In the Astronomer’s Telegram #11448 [1] it is announced that a very bright (almost 1st magnitude) transient object is found between the Lagoon and the Trifid nebulae. No other object has been found in the region and the source itself was not visible some days earlier. Within less than an …
As I am waiting my flight to Heraklion, I thought that I should post the talk that I gave earlier today at the National Observatory of Athens, Greece: “B[e] Supergiants: a missing part from the massive star puzzle?” Abstract: Massive stars affect strongly the insterstellar medium through their intense stellar …
During the last few days I have struggled a bit with the wavelength calibration of some long-slit spectra. When using the identify task of IRAF I found that I could select (“m”ark) only some of the lines, without any clear indication why the rest were not recognized (some were indeed …
Since October 2017 I have been affiliated with the Department of Physics at the University of Crete, but last week I started working officially as a post-doc with Andreas Zezas. The position is directly affiliated with the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), and in particular with the …
Finally after many years of delays and unfortunate events a new institute focusing solely in Astronomy is founded as part of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH). This is the successful outcome of a continuous effort by the very active astronomy group at the University of Crete. …