On 20-21 October 2005, the remaining six Chandra/HRC-I observations (as mentioned in ATEL #637) were performed as part of the XMM-Newton/ Chandra monitoring campaign of the 1.7 square degree region around Sgr A* (Wijnands et al. 2005, A&A submitted, astro-ph/0508648). The neutron star X-ray transient SAX J1747.0-2853 was in the field-of-view of one

Near-IR images of the prototype LINER/Seyfert type 1 galaxy NGC 1097 observed with the Very Large Telescope using adaptive optics disclose with unprecedented detail a complex central network of filamentary structure spiraling down to the center of the galaxy. The structure, consisting of several spiral arms, some almost completing a revolution

We present the results of a meta-analysis of Keck spectra of extragalactic globular clusters (GCs) in a sample of eight galaxies, ranging from dwarf galaxies to massive elliptical galaxies. We infer ages for the metal-poor and metal-rich GCs in these galaxies through comparisons to Galactic GCs. Both subpopulations appear to be no younger than

There is a misidentification in the printed version of the catalog for the SE complex. Owing to an IDL error, the ID numbers in Table 8, Table 12 (between the ID SE48 and SE70), and Figure 3 do not correspond to the listed values. The corrected Table 12 below includes only those clusters that correspond to the SE complex. The information in the

We study the rotation rates and electric dipole emission of hydrogenated icosahedral fullerenes (single and multishell) in various phases of the interstellar medium. Using the formalism of Draine & Lazarian for the rotational dynamics of these molecules in various astrophysical environments, we find effective rotation rates in the range 1-65 GHz

We present a photometric survey aimed at the identification of variable stars in the galactic globular cluster ω Cen. Our photometric catalogue is based on ~ 400 exposures of the central region of the cluster(Fov ~ 15' × 15') collected with the Danish Telescope. The catalogue has an accuracy of about ~ 0.02 mag at B ~ 18 mag. We present here