Emission sparks around M 81 and in some dSph galaxies
  We use H-alpha images of three clumps of young stars situated between M81 and
NGC3077 to estimate their star formation rate. Radial velocities of the clumps
measured by us, as well as the velocity of HII-region in the dSph galaxy KDG61
are compatible with their location at the outskirts of a large rotating gaseous
disc around M81. In contrast to KDG61, radial velocity of the emission knot in
the dSph galaxy DDO44, +213+-25 km/s, tells us that this H-alpha spark belongs
to the dSph galaxy itself. F475W and F814W images of DDO44 extracted from the
HST archive reveal 8 bluish (B-I < 0.8) stars apparently associated with the
H-alpha knot.
