Although the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) was primarily envisioned as a tool for understanding the nature of the `high redshift' universe, significant discoveries have already been made at lower redshift, z~0, through studies of stars in the Milky Way galaxy. We have begun to explore the nature of the Milky Way by detailed investigation of the

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OSIRIS (Optical System for Imaging and Low-Resolution Integrated Spectroscopy) is an instrument designed to obtain images and low-resolution spectra of astronomical objects in the optical domain (from 365-1000 nm). It will be installed on Day One (2004) in the Nasmyth focus of the 10-m Spanish GTC Telescope. The mosaic is composed of two abuttable

Wide field B,V photometry of the outer regions of the Carina dwarf spheroidal galaxy is presented. Six fields were observed to a distance from the centre up to 4.5 degrees. We detected a sizable sample of faint blue objects, with V> 23 and B-V 0.4. These objects populate the same region of the color magnitude diagram of the Carina old Main Sequence

Even from a light-polluted city it is possible to observe Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs) at opposition using a small telescope equipped with a CCD camera. In this paper, we review the major NEA programs and present the planning of the follow-up observations using a small facility. In a second paper we will present the first results of a program run at