The luminous infrared galaxy Arp 299 (IC 694 + NGC 3690) is studied using optical integral field spectroscopy obtained with the INTEGRAL system, together with archival Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 and NICMOS images. The stellar and ionized gas morphology shows λ-dependent variations due to the combined effects of the dust internal extinction and

Context: In the past few years, a new class of high mass X-ray binaries (HMXRB) has been claimed to exist, the supergiant fast X-ray transients (SFXT). These are X-ray binary systems with a compact companion orbiting a supergiant star which show very short and bright outbursts in a series of activity periods overimposed on longer quiescent periods

We have performed a data analysis of the high-mass X- ray binary EXO 2030+375 using the three high-energy instruments on board INTEGRAL during a normal outburst of the source. The observations were made during the INTEGRAL Performance Verification phase in December 2002 and represent a total on-source time of about ¡£¢¥¤ s. X-ray pulsations with a

We present a type-I outburst of the high-mass X-ray binary EXO 2030+375, detected during INTEGRAL's Performance and Verification phase in December 2002 (on-source time about 106 s). In addition, six more outbursts have been observed during INTEGRAL's Galactic Plane Scans. X-ray pulsations have been detected with a pulse period of 41.691798 ± 0

We present intensive optical, infrared, and radio monitoring observations of the BL Lac object OJ 287, taken between the years 1993-1998. Two large optical outbursts were detected at the predicted times in November 1994 and December 1995. The detection of these outbursts supports the binary black hole model for OJ 287. Optical and radio

The authors have determined the masses and orbital parameters for the galaxies in the strongly interacting binary NGC 4782/4783 by finding a numerical simulation of the collision that accurately represents all of the observed properties of the system. With this simulation, the authors have completely determined the three-dimensional orientation and