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	Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Vol. 377 No. 3 (October III 2001)
Cover illustration: Fallen trees in the devastated region of the 1908 Tunguska event (photograph by Leonid Kulik, 1928), (Farinella, P., et al., p. 1083)

Letters
• The interpretation of Mn II emission from late-type B stars     p. L27
  T. A. A. Sigut
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• The complex iron line of NGC 5506     p. L31
  G. Matt, M. Guainazzi, G. C. Perola, F. Fiore, F. Nicastro, M. Cappi and L. Piro
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Extragalactic astronomy
• The infrared continuum radiation of NGC 1808 - A PAH and polarisation study     p. 735
  R. Siebenmorgen, E. Krügel and R. J. Laureijs
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• The velocity field of UGC 6697 revisited     p. 745
  G. Gavazzi, M. Marcelin, A. Boselli, P. Amram, J. M. Vílchez, J. Iglesias-Paramo and M. Tarenghi
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• NGC 5775: Anatomy of a disk-halo interface     p. 759
  S.-W. Lee, J. A. Irwin, R.-J. Dettmar, C. T. Cunningham, G. Golla and Q. D. Wang
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• The ROSAT deep survey - VII. RX J105343+5735: A massive cluster at z= 1.263     p. 778
  D. Thompson, L. Pozzetti, G. Hasinger, I. Lehmann, M. Schmidt, B. T. Soifer, G. Szokoly, G. Wilson and G. Zamorani
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• Planetary nebulae as mass tracers of their parent galaxies: Biases in the estimate of the kinematical quantities     p. 784
  N. R. Napolitano, M. Arnaboldi, K. C. Freeman and M. Capaccioli
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• HI observations of nearby galaxies - IV. More dwarf galaxies in the southern sky     p. 801
  W. K. Huchtmeier, I. D. Karachentsev and V. E. Karachentseva
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• Where is the neutral atomic gas in Hickson groups?     p. 812
  L. Verdes-Montenegro, M. S. Yun, B. A. Williams, W. K. Huchtmeier, A. Del Olmo and J. Perea
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• Are the hotspots of radio galaxies the sites of in situ acceleration of relativistic particles?     p. 827
  Gopal-Krishna, P. Subramanian, P. J. Wiita and P. A. Becker
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• Radial B-V/V-K color gradients, extinction-free Q_BVK combined color indices, and the history of star formation of the Cartwheel ring galaxy     p. 835
  E. I. Vorobyov and D. Bizyaev
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Stellar clusters and associations
• Reddening and age for 13 southern Galactic open clusters determined from integrated spectra     p. 845
  A. V. Ahumada, J. J. Clariá, E. Bica, C. M. Dutra and M. C. Torres
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Formation, structure and evolution of stars
• The pre-main-sequence star IP Persei     p. 854
  A. S. Miroshnichenko, K. S. Bjorkman, E. L. Chentsov, V. G. Klochkova, R. O. Gray, P. García-Lario and J. V. Perea Calderón
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• Mass, linear momentum and kinetic energy of bipolar flows in protoplanetary nebulae     p. 868
  V. Bujarrabal, A. Castro-Carrizo, J. Alcolea and C. Sánchez Contreras
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• An analysis of the light curve of the post common envelope binary MT Serpentis     p. 898
  A. Bruch, L. P. R. Vaz and M. P. Diaz
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• The solar neighbourhood age-metallicity relation - Does it exist?     p. 911
  S. Feltzing, J. Holmberg and J. R. Hurley
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• The mass of the neutron star in Vela X-1     p. 925
  O. Barziv, L. Kaper, M. H. Van Kerkwijk, J. H. Telting and J. Van Paradijs
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• Variability and spectral classification of LMC giants: Results from DENIS and EROS     p. 945
  M.-R. L. Cioni, J.-B. Marquette, C. Loup, M. Azzopardi, H. J. Habing, T. Lasserre and E. Lesquoy
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• X-ray spectra from protons illuminating a neutron star     p. 955
  B. Deufel, C. P. Dullemond and H. C. Spruit
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• An inverse Compton scattering (ICS) model of pulsar emission - II. Frequency behavior of pulse profiles     p. 964
  G. J. Qiao, J. F. Liu, B. Zhang and J. L. Han
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• Investigation of the Magellanic eclipsing binary HV 2241     p. 972
  P. G. Ostrov, N. I. Morrell and E. Lapasset
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Stellar atmospheres
• Direct multi-wavelength limb-darkening measurements of three late-type giants with the Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer     p. 981
  M. Wittkowski, C. A. Hummel, K. J. Johnston, D. Mozurkewich, A. R. Hajian and N. M. White
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• Detection of the unusual 3.5 m feature in the Herbig Be star MWC 297     p. 994
  H. Terada, M. Imanishi, M. Goto and T. Maihara
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Diffuse matter in space
• A study of the kinematics of the H O maser sources S269 and W75S from long-term monitoring     p. 999
  E. E. Lekht, N. A. Silant'ev, J. E. Mendoza-Torres, M. I. Pashchenko and V. V. Krasnov
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• Infrared properties of planetary nebulae with [WR] central stars     p. 1007
  S. K. Górny, G. Stasinska, R. Szczerba and R. Tylenda
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• The stability of the Circumnuclear Disk clouds in the Galactic Centre     p. 1016
  B. Vollmer and W. J. Duschl
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• Mapping the interstellar dust with near-infrared observations: An optimized multi-band technique     p. 1023
  M. Lombardi and J. Alves
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• New planetary nebulae towards the galactic center     p. 1035
  E. Cappellaro, F. Sabbadin, S. Benetti and M. Turatto
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• Evidence for binarity in the bipolar planetary nebulae A 79, He 2-428 and M 1-91     p. 1042
  M. Rodríguez, R. L. M. Corradi and A. Mampaso
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• Excess GeV radiation and cosmic ray origin     p. 1056
  I. Büsching, M. Pohl and R. Schlickeiser
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• The problem of C as source of diffuse interstellar bands revisited     p. 1063
  G. Galazutdinov, F. Musaev, J. Nirski and J. Krelowski
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The sun
• MHD consistent cellular automata (CA) models - II. Applications to solar flares     p. 1068
  H. Isliker, A. Anastasiadis and L. Vlahos
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The solar system
• Probable asteroidal origin of the Tunguska Cosmic Body     p. 1081
  P. Farinella, L. Foschini, Ch. Froeschlé, R. Gonczi, T. J. Jopek, G. Longo and P. Michel
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• Broadband infrared photometry of comet Hale-Bopp with ISOPHOT     p. 1098
  E. Grün, M. S. Hanner, S. B. Peschke, T. Müller, H. Boehnhardt, T. Y. Brooke, H. Campins, J. Crovisier, C. Delahodde, I. Heinrichsen, H. U. Keller, R. F. Knacke, H. Krüger, P. Lamy, Ch. Leinert, D. Lemke, C. M. Lisse, M. Müller, D. J. Osip, M. Solc, M. Stickel, M. Sykes, V. Vanysek and J. Zarnecki
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• Time analysis for temporary gravitational capture - Stable orbits     p. 1119
  O. C. Winter and E. Vieira Neto
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Instruments, observational techniques and data processing
• Two dual-wavelength sequences of high-resolution solar photospheric images captured over several hours and restored by use of phase diversity     p. 1128
  M. G. Löfdahl, T. E. Berger and J. H. Seldin
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Computational methods
• A single explosion model for the supernova remnant 3C 400.2     p. 1136
  P. F. Velázquez, E. de la Fuente, M. Rosado and A. C. Raga
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