The number of globular clusters plays a fundamental role in understanding the early stages of galaxy formation. We know that the GC population of normal galaxies correlates with the amount of dark matter in these objects. Extending this analysis to the number of globulars in very low surface brightness galaxies is therefore key to understanding the

Mercator Array for Radial VELocities (MARVEL) is an ensemble of four 80-cm off the shelf telescopes feeding a single stabilised high-resolution (R>90 000) echelle spectrograph. The facility is currently under construction and will be located on La Palma (Canary Islands), next to the Mercator telescope. The facility is designed such that the four

The European Solar Telescope (EST) aims to significantly improve our capabilities to observe the solar chromosphere and understanding the solar chromosphere represents one of the most challenging tasks in solar physics. EST incorporates the most innovative technology, with a simple and efficient design, and the most advanced instrumentation to