Results are presented on optical and near-IR photometry of cometary nebula 1548 C27, together with associated high and intermediate resolution spectroscopy of both the nebular core and jet outflow. Two IR sources were found, one of which, IRS 2, is clearly a reddened main-sequence star, the other, IRS 1, being a probable Herbig Ae/Be type central

The influence of general relativistic effects on spectral line profiles is studied. Some peculiarities observed in the profiles of broad lines of AGNs, like the global redshift of the line and simultaneous blueshift of the peak of the profile with respect to the reference system of the narrow lines, are obtainable if the source region is rotating

Near-IR photometry of 38 objects associated with unidentified IRAS PSC sources, which have colors in the FIR similar to those of planetary nebulae are presented. From their IR flux distribution, from their low-resolution IR spectra and from their position in the near-IR color-color diagrams, their precise nature is identified. They fall in

Analysis of data obtained over the years 1980-1985 are analyzed to show that the period of the 160-minute signal is indeed 160.00 minutes. It is demonstrated that this signal may be simulated by a slightly distorted diurnal sine wave such as that occasioned by differential atmospheric extinction.

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Statistical techniques are devised to assess the likelihood of a Poisson sample of points in two and three dimensions, containing specific filamentary structures. For that purpose, Otto et al.'s (1986) expression for the probability density of clumps in a Poissonian distribution of points is generalized for any value of the density contrast. A way