While Abell 43 is entering the PG 1159 instability strip, in fact as an "hybrid-PG 1159" nucleus of a planetary nebula, PG 0122+200 presently defines its red edge. So these two stars define the limits of the instability strip along the evolutionary sequence from the planetary nebula nuclei to the pre-white dwarf PG 1159 stars. We describe the new

We present the results of a deep wide-field near-infrared survey of 12 deg2 of the Pleiades conducted as part of the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) Galactic Cluster Survey (GCS). We have extracted over 340 high-probability proper motion (PM) members down to 0.03 Msolar using a combination of UKIDSS

Context: The Galactic H ii region NGC 2579 has stayed undeservedly unexplored due to identification problems which persisted until recently. Both NGC 2579 and its companion ESO 370-9 have been misclassified as planetary or reflection nebula, confused with each other and with other objects. Due to its high surface brightness, high excitation

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We present the results of a 9.3-deg2 infrared (ZYJHK) survey Upper Scorpius association extracted from the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) Galactic Cluster Survey Early Data Release (Dye et al., 2006MNRAS.372.1227D). We have selected a total of 112 candidates from the (Z-J, Z) colour-magnitude diagram over the Z=12.5-20.5 magnitude range

Context: About 500 new variable stars enter the General Catalogue of Variable Stars (GCVS) every year. Most of them however lack spectroscopic observations, which remains critical for a correct assignement of the variability type and for the understanding of the object. Aims: The Variable Star One-shot Project (VSOP) is aimed at (1) providing the