We have discovered an object in the field of the Galactic open cluster [1]36 which exhibits a nebulous tail-like structure and a high velocity outflow. We first observed the jet morphology in optical images taken at the Michigan-Dartmouth-MIT (MDM) Observatory at Kitt Peak. This source, located at 05h36min05.9s, 34deg06'12.1" (J2000), is found to

We obtained K-band (2.0-2.5 micron) infrared spectra of the visually obscured superluminal source GRS 1915+105 on three different epochs of the year 1995, at times when it was detected as a hard X-ray source. The three spectra exhibit HI Br(gamma) (2.167 micron) and HeI (2.058 micron) emission lines. The spectral morphology, absolute magnitude, and

Modelling of asymmetries in spectral lines with different formation heights (K I 7699, Fe I 5576 and Fe I 5635A), observed in the quiet Sun at the disk center, has been performed with the aim of reproducing the absolute line bisectors obtained from low resolution observations. The influence of a number of physical and observational factors on the

We present optical photometry and spectroscopy of the nova-like variable V795 Her. The emission lines exhibit an extremely complex structure consisting of several time-variable emission and absorption components. We confirm the spectroscopic modulation of 0.1082d which we attribute to the orbital period of the system. The equivalent widths (EWs) of

There is strong anticipation that the Leonid meteor shower could produce storm-level activity in 1998 and/or 1999. The well-documented Leonid outburst in 1996 and the more poorly observed one in 1994 have been taken by many observers to imply that a storm is imminent, This article explores the possible relationship between the 1996 outburst in

Comparing the different wavelengths of the DIRBE integrated surface brightness maps at positive and negative Galactic longitudes on the plane near the Galactic center, it is shown that there exists a thick dust lane (between 1.0 and 2.6 mag of absorption in K) at negative longitudes (as compared to positive ones), which follows the "standard"