From 1000 AU to 1000 pc: from wide binaries in the solar neighbourhood, through the s Orionis cluster, to distant OB associations José A. Caballero Universidad Complutense…

H3+ H3+, a new astrophysical probe: Revelation of warm and diffuse gas near the Galactic center Takeshi Oka Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and Department of Chemistry,…

Activity, rotation and weather in Ultracool Dwarfs First NAHUAL meeting, La Gomera Eduardo L. Martín, IAC Outline Introduction on brown and ultracool dwarfs Rotation observations…

Activity, rotation and weather in Ultracool Dwarfs First NAHUAL meeting, La Gomera Eduardo L. Martín, IAC Outline Introduction on brown and ultracool dwarfs Rotation observations…

Central Molecular Zone (CMZ): the Treasure House of H3+ Takeshi Oka Thomas R. Geballe Gemini Observatory Miwa Goto Max Planck Institute for Astronomy Tomonori Usuda Subaru…

Inside This Issue • Aspen Conference Summary • Recent Science Highlights • Meet Gemini North’s Harlan Uehara • The New Gemini Science Archive • StarTeachers and…

Telescopes * Basic function of a telescope: extend human vision Collect light from celestial object Focus light to create image or spectrum of the object Use larger aperture…

Magellan Associate Director Report Personnel Observing Statistics Commissioning of Instruments Personnel Telescope Engineer Scientist: In mid-December, Povilas Palunas accepted…

H-band multi-object spectroscopy around the Galaxy Carlos Allende Prieto (IAC) and the APOGEE Team APOGEE A high-resolution (R~30,000) high-S/N H-band spectroscopic survey…