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	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 369 No. 3 (April III 2001)
Cover illustration: Stereo-views of the planetary nebula NGC 1501 (Ragazzoni, R., et al., p. 1093)

Letters
• Kinematics of molecular gas in the nucleus of NGC 1068, from H line emission observed with VLT     p. L33
  D. Alloin, E. Galliano, J. G. Cuby, O. Marco, D. Rouan, Y. Clénet, G. L. Granato and A. Franceschini
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Cosmology
• How to distinguish a nearly flat Universe from a flat Universe using the orientation independence of a comoving standard ruler     p. 729
  B. F. Roukema
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Extragalactic astronomy
• Surface-brightness profiles of dwarf galaxies in the NGC 5044 Group: Implications for the luminosity-shape and scalelength-shape relationships as distance indicators     p. 736
  C. K. Young and M. J. Currie
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• On the shape of luminosity profiles of dwarf galaxies as a distance indicator: The NGC 5044 Group revisited     p. 742
  S. A. Cellone and A. Buzzoni
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• Intermediate-band photometry of a rich cluster of galaxies: A2218     p. 750
  K. Rakos, D. Dominis and S. Steindling
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• Optical observations of BL Lacertae from 1997 to 1999     p. 758
  J. H. Fan, B. C. Qian and J. Tao
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• HI-rich dwarf galaxies in the Hydra I cluster - II. Spectroscopic data     p. 763
  P.A. Duc, V. Cayatte, C. Balkowski, T. X. Thuan, P. Papaderos and W. van Driel
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• The Sagittarius dwarf galaxy as a microlensing target     p. 778
  P. Cseresnjes and C. Alard
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• The ATESP radio survey - IV. Optical identifications and spectroscopy in the EIS-A region     p. 787
  I. Prandoni, L. Gregorini, P. Parma, H. R. de Ruiter, G. Vettolani, A. Zanichelli, M. H. Wieringa and R. D. Ekers
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• The chemical abundances in a sample of dwarf irregular galaxies - II. The case of IC 4662 and ESO 245-G05     p. 797
  A. M. Hidalgo-Gámez, J. Masegosa and K. Olofsson
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• Deep VLT search for globular clusters in NGC 5128: Color-magnitude diagrams and globular cluster luminosity function     p. 812
  M. Rejkuba
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• The ROSAT-ESO flux limited X-ray (REFLEX) galaxy cluster survey. I. The construction of the cluster sample     p. 826
  H. Böhringer, P. Schuecker, L. Guzzo, C. A. Collins, W. Voges, S. Schindler, D. M. Neumann, R. G. Cruddace, S. De Grandi, G. Chincarini, A. C. Edge, H. T. MacGillivray and P. Shaver
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Stellar clusters and associations
• Luminosity and mass function of galactic open clusters I. NGC 4815     p. 851
  L. Prisinzano, G. Carraro, G. Piotto, A. F. Seleznev, P. B. Stetson and I. Saviane
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• Variable stars in the globular cluster M 92     p. 862
  G. Kopacki
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• Lithium in the Coma Berenices open cluster     p. 871
  A. Ford, R. D. Jeffries, D. J. James and J. R. Barnes
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Formation, structure and evolution of stars
• Solar-type cycles of the secondary stars in cataclysmic variables     p. 882
  T. Ak, M. T. Ozkan and J. A. Mattei
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• A study of polarized spectra of magnetic CP stars: Predicted vs. observed Stokes IQUV profiles for CrB and 53 Cam     p. 889
  S. Bagnulo, G. A. Wade, J.-F. Donati, J. D. Landstreet, F. Leone, D. N. Monin and M. J. Stift
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• Contribution to the search of binaries among Am stars - II. HD 81976 and HD 98880, double-lined spectroscopic binaries     p. 908
  J.-M. Carquillat, N. Ginestet and J.-L. Prieur
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• Results of a LMXB survey: Variation in the height of the neutron star blackbody emission region     p. 915
  M. J. Church and M. Balucinska-Church
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• Z Cam stars: A particular response to a general phenomenon     p. 925
  V. Buat-Ménard, J.-M. Hameury and J.-P. Lasota
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• A Catalogue of carbon stars in the LMC     p. 932
  E. Kontizas, A. Dapergolas, D. H. Morgan and M. Kontizas
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• Formation of contact in massive close binaries     p. 939
  S. Wellstein, N. Langer and H. Braun
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• A Photometric study of the near-contact system RU Ursae Minoris     p. 960
  V. N. Manimanis and P. G. Niarchos
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• Formation of Fe X-Fe XIV coronal lines in the accretion shock of T Tauri stars     p. 965
  S. A. Lamzin, H. C. Stempels and N. E. Piskunov
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• X-ray emission of multiple T Tauri stars in Taurus     p. 971
  B. König, R. Neuhäuser and B. Stelzer
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• On the Scuti variability in the pre-main sequence Herbig Ae star HR 5999     p. 981
  D. W. Kurtz and C. Catala
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• CCD-based observations of PG 0856+121 and a theoretical analysis of its oscillation modes     p. 986
  A. Ulla, M. R. Zapatero Osorio, F. Pérez Hernández and J. MacDonald
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• Non-axisymmetric accretion on the classical TTS RW Aur A     p. 993
  P. P. Petrov, G. F. Gahm, J. F. Gameiro, R. Duemmler, I. V. Ilyin, T. Laakkonen, M. T. V. T. Lago and I. Tuominen
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Stellar atmospheres
• Non-LTE line formation for MgI/II: Abundances and stellar parameters - Model atom and first results on A-type stars     p. 1009
  N. Przybilla, K. Butler, S. R. Becker and R. P. Kudritzki
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• On the shock-induced variability of emission lines in M-type Mira variables - I. Observational data     p. 1027
  He. Richter and P. R. Wood
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• A database of high and medium-resolution stellar spectra     p. 1048
  Ph. Prugniel and C. Soubiran
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• Stellar and circumstellar activity of the Be star Centauri - III. Multiline nonradial pulsation modeling     p. 1058
  Th. Rivinius, D. Baade, S. Stefl, R. H. D. Townsend, O. Stahl, B. Wolf and A. Kaufer
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Diffuse matter in space
• The X-ray nebula of the filled center supernova remnant 3C 58 and its interaction with the environment     p. 1078
  F. Bocchino, R. S. Warwick, P. Marty, D. Lumb, W. Becker and C. Pigot
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• 3-D ionization structure (in stereoscopic view) of planetary nebulae: the case of NGC 1501     p. 1088
  R. Ragazzoni, E. Cappellaro, S. Benetti, M. Turatto and F. Sabbadin
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The sun
• Drifting radio bursts and fine structures in the 0.8-7.6 GHz frequency range observed in the NOAA 9077 AR (July 10-14, 2000) solar flares     p. 1104
  M. Karlický, Y. Yan, Q. Fu, S. Wang, K. Jiricka, H. Mészárosová and Y. Liu
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Celestial mechanics and astrometry
• Spiral windows for escaping stars     p. 1112
  J. F. Navarro and J. Henrard
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Physical and chemical processes
• Numerical simulations of linear magnetohydrodynamic waves in two-dimensional force-free magnetic fields     p. 1122
  I. Arregui, R. Oliver and J. L. Ballester
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Instruments, observational techniques and data processing
• Useful transformations between photometric systems     p. 1140
  P. Harmanec and H. Bozic
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