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A&A 500, E1-E2 (2009)
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912466

Editorial

Volume 500, Issue 1: the A&A 40th anniversary special issue

C. Bertout

Editor-in-Chief, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Observatoire de Paris, 61 Av. de l'Observatoire, 75014 Paris, France
    e-mail: claude.bertout@obspm.fr

© ESO 2009

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