We present two-dimensional Fabry-Perot observations of emission-line distribution and kinematics in nearly spiral galaxies. We have developed and demonstrated the utility of a number of analysis tools which have general applicability, and which we will use to analyze the dynamics of interstellar gas in a sample of 9 late-type spiral galaxies all

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We investigate bulge and disk scaling relations using a volume-corrected sample of early- to intermediate-type disk galaxies in which, importantly, the biasing flux from additional nuclear components has been modeled and removed. Structural parameters are obtained from a seeing-convolved, bulge + disk + nuclear-component decomposition applied to

We have measured the central structural properties for a sample of S0-Sbc galaxies down to scales of ~10 pc using Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS images. Central star clusters are found in 58% of our sample. Their near-infrared luminosities scale with the host bulge luminosities, as reported in 2003 by Balcells and coworkers. In terms of photometric

We report the arrival of a new Fabry-Perot interferometer, GHAFAS, which will be mounted at the Nasmyth focus of the 4.2 meter William Herschel Telescope on La Palma in July 2007. Using modern technology, with a spectral resolution of the order R>20000, and with a seeing limited spatial resolution, GHAFAS will provide a new look at the H-alpha

Optical/near-infrared (optical/NIR, OIR) light from low-mass neutron star X-ray binaries (NSXBs) in outburst is traditionally thought to be thermal emission from the accretion disc. Here we present a comprehensive collection of quasi-simultaneous OIR and X-ray data from 19 low magnetic field NSXBs, including new observations of three sources: 4U