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Research topics
Stellar populations in early type galaxies NGC4365

UCM group of Extragalactic Astrophysics and Astronomical Instrumentation

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Popular Science
Author of scripts for planetarium shows
Hacia
    los confines del Universo

Talks and works of popular science. An example...
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I'll always be an amateur astronomer...
AAM


Rendering of Solar System objects... Rendering...
Welcome to the WEB page of Nicolás Cardiel...

Last update: 06/10/2011


Current position: Faculty member at the Departamento de Astrofísica of the Facultad de Ciencias Físicas of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Teaching activities:
      Courses given during 2011/2012: Mathematics (1st year, Physics Degree), Statistics and Data Analysis (3rd year, Physics Degree)
      Courses given during 2010/2011: Physics Fundamentals I (1st year, Physics Degree), Mathematics (1st year, Physics Degree), Data Analysis and Advanced Statistics (Astrophysics Master), Research Practical Complements (Astrophysics Master).
      Supervision of student works: During the course 2010/2011, Lucía Crespo Campo (excellence grant from the Comunidad de Madrid) has created a web page devoted to the Solar System, as part of the outreach program after the International Year of Astronomy 2009.

Previous jobs and positions: In the past I have also worked as:
      • Observer and member of the Astronomy Group at the Calar Alto Observatory
      • Post-doc in the UCO/Lick Observatory
      • Operator and scientific collaborator in the Madrid Planetarium

My papers in ADS: click here to start search...

Current collaborations: At present I am also collaborating in the following projects:


Own software:

button library of graphics buttons with PGPLOT
indexf program to measure line-strength indices in spectra
proas program for planning of astronomical observations
reduceme package for the reduction of spectroscopic images
rmodel program to deduce stellar populations parameters from line-strength index measurements
sedfit program to fit SEDs from synthesis models to galaxy spectra

My PhD Thesis entitled Formación Estelar en Galaxias Dominantes de Cúmulos (Star Formation in Central Cluster Galaxies) on line (in spanish!).

Contact:
Nicolás Cardiel
Departamento de Astrofísica
Facultad de Ciencias Físicas (UCM)
Ciudad Universitaria s/n
E28040-Madrid
Spain