The luminosity of the bulge was an important parameter in the early classification of galaxies. Later a large dispersion was found between the bulge-to-total (B/T) mass ratio and the morphological type, but B/T is still expected to have a fundamental role in the evolutionary picture of galaxies. For example the B/T, together with the shape

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We present the results of the analysis of near-infrared images of 14 southern hemisphere dark clouds taken at Las Campanas Observatory. All selected regions have associated IRAS sources. We based our study of the young stellar population associated with the clouds on our J, H and Ks calibrated images.

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We discuss how a wide field imager with very high spatial resolution on a relatively small telescope but located in an observing site with very good seeing might constrain the fraction of binary stars in Galactic globular clusters. We also mention the role that the new data might play in investigating advanced evolutionary phases of low-mass stars