We present the first results on the optical identification of 89 sources with S(0.5-2 keV)>=1.7x10^-14 erg s^-1 cm^-2 detected in eight ROSAT Position Sensitive Proportional Counter (PSPC) observations targeted on the second Lockman hole region. Because of the low Galactic HI column density towards this field [N_HI~(6-12)x10^19 cm^-2] the X-ray

We present high and low resolution spectroscopy and narrow-band imaging of the unusual bipolar outflow source NGC 6537. As a consequence, we are able for the first time to construct large scale velocity maps of this source; note the presence of strongly variable core outflow densities, rising to a peak value n_e_~1.7x10^4^cm^-3^; find evidence for

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We present new high-resolution observations of the central region in the late-type spiral galaxy M100 (NGC 4321) supplemented by three-dimensional numerical modeling of stellar and gas dynamics, including star formation (SF). Near-infrared imaging has revealed a small bulge of 4" effective diameter; a 60" radial length stellar bar of moderate

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Three new grids of stellar evolutionary models with Z=0.01 are presented for the following values of initial hydrogen content X_i_=0.80, 0.73 and 0.63. The latest set of radiative opacities with spin-orbit coupling provided by the Lawrence Livermore group are used. For the lower temperatures the results by Alexander were considered. The models were