Spin orientation of supermassive black holes in active galaxies     p. L61 W. Kollatschny DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034611 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (144 KB) | PS (231 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evidence of mesogranulation from magnetograms of the Sun     p. L65 I. Domínguez Cerdeña DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034617 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.13 MB) | PS (554 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dynamics of thick discs around Schwarzschild-de Sitter black holes     p. 603 L. Rezzolla, O. Zanotti, and J. A. Font DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031457 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (365 KB) | PS (377 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Revisiting the location and environment of the central engine in NGC 1068     p. 615 E. Galliano, D. Alloin, G. L. Granato, and M. Villar-Martín DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031492 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.32 MB) | PS (932 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The luminous and dark matter content of disk galaxies     p. 633 J. Zavala, V. Avila-Reese, H. Hernández-Toledo, and C. Firmani DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031135 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (538 KB) | PS (548 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Optical spectroscopy of BL Lac objects: New redshifts and mis-identified sources     p. 651 N. Carangelo, R. Falomo, J. Kotilainen, A. Treves, and M.-H. Ulrich DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031519 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (157 KB) | PS (57.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cold molecular gas in cooling flow clusters of galaxies     p. 657 P. Salomé, and F. Combes DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031438 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (523 KB) | PS (838 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

NGC 5953/54: BVRIHαJK photometry and [N II] Fabry-Perot interferometry - I. The data     p. 669 H. M. Hernández-Toledo, I. Fuentes-Carrera, M. Rosado, I. Cruz-González, A. Franco-Balderas, and D. Dultzin-Hacyan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031445 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.65 MB) | PS (2.14 MB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An XMM–Newton study of the hard X–ray sky     p. 689 E. Piconcelli, M. Cappi, L. Bassani, G. Di Cocco, and M. Dadina DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031490 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (379 KB) | PS (146 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A catalogue of absorption-line systems in QSO spectra     p. 707 A. I. Ryabinkov, A. D. Kaminker, and D. A. Varshalovich DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034339 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (71.2 KB) | PS (41.8 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Wide band X-ray and optical observations of the BL Lac object 1ES 1959+650 in high state     p. 711 G. Tagliaferri, M. Ravasio, G. Ghisellini, F. Tavecchio, P. Giommi, E. Massaro, R. Nesci, and G. Tosti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034051 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (275 KB) | PS (117 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

CCD photometric search for peculiar stars in open clusters - V. NGC 2099, NGC 3114, NGC 6204, NGC 6705 and NGC 6756     p. 721 E. Paunzen, O. I. Pintado, and H. M. Maitzen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031065 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (364 KB) | PS (226 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

H2 excitation imaging of the Orion Molecular Cloud     p. 727 L. E. Kristensen, M. Gustafsson, D. Field, G. Callejo, J. L. Lemaire, L. Vannier, and G. Pineau des Forêts DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031276 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (213 KB) | PS (562 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Bispectrum speckle interferometry of the massive protostellar outflow source AFGL 2591     p. 735 T. Preibisch, Y. Y. Balega, D. Schertl, and G. Weigelt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031449 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (971 KB) | PS (2.15 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hiding the high excitation in the head of a fast Herbig-Haro jet     p. 745 A. C. Raga, and J. Cantó DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031477 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (144 KB) | PS (67.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Trumpler 14 photodissociation region in the Carina Nebula     p. 751 K. J. Brooks, P. Cox, N. Schneider, J. W. V. Storey, A. Poglitsch, N. Geis, and L. Bronfman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031406 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (851 KB) | PS (1.09 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Search for molecular emission from V838 Monocerotis     p. 767 M. T. Rushton, I. M. Coulson, A. Evans, L.-Å. Nyman, B. Smalley, T. R. Geballe, J. Th. van Loon, S. P. S. Eyres, and V. H. Tyne DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031476 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (113 KB) | PS (69.7 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Anomalously bright UV lines of Fe II as a probe of gas condensations in the vicinity of hot stars     p. 771 S. Johansson, and V. S. Letokhov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031613 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (237 KB) | PS (195 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Are rotating strange quark stars good sources of gravitational waves?     p. 777 D. Gondek-Rosińska, E. Gourgoulhon, and P. Haensel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031431 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (375 KB) | PS (1.06 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The correlation between planetary nebula morphology and radio brightness temperatures     p. 791 J. P. Phillips DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031246 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (161 KB) | PS (773 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton light curves of the low-mass X-ray binary EXO 0748–676: Dips, eclipses, and bursts     p. 799 J. Homan, R. Wijnands, and M. van den Berg DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031484 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.39 MB) | PS (1.51 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Differential rotation in rapidly rotating F-stars     p. 813 A. Reiners, and J. H. M. M. Schmitt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034255 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (260 KB) | PS (106 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A precise HST parallax of the cataclysmic variable EX Hydrae, its system parameters, and accretion rate     p. 821 K. Beuermann, Th. E. Harrison, B. E. McArthur, G. F. Benedict, and B. T. Gänsicke DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031498 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (145 KB) | PS (61.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The chemical composition of the peculiar companion to the millisecond pulsar in NGC 6397     p. 829 E. Sabbi, R. G. Gratton, A. Bragaglia, F. R. Ferraro, A. Possenti, F. Camilo, and N. D'Amico DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031475 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (483 KB) | PS (136 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Theoretical UBVRI colors of iron core white dwarfs     p. 837 J. Madej, M. Pietrachowicz, P. C. Joss, A. Majczyna, A. Różańska, and M. Należyty DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031307 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.27 MB) | PS (3.92 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A spatially resolved limb flare on Algol B observed with XMM-Newton     p. 849 J. H. M. M. Schmitt, J.-U. Ness, and G. Franco DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034057 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (222 KB) | PS (844 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A measure of the network radiative properties over the solar activity cycle     p. 857 I. Ermolli, F. Berrilli, and A. Florio DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031479 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (485 KB) | PS (314 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High energy particles accelerated during the large solar flare of 1990 May 24: X/γ-ray observations     p. 865 N. Vilmer, A. L. MacKinnon, G. Trottet, and C. Barat DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031488 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (185 KB) | PS (78.4 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An orthonormal set of Stokes profiles     p. 875 J. C. del Toro Iniesta, and A. López Ariste DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034429 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (188 KB) | PS (77.2 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Activity on the surface of the nucleus of comet 46P/Wirtanen     p. 879 O. Groussin, and P. Lamy DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031496 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (450 KB) | PS (203 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Restoration of solar images by the Steer algorithm     p. 893 H. Koshiishi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031514 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.42 MB) | PS (1.76 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The nature of the fiber noise with the FOCES spectrograph - Nature, modeling and a way to achieve S/N       p. 897 F. Grupp DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031432 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (359 KB) | PS (397 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On Maximum Likelihood Estimation of averaged power spectra     p. 903 T. Appourchaux DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034401 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (52.6 KB) | PS (21.8 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service