Are Microstructures in the Outer Shells of PNe Fossil Condensations of the AGB Wind?
Some planetary nebulae (PNe) show microstructures of low ionization located in their outer regions, i.e. external to the bright rim defined by the fast vs. slow...
We have observed a sample of "ordinary" quasars, selected only on the grounds of their relative brightness in the visible, with the Turku Photopolarimeter on...
Are radio-loud Broad Absorption Line Quasars young sources?
Studying Broad Absorption Line Quasars (BAL QSOs) is interesting because they probe the physics of the AGN environment, and because AGN outflows are important...
Are short-term variations in solar oscillation frequencies the signature of a second solar dynamo?
In addition to the well-known 11-year solar cycle, the Sun's magnetic activity also shows significant variation on shorter time scales, e.g. between one and two...
Are Some Inner Spiral Disks Counter-Rotating or are They Warped?
Simulation of encounters of disk galaxies (Barnes 2002, MNRAS, 333, 481) shows that the newly formed disks are often warped, many have rather complex kinematics...
The effect of temperature fluctuations in the spectra of ionized nebulae was firstly explored by Peimbert (1967). Since then, the problem of their existence has...