We present full Stokes observations from SPINOR (Spectro-Polarimeter for INfrared and Optical Regions, at the Dunn Solar Telescope) in the Ca II infrared triplet and the He I multiplet at 1083 nm from which some properties of spicules have been derived. There are important advantages in multiline observations, particularly from different elements

Two time series, taken simultaneously in the G-band and in white-light, and corrected for telescope aberrations and turbulence perturbations using the method of phase diversity, are employed to study the motions of granules and G-band bright points (GBPs) in the moat of an old regular sunspot. Local correlation tracking and feature tracking have

The bright southern binary star β Centauri (HR5267) has been observed with the Sydney University Stellar Interferometer (SUSI) and spectroscopically with the European Southern Observatory Coude Auxiliary Telescope and Swiss Euler telescope at La Silla. The interferometric observations have confirmed the binary nature of the primary component and

Here we discuss the properties of star cluster winds in the supercritical, catastrophic cooling regime. We demonstrate that catastrophic cooling inhibits superwinds and that after a rapid phase of accumulation of the ejected material within the star-forming volume, a new stationary isothermal regime, supported by the ionizing radiation from the

We report on new R-band photometry of the outbursting black hole candidate XTE J1118+480 (ATEL #383, #384) obtained with the 4.2m WHT at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (La Palma) and with the FLWO 1.2m telescope on Mt. Hopkins. We measure the following average magnitudes: Feb 20.19 (UT), R=16.94 +/- 0.06; Feb 21.18, R=17.41 +/- 0.06

The software package CAOS (code for adaptive optics systems) described in this paper is a software ensemble of modules designed for end-to-end simulation of generic astronomical adaptive optics (AO) systems, including a complete atmosphere turbulence model, sodium laser-guide star upward and downward propagation, observed object definition, Shack