Gravitational microlensing as a test of stellar model atmospheres     p. L1 H. M. Bryce, M. A. Hendry, and D. Valls-Gabaud DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020507 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (172 KB) | PS (601 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A rapidly variable narrow X-ray iron line in Mkn 841     p. L5 P. O. Petrucci et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020534 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (144 KB) | PS (254 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Infrared spectroscopy of the largest known trans-Neptunian object 2001 KX76     p. L9 J. Licandro, F. Ghinassi, and L. Testi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020533 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (106 KB) | PS (220 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Carbon and nitrogen abundances in the coronae of Algol B and other evolved stars: Evidence for CNO-cycle processed material     p. L13 J. H. M. M. Schmitt, and J.-U. Ness DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020558 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (179 KB) | PS (267 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Observation of the linear polarization in the flare with a powerful surge     p. L17 N. M. Firstova, and L. K. Kashapova DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020568 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (532 KB) | PS (1.01 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The dominant X-ray wind in massive star binaries     p. L20 J. M. Pittard, and I. R. Stevens DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020583 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (158 KB) | PS (241 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multi-object spectroscopy of low redshift EIS clusters. I.     p. 1 L. Hansen, L. F. Olsen, and H. E. Jørgensen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020341 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (129 KB) | PS (120 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Molecular gas in NGC 6946     p. 7 W. Walsh, R. Beck, G. Thuma, A. Weiss, R. Wielebinski, and M. Dumke DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020467 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.02 MB) | PS (2.17 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Structure and stellar content of dwarf galaxies - VII. B and R photometry of 25 southern field dwarfs and a disk parameter analysis of the complete sample of nearby irregulars     p. 29 B. R. Parodi, F. D. Barazza, and B. Binggeli DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020432 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.73 MB) | PS (4.79 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Position-velocity diagrams of ionized gas in the inner regions of disk galaxies     p. 50 J. G. Funes, S.J., E. M. Corsini, M. Cappellari, A. Pizzella, J. C. Vega Beltrán, C. Scarlata, and F. Bertola DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020406 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.45 MB) | PS (3.55 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A conspicuous tangential alignment of galaxies in a STIS Parallel Shear Survey field: A new dark-lens candidate?     p. 68 J.-M. Miralles, T. Erben, H. Hämmerle, P. Schneider, R. A. E. Fosbury, W. Freudling, N. Pirzkal, B. Jain, and S. D. M. White DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020426 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (414 KB) | PS (228 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM–Newton observations of the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 335     p. 74 P. Gondoin, A. Orr, D. Lumb, and M. Santos-Lleo DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020435 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (389 KB) | PS (300 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Early-type variables in the Magellanic Clouds - I. β Cephei stars in the LMC bar     p. 88 A. Pigulski, and Z. Kołaczkowski DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020437 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.92 MB) | PS (1.72 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

ROSAT X-ray sources in the field of the LMC - II. Statistics of background AGN and X-ray binaries     p. 100 P. Kahabka DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020480 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (418 KB) | PS (255 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

ROSAT X-ray sources in the field of the LMC - III. The log N – log S of background AGN and the LMC gas     p. 113 P. Kahabka, K. S. de Boer, and C. Brüns DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020481 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (318 KB) | PS (349 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Dynamics of the Circumnuclear Disk and its environment in the Galactic Centre     p. 128 B. Vollmer, and W. J. Duschl DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020422 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.56 MB) | PS (1.13 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

