Free access 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

Free access A rapidly variable narrow X-ray iron line in Mkn 841    p. L5 P. O. Petrucci, G. Henri, L. Maraschi, P. Ferrando, G. Matt, M. Mouchet, C. Perola, S. Collin, A. M. Dumont, F. Haardt and L. Koch-Miramond 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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

Free access 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