HD 331319 is a F3 Ib star with a detached cold circumstellar dust shell with far-IR colours similar to planetary nebulae. From an analysis of high resolution spectra using LTE stellar atmospheric models, we have derived the atmospheric parameters and the chemical composition of HD 331319. By matching the theoretical and the observed spectrum we

In the high resolution optical spectra we identified forbidden lines of [OI] and [CI], which indicate the presence of low excitation nebula. There are many emission lines due forbidden and permitted lines of neutral and singly ionised metals. The Hα, FeII 6383Å, NaI D1, D2 lines and the CaII IR triplet lines show P-Cygni profiles indicating a mass

HD 168625 (B9-A0 Ia) was classified as a post-AGB star and also as a luminous blue variable. We have analysed the high resolution optical spectra of HD 168625 and derived the atmospheric parameters and the chemical composition. We obtained Teff = 15000K, log g = 2.5, xit = 6km/s and [M/H] = 0.0, and estimated the chemical composition. We find [C/H]

The relation between the surface velocity of a pulsating star in the star's inertial frame and the apparent expansion velocity measured by a remote observer has been classically formulated in terms of a projection factor p. This factor depends on the relative limb darkening in continuum and spectral lines and may therefore be a function of

We have selected a sample of 55 kpc-sized flat spectrum radio sources from the JVAS/CLASS1 surveys which contain about 4800 objects. Optical (photometry and spectroscopy) and higher resolution radio follow ups are being carried out. Our sample is characterized by objects dominated by radio emission on kpc scales and splits, morphologically, into

We have extended our evolutionary synthesis models for star forming regions to the γ-ray domain. We obtain the light-curves of γ-ray line emission due to radioactive decay of stellar nucleosynthesis products, such as 26 Al, 60 Fe, or the e- e+ annihilation line as well as the evolution of the kinetic energy from massive stars. We present the