CCD photometry in the Vilnius system in the vicinity of the globular cluster M 56     p. 149 F. Smriglio, A. K. Dasgupta, and R. P. Boyle DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020447 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (216 KB) | PS (1.10 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Integrated photometric characteristics of galactic open star clusters     p. 158 S. Lata, A. K. Pandey, R. Sagar, and V. Mohan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020450 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (428 KB) | PS (393 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Proper motions of open clusters based on the TYCHO2 Catalogue - II. Clusters farther than 1 kpc     p. 168 W. S. Dias, J. R. D. Lépine, and B. S. Alessi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020417 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (101 KB) | PS (114 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The embedded star clusters in the nebulae NGC 2327 and BRC 27 in Canis Majoris R1     p. 172 J. B. Soares, and E. Bica DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020451 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (368 KB) | PS (671 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Two highly reddened young open clusters located beyond the Sagittarius arm     p. 179 A. E. Piatti, and J. J. Clariá DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020540 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (100 KB) | PS (918 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Baryonic pollution in gamma-ray bursts: The case of a magnetically driven wind emitted from a disk orbiting a stellar mass black hole     p. 189 F. Daigne, and R. Mochkovitch DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020415 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (341 KB) | PS (229 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hydrogen and helium emission of the symbiotic binary AG Draconis during an active phase (1996–1997)     p. 202 N. Tomov, and M. Tomova DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020498 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (194 KB) | PS (388 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The truncation of stellar discs: The magnetic hypothesis     p. 213 E. Battaner, E. Florido, and J. Jiménez-Vicente DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020423 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (113 KB) | PS (114 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Time-resolved optical spectroscopy of the pulsating DA white dwarf HS 0507+0434B - New constraints on mode identification and pulsation properties     p. 219 R. Kotak, M. H. van Kerkwijk, and J. C. Clemens DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020474 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (514 KB) | PS (1.08 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Modelling of the surface magnetic field in neutron stars: Application to radio pulsars     p. 235 J. A. Gil, G. I. Melikidze, and D. Mitra DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020473 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (658 KB) | PS (578 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Vacuum gap model for PSR B0943+10     p. 246 J. A. Gil, G. I. Melikidze, and D. Mitra DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020475 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (346 KB) | PS (199 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Water vapor masers in stars departing from the AGB     p. 252 D. Engels DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020483 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (385 KB) | PS (310 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopy of four early-type eclipsing binaries     p. 268 P. Mayer, R. Lorenz, and H. Drechsel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020486 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (397 KB) | PS (464 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

OH/IR stars in the inner bulge detected by ISOGAL     p. 279 R. Ortiz, J. A. D. L. Blommaert, E. Copet, S. Ganesh, H. J. Habing, M. Messineo, A. Omont, M. Schultheis, and F. Schuller DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020514 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (380 KB) | PS (305 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The broad band X–ray spectrum of the black hole candidate GRS 1758–258     p. 293 L. Sidoli, and S. Mereghetti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020546 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (168 KB) | PS (333 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hα spectroscopy and BV photometry of RT Lacertae     p. 298 A. Frasca, Ö. Çakırlı, S. Catalano, C. Ibanoǧlu, E. Marilli, S. Evren, and G. Taş DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020504 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (662 KB) | PS (341 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A revised HRD for individual components of binary systems from BaSeL BVRI synthetic photometry - Influence of interstellar extinction and stellar rotation     p. 309 E. Lastennet, J. Fernandes, and Th. Lejeune DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020439 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (515 KB) | PS (254 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Is the helium in the variable DB white dwarfs 3He?     p. 320 B. Wolff, D. Koester, M. H. Montgomery, and D. E. Winget DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020505 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (333 KB) | PS (187 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spatial distribution of emission in unidentified infrared bands from the Midcourse Space Experiment survey     p. 326 S. K. Ghosh, and D. K. Ojha DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020497 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (421 KB) | PS (386 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High-resolution X-ray imaging of the colliding wind shock in WR 147     p. 335 J. M. Pittard, I. R. Stevens, P. M. Williams, A. M. T. Pollock, S. L. Skinner, M. F. Corcoran, and A. F. J. Moffat DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020465 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (256 KB) | PS (350 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Surface hydrogenation in diffuse and translucent interstellar clouds     p. 346 P. T. O'neill, S. Viti, and D. A. Williams DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020489 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (140 KB) | PS (122 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Deep optical observations of G 65.3+5.7     p. 355 F. Mavromatakis, P. Boumis, J. Papamastorakis, and J. Ventura DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020511 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.05 MB) | PS (1.82 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The solar coronal origin of a slowly drifting decimetric-metric pulsation structure     p. 363 J. I. Khan, N. Vilmer, P. Saint-Hilaire, and A. O. Benz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020385 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (456 KB) | PS (426 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service