Context: HH 223 is a knotty, undulating nebular emission of ˜30 arcsec length found in the L723 star-forming region. It lies projected onto the largest...
The nature of LINER galaxies:. Ubiquitous hot old stars and rare accreting black holes
Context. Galaxies, which often contain ionised gas, sometimes also exhibit a so-called low-ionisation nuclear emission line region (LINER). For 30 years, this...
To get insight into the nature of the ionized gas in the nuclear region of LINERs, we performed a study of HST Hα imaging of 32 LINERs. The main conclusion from...
The nature of the X-ray transient SAX J1711.6-3808
SAX J1711.6-3808 is an X-ray transient in the Galactic bulge that was active from January through May of 2001 and whose maximum 1-200 keV luminosity was...
The nature of V39: an LBV candidate or LBV impostor in the very low metallicity galaxy IC 1613?
Context. Very few examples of luminous blue variable (LBV) stars or LBV candidates (LBVc) are known, particularly at metallicities below that of the Small...
The nature of VX Sagitarii. Is it a TŻO, a RSG, or a high-mass AGB star?
Aims: We present a spectroscopic analysis of the extremely luminous red star VX Sgr based on high-resolution observations combined with AAVSO light curve data...
Context. The optical counterpart of the neutron star X-ray binary and well known X-ray burster, 4U 1636-53 (=4U 1636-536 = V801 Ara) has been studied for three...
The near-IR properties and continuum shapes of high redshift quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
We present J-H-K' photometry for a sample of 45 high redshift quasars found by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The sample was originally selected on the basis of...
The new carbon symbiotic star IPHAS J205836.43+503307.2
Aims: We are performing a search for symbiotic stars using IPHAS, the INT Hα survey of the northern Galactic plane, and follow-up observations. Methods...