated (≤10 000 au) late T dwarf companions to Hipparcos and Gliese stars. We have discovered a new binary system containing a K-band suppressed T8p dwarf WISEP J142320.86+011638.1 and the mildly metal poor ([Fe/H] =-0.38 ± 0.06) primary BD +01° 2920 (HIP

BB Dor was observed during its low state in 2009. Signatures of both binary components are revealed in the average optical spectrum; no signature of accretion is observed. Narrow emission lines of Hα, He I and Na D, as well as TiO absorption troughs, trace the motion of the irradiated secondary star. We detect two additional components in the Hα

Context. Recent near-infrared data have contributed to the discovery of new (obscured) massive stellar clusters and massive stellar populations in previously known clusters in our Galaxy. These discoveries lead us to view the Milky Way as an active star-forming machine. Aims: The main purpose of this work is to determine physically the main

We investigated a time series of continuum intensity maps and Dopplergrams of granulation in a very quiet solar region at the disk center, recorded with the Imaging Magnetograph eXperiment (IMaX) on board the balloon-borne solar observatory SUNRISE. We find that granules frequently show substructure in the form of lanes composed of a leading bright

We started a project to datamine the SuprimeCam archive searching for NEAs in order to improve their orbits. Using 60,000 images the EURONEAR data-mining tool predicted about 2100 images holding ~500 recovered or precovered NEAs and PHAs up to V=26.