The possible existence of the June Lyrid meteor shower is examined from data in the IMO archive from 1984 to 1997. It is concluded that the activity is weak but detectable in most years. The mean activity curve shos a symmetrical rise and fall about a maximum of ZHR = 3, although annual variations are undoubtedly present. The solar longitude of the

We present the first part of the first large and homogeneous CCD color-magnitude diagram (CMD) data base, comprising 52 nearby Galactic globular clusters (GGC) imaged in the V and I bands using only two telescopes (one for each hemisphere). The observed clusters represent 75% of the known Galactic globulars with (m-M)V

An analysis of the optical flashes produced by Leonid meteoroids impacting the Moon in 1999 November is carried out in order to estimate the fraction of kinetic energy converted into radiation, the so-called luminous efficiency η. It is shown that the observational data are consistent with luminous efficiencies of 2×10-3 in the wavelength range of

We present images and high-resolution spectra of the planetary nebulae IC 2553 and NGC 5882. Spatiokinematic modeling of the nebulae shows that they are composed of a markedly elongated inner shell and of a less aspherical outer shell expanding at a considerably higher velocity than the inner one. Embedded in the outer shells of both nebulae are

File table1.dat contains near-infrared JHK magnitudes of a sample of 18 Vega-like and post-T Tauri stars observed by the EXPORT collaboration. File table2.dat contains near-infrared JHK magnitudes of a sample of 4 pre-main sequence stars observed by EXPORT. The data were taken during four observing runs in the period May 1998 to January 1999. (3

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