We present results from a survey of nearby AGN using the adaptive optics assisted integral-field spectrometer SINFONI on the VLT. These data enable us to study at high angular resolution (~ 0.″08) the distribution and kinematics of the low-ionization gas traced by the BrΓλ2.17 μm recombination line and [Si vi] λ 1.96 μm, [Al ix] λ 2.04 μm, and [Ca

We present a method that we developed to discern where the optical microvariability (OM) in quasars originates: in the accretion disk (related to thermal processes) or in the jet (related to non-thermal processes). Analyzing nearly simultaneous observations in three different optical bands of continuum emission, we are able to determine the origin

We present deep, accurate, and homogeneous multiband optical (U, B, V, I) photometry of the Carina dwarf spheroidal galaxy, based on more than 4000 individual CCD images from three different ground-based telescopes. Special attention was given to the photometric calibration, and the precision for the B, V, and I bands is generally better than 0.01

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We investigate 10 QSO host galaxies at 1