Observations of SN 1988A in M58 are presented which show a remarkable departure from Co-56 decay in the optical light curve starting about 700 days since explosion. It is shown that the departure cannot be explained by the contribution from other radioactive isotopes to the late luminosity, and fluorescence in nearby clouds can be excluded as the

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The behavior of charged particles near X-type magnetic neutral lines is investigated. The magnetic field is taken to be hyperbolic and time stationary, with a uniform electric field perpendicular to the magnetic field. The general properties of the orbits of noninteracting particles in that field geometry are examined. Approximate analytic

High-resolution spectra (range 655-675 nm) are presented of the pre-main sequence triple system UX Tau. Favorable seeing conditions allowed detection of the spectra of the faintest component, where detection of the H-alpha and the Li-I 670.7 nm feature are reported. An estimate of effective temperature, luminosity, and mass leads to the conclusion

The identification of a bipolar planetary nebula is reported with a description of its characteristics. The nebula IRAS 22568 + 6141 has an extension of 8 arcsec, a high extinction of 2.37, and electron temperature and density of 11,500 K and 20,000/cu cm respectively. The distance to the object is estimated at 6 kpc by means of the Shklovskii

Absorption line profile asymmetries in ellipticals with peculiar core kinematics, and their role as diagnostics of mergers, are analyzed using self-consistent numerical merger models. The remnants of mergers involving a denser secondary component show asymmetric line-of-sight velocity distributions at their cores. Skewness is negative where the