We report optical observations of the GRB 980329 error box which represent the second earliest detection of the GRB 980329 optical transient. We determine R = 23.7 +/- 0.5 mag on 29.89 March, which is consistent with R = 23.6 +/- 0.2 mag as reported by Palazzi et al. (1998) on 29.99 March. Based on extrapolations of the light curve we claim that

We propose to improve the calibration of the Wind momentum - Luminosity Relationship of hot stars at solar metallicity by adding new objects with well determined distances, stellar parameters and wind momenta. We propose to acquire STIS low- resolution FUV spectra of O- and B-supergiants belonging to the same OB association to determine their

During September-October 1997, 21 three-component broadband seismometers were deployed on Stromboli Volcano at radial distances of 0.3-2.2 km from the active crater to investigate the source mechanisms of Strombolian explosions. In the 2-50 s band, the very-long period (VLP) signals associated with explosions are consistent with two stationary

This paper is the second part in a series, the first part of which presented an outline of the analysis of 60 spectra from a follow-up program to the Two Micron Galactic Survey (TGMS) project in the l=27 deg, b=0 deg area. In this second part, we present a more detailed explanation of the analysis, a library of the spectra for more complete

A programme of visible multi-colour monitoring of blazars was started in the Canary Islands in 1986. Infrared monitoring was added to the programme in 1988. The sample of objects to be observed is deliberately kept small to ensure that each one receives an acceptable level of light curve coverage. The programme was carried out using scheduled

We report on the discovery of a rapidly corotating stellar and gas component in the nucleus of the shell elliptical NGC 2865. The stellar component extends ~ 0.51 h_100^-1 kpc along the major axis, and shows depressed velocity dispersion and absorption-line profiles skewed in the opposite sense to the mean velocity. Associated with it is a young