Context. During the past 100 years, helium emission lines have never been observed in RR Lyrae stars, especially in RRab-type ones where strong shock waves are...
First Detection of Molecular Gas in the Giant Low Surface Brightness Galaxy Malin 1
After over three decades of unsuccessful attempts, we report the first detection of molecular gas emission in Malin 1, the largest spiral galaxy observed to...
First detection of oscillations in the Halo giant HD 122563: Validation of seismic scaling relations and new parameters
Aims: The nearby metal-poor giant HD 122563 is an important astrophysical laboratory in which to test stellar atmospheric and interior physics. It is also a...
First Detection of Sign-reversed Linear Polarization from the Forbidden [O I] 630.03 nm Line
We report on the detection of linear polarization of the forbidden [O i] 630.03 nm spectral line. The observations were carried out in the broader context of...
First detection of the outer edge of an AGN accretion disc: very fast multiband optical variability of NGC 4395 with GTC/HiPERCAM and LT/IO:O
We present fast (~200 s sampling) $\it ugriz$ photometry of the low -mass AGN NGC 4395 with the Liverpool Telescope, followed by very fast (3 s sampling) u s, g...
First detection of VHE gamma-ray emission from TXS 1515-273, study of its X-ray variability and spectral energy distribution
We report here on the first multiwavelength (MWL) campaign on the blazar TXS 1515-273, undertaken in 2019 and extending from radio to very-high-energy gamma...
First detections of the cataclysmic variable AE Aquarii in the near to far infrared with ISO and IRAS: Investigating the various possible thermal and non-thermal contributions
We have used ISO to observe the Magnetic Cataclysmic Variable AE Aquarii in the previously unexplored range from 4.8 μm up to 170 μm in the framework of a...
First determination of the dynamical mass of a binary L dwarf
We present here the results of astrometric, photometric and spectroscopic observations leading to the determination of the orbit and dynamical masses of the...