Discovery of a high velocity, spatially extended emission “shell” in front of the southeast lobe of the η Carinae Homunculus     p. L65 D. G. Currie, B. N. Dorland, and A. Kaufer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020805 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (223 KB) | PS (1.46 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

EROS 2 proper motion survey: Constraints on the halo white dwarfs     p. L69 B. Goldman et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020827 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (787 KB) | PS (1.07 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray spectral diagnostics of the immediate environment of GRB 991216     p. L74 D. R. Ballantyne, E. Ramirez-Ruiz, D. Lazzati, and L. Piro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020852 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (138 KB) | PS (311 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

B-modes in cosmic shear from source redshift clustering     p. 729 P. Schneider, L. van Waerbeke, and Y. Mellier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020626 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (242 KB) | PS (216 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Supermassive black hole masses of AGNs with elliptical hosts     p. 742 Xue-Bing Wu, F. K. Liu, and T. Z. Zhang DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020577 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (239 KB) | PS (254 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

RXTE view of the starburst galaxies M 82 and NGC 253     p. 752 Y. Rephaeli, and D. Gruber DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020635 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (183 KB) | PS (152 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Colour evolution of disk galaxy models from to     p. 761 P. Westera, M. Samland, R. Buser, and O. E. Gerhard DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020446 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.04 MB) | PS (1.87 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The metallicities of UM 151, UM 408 and A 1228+12 revisited     p. 779 S. A. Pustilnik, A. Y. Kniazev, J. Masegosa, I. Márquez, A. G. Pramskij, and A. V. Ugryumov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020683 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (226 KB) | PS (228 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optical ( VRI ) photometry in the field of the galaxy cluster AC 118 at     p. 787 G. Busarello, P. Merluzzi, F. La Barbera, M. Massarotti, and M. Capaccioli DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020624 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (231 KB) | PS (307 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photometric parameters of edge-on galaxies from 2MASS observations     p. 795 D. Bizyaev, and S. Mitronova DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020633 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (157 KB) | PS (137 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Compton reflection and iron fluorescence in BeppoSAX observations of Seyfert type 1 galaxies     p. 802 G. C. Perola, G. Matt, M. Cappi, F. Fiore, M. Guainazzi, L. Maraschi, P. O. Petrucci, and L. Piro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020658 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (190 KB) | PS (180 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The very local Hubble flow     p. 812 I. D. Karachentsev et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020649 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (355 KB) | PS (609 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Star formation in the warped outer pseudoring of the spiral galaxy NGC 3642     p. 825 L. Verdes–Montenegro, A. Bosma, and E. Athanassoula DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020680 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (978 KB) | PS (3.16 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The chemical content of a sample of dwarf irregular galaxies     p. 836 A. M. Hidalgo-Gámez, and K. Olofsson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020661 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (171 KB) | PS (715 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Spectroscopic study of blue compact galaxies - I. The spectra     p. 845 X. Kong, and F. Z. Cheng DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020688 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (301 KB) | PS (193 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

6-m telescope spectroscopic observations of the bubble complex in NGC 6946     p. 855 Yu. N. Efremov, S. A. Pustilnik, A. Y. Kniazev, B. G. Elmegreen, S. S. Larsen, E. J. Alfaro, P. W. Hodge, A. G. Pramsky, and T. Richtler DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020721 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.22 MB) | PS (1.25 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

New catalogue of optically visible open clusters and candidates     p. 871 W. S. Dias, B. S. Alessi, A. Moitinho, and J. R. D. Lépine DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020668 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (81.9 KB) | PS (99.0 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On the massive star contents of Cygnus OB2     p. 874 F. Comerón, A. Pasquali, G. Rodighiero, V. Stanishev, E. De Filippis, B. López Martí , M. C. Gálvez Ortiz, A. Stankov, and R. Gredel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020648 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (933 KB) | PS (903 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Bispectrum speckle interferometry of the Red Rectangle: Diffraction-limited near-infrared images reconstructed from Keck telescope speckle data     p. 889 P. G. Tuthill, A. B. Men'shchikov, D. Schertl, J. D. Monnier, W. C. Danchi, and G. Weigelt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020292 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (343 KB) | PS (1.34 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The ZZ Ceti red edge     p. 896 A. Kanaan, S. O. Kepler, and D. E. Winget DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020485 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (337 KB) | PS (213 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The spin pulse of the intermediate polar V1062 Tauri     p. 904 C. Hellier, A. P. Beardmore, and K. Mukai DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020634 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (112 KB) | PS (120 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Physical structure and CO abundance of low-mass protostellar envelopes     p. 908 J. K. Jørgensen, F. L. Schöier, and E. F. van Dishoeck DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020681 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (824 KB) | PS (508 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The eclipsing hypergiant R 81 (B2.5Ia-O) in the Large Magellanic Cloud - System properties from spectroscopic and photometric monitoring     p. 931 S. Tubbesing et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020682 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (662 KB) | PS (592 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Radiative transfer in the distorted and irradiated atmospheres of close binary components     p. 945 A. Peraiah, and M. Srinivasa Rao DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020641 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.45 MB) | PS (368 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Iron abundance in hot hydrogen-deficient central stars and white dwarfs from FUSE, HST, and IUE spectroscopy     p. 953 S. Miksa, J. L. Deetjen, S. Dreizler, J. W. Kruk, T. Rauch, and K. Werner DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020655 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (347 KB) | PS (390 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dust clouds or magnetic spots? Exploring the atmospheres of L dwarfs with time-resolved spectrophotometry     p. 963 C. A. L. Bailer-Jones DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020730 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (699 KB) | PS (693 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Results of the SEST Key Programme: CO in the Magellanic Clouds - VIII. The giant molecular complex No. 37 of the LMC     p. 977 G. Garay, L. E. B. Johansson, L.-Å. Nyman, R. S. Booth, F. P. Israel, M. L. Kutner, J. Lequeux, and M. Rubio DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020397 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.14 MB) | PS (1.13 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Interstellar CN toward CH+-forming regions     p. 993 R. Gredel, G. Pineau des Forêts, and S. R. Federman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020543 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (516 KB) | PS (1.47 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Near infrared molecular hydrogen emission in the NGC 2264 IRS1 region     p. 1015 H. Wang, J. Yang, M. Wang, and J. Yan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020628 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (150 KB) | PS (395 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Penumbral structure and kinematics from high-spatial-resolution observations of  K     p. 1020 L. H. M. Rouppe van der Voort DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020638 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.25 MB) | PS (1.74 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Large-scale disturbance of the solar wind by a comet     p. 1039 R. Wegmann DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020595 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (452 KB) | PS (570 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Indirect effect of the triaxiality in the Hamiltonian theory for the rigid Earth nutations     p. 1047 A. Escapa, J. Getino, and J. M. Ferrándiz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020734 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (144 KB) | PS (142 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Interstellar turbulent velocity fields: Scaling properties, synthesis and effects on chemistry     p. 1055 N. Décamp, and J. Le Bourlot DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020613 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (510 KB) | PS (664 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Nonradial and nonpolytropic astrophysical outflows - V. Acceleration and collimation of self-similar winds     p. 1068 C. Sauty, E. Trussoni, and K. Tsinganos DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020684 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.26 MB) | PS (593 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Experimental Stark widths and shifts of triply ionized sulfur spectral lines     p. 1086 S. Djeniže, A. Srećković, M. Jelisavčić, and S. Bukvić DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020717 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (124 KB) | PS (223 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Classification and redshift estimation by principal component analysis     p. 1090 R. A. Cabanac, V. de Lapparent, and P. Hickson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020665 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.54 MB) | PS (1.34 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service