We present narrowband H-alpha imaging and long-slit optical and near-infrared spectroscopy of the giant H II region NGC 2363. The spectroscopic data are taken at two positions, in the brightest core and in a knot approximately 6 sec to the east, where we have found broad emission lines at 4660 A and 5810 A attributed to WC stars which suggest an

We present and discuss the UV spectrum of the supergiant star in NGC206-277 in M 31, obtained with the Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS) on Hubble Space Telescope (HST). An optical blue spectrum taken at Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) is also shown. From the optical and UV line spectra we classify the star B1.5Ia. We fit the continuum far-UV

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During the international OJ-94 campaign we have also monitored blazar 3C 66A. Since fall 1993 we have collected over 500 V-band observations. This constitutes more data than all the previous observations put together. During this monitoring the blazar was in outburst reaching V-magnitude 13.7 (JD 9414). This is the brightest it has ever been

We present the results of the study of visible (BVRI) intra-night variability of the BL Lac object OJ287. The observations were carried out on a total of 29 nights during the period November 1993-October 1994, with only nights with at least 4 observations being included. Three telescopes were used for the study: the 1m Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope and

The distance of the Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy is discussed in the light of new, deep photometry of the resolved stars taken in the bands V, R, and I of the Johnson-Cousins system. The tip of the red giant branch is identified beyond doubt. From its position, a distance modulus of (m - M)0 = 24.9 +/- 0.1 is derived, in disagreement with the