We present results of a CCD optical imaging survey of the ionized gas in 73 luminous elliptical and lenticular galaxies, selected from the RC3 catalog to represent a broad variety of X-ray, radio, infrared and kinematical properties. For each galaxy we have used broad-band R images and narrow-band images centered at the Hα and [NII] emission lines

We observed the reflection nebula NGC 7023 at various positions using wide and narrow band photometry centred on the 7.7 and 11.3μm PAH emission features and wide band photometry at 20 and 25μm. No significant variations have been detected over the nebula in the 7.3 and 20μm continuum relative to the total emission in the 6-15μm range (hereafter

The study of iron lines from 49 high-resolution IUE spectra observed in the period of 1985-1991 allowed us to find a repetition time between two successive shells of the order of six months. We found that absorption lines of Fe III often have two components while Fe II lines can have three. P Cygni is the only luminous blue variable that does not

We have carried out broad band photometry of the interacting galaxy system NGC 6090 from 3.6 to 200μm using ISOPHOT. This is complemented by a low resolution spectrum in the wavelength range 2.5-11.5μm. The IR spectral energy distribution of a starburst galaxy is shown with unprecedented detail. From our Far Infrared measurements we can demonstrate

First results from a two-dimensional numerical study of the buoyant rise of twisted magnetic flux tubes in the solar convection zone are presented. We show in detail the process by which the transverse component of the field can suppress the splitting of the rising tube into two vortex filaments. For the suppression to be effective, the pitch angle

We present a study of the old and intermediate-age star formation history (SFH) of the Local Group dwarf irregular galaxy (DIG) NGC 6822. It has been quantitatively obtained from the comparison of the observed [(V-I)_0_, M_I_] CM diagram with a set of model CM diagrams, computed assuming different evolutionary scenarios. The comparison has been