New runaway OB stars with HIPPARCOS     p. L1 T. G. Mdzinarishvili, and K. B. Chargeishvili DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400134 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (158 KB) | PS (218 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The periodic behaviour of the North-South asymmetry of sunspot areas revisited     p. L5 J. L. Ballester, R. Oliver, and M. Carbonell DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400135 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (199 KB) | PS (234 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

G337.2+0.1: A new X-ray supernova remnant?     p. L9 J. A. Combi, P. Benaglia, G. E. Romero, and M. Sugizaki DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200400136 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (415 KB) | PS (601 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Seismology and activity of the F type star HD 49933     p. L13 B. Mosser, F. Bouchy, C. Catala, E. Michel, R. Samadi, F. Thévenin, P. Eggenberger, D. Sosnowska, C. Moutou, and A. Baglin DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500003 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (338 KB) | PS (981 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Simulating the soft X-ray excess in clusters of galaxies     p. 405 L.-M. Cheng, S. Borgani, P. Tozzi, L. Tornatore, A. Diaferio, K. Dolag, X.-T. He, L. Moscardini, G. Murante, and G. Tormen DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041925 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (813 KB) | PS (136 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

C perturbations of FRW models with a cosmological constant     p. 415 Z. Perjés, M. Vasúth, V. Czinner, and D. Eriksson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041472 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (218 KB) | PS (82.3 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Lower limits on the Hubble constant from models of type Ia supernovae     p. 423 M. Stritzinger, and B. Leibundgut DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041630 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (239 KB) | PS (82.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An ISOCAM survey through gravitationally lensing galaxy clusters - IV. Luminous infrared galaxies in Cl 0024+1654 and the dynamical status of clusters     p. 433 D. Coia et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041782 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (735 KB) | PS (841 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Numerical simulations of expanding supershells in dwarf irregular galaxies - II. Formation of giant HI rings     p. 451 E. I. Vorobyov, and Shantanu Basu DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041324 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.16 MB) | PS (7.17 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The supermassive black hole in the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 5252     p. 465 A. Capetti, A. Marconi, D. Macchetto, and D. Axon DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041701 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (422 KB) | PS (305 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The radio–ultraviolet spectral energy distribution of the jet in 3C 273     p. 477 S. Jester, H.-J. Röser, K. Meisenheimer, and R. Perley DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20047021 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (838 KB) | PS (1.35 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Galaxy transmutations: The double ringed galaxy ESO 474-G26     p. 503 V. Reshetnikov, F. Bournaud, F. Combes, M. Faúndez-Abans, M. de Oliveira-Abans, W. van Driel, and S. E. Schneider DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041756 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.08 MB) | PS (101 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Baryonic Tully-Fisher relation revisited     p. 511 D. Pfenniger, and Y. Revaz DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041660 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (210 KB) | PS (119 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The great disk of Milky-Way satellites and cosmological sub-structures     p. 517 P. Kroupa, C. Theis, and C. M. Boily DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041122 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (194 KB) | PS (50.4 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Physical conditions in Photo-Dissociation Regions around Planetary Nebulae     p. 523 J. Bernard-Salas, and A. G. G. M. Tielens DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035746 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (676 KB) | PS (261 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The enigmatic brown dwarf candidate [KG2001] 102 in the Chamaeleon I cloud: Is it a multiple system?     p. 539 P. Persi, M. Tapia, M. Gómez, M. Roth, and A. R. Marenzi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041459 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (624 KB) | PS (938 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

HDO abundance in the envelope of the solar-type protostar IRAS 16293–2422     p. 547 B. Parise et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041899 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (588 KB) | PS (427 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The Local Group Census: planetary nebulae in the spheroidal galaxies NGC 147, NGC 185 and NGC 205     p. 555 R. L. M. Corradi et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041686 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.53 MB) | PS (6.82 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Evolution from AGB to planetary nebula in the MSX survey     p. 565 R. Ortiz, S. Lorenz-Martins, W. J. Maciel, and E. M. Rangel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040401 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (357 KB) | PS (102 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

XMM-Newton observations of SS 433 I. EPIC spectral analysis     p. 575 W. Brinkmann, T. Kotani, and N. Kawai DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041768 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (640 KB) | PS (334 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Differential photometry of speckle-interferometric binary and multiple stars     p. 587 E. A. Pluzhnik DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041158 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (407 KB) | PS (139 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

High mass X-ray binaries in the LMC: Dependence on the stellar population age and the “propeller” effect     p. 597 P. Shtykovskiy, and M. Gilfanov DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041074 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (671 KB) | PS (637 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

HD 121190: A cool multiperiodic slowly pulsating B star with moderate rotation     p. 615 C. Aerts, and K. Kolenberg DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041325 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.29 MB) | PS (1.34 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

A study of bright Southern long period variables     p. 623 T. Lebzelter, K. H. Hinkle, P. R. Wood, R. R. Joyce, and F. C. Fekel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041575 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (318 KB) | PS (278 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Full-star type Ia supernova explosion models     p. 635 F. K. Röpke, and W. Hillebrandt DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041859 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.11 MB) | PS (4.29 MB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Creating ultra-compact binaries in globular clusters through stable mass transfer     p. 647 M. V. van der Sluys, F. Verbunt, and O. R. Pols DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041777 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.58 MB) | PS (296 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Search for the elusive optical counterpart of PSR J0537–6910 with the HST Advanced Camera for Surveys     p. 659 R. P. Mignani, L. Pulone, G. Iannicola, G. G. Pavlov, L. Townsley, and O. Y. Kargaltsev DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041781 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (314 KB) | PS (107 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray properties of the transient pulsar 3A 0535+262 in quiescence     p. 667 U. Mukherjee, and B. Paul DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041665 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (229 KB) | PS (101 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An upper bound on the energy of a gravitationally redshifted electron-positron annihilation line from the Crab pulsar     p. 673 P. S. Negi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041790 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (152 KB) | PS (41.8 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Relationship between X-ray and ultraviolet emission of flares from dMe stars observed by XMM-Newton     p. 679 U. Mitra-Kraev, L. K. Harra, M. Güdel, M. Audard, G. Branduardi-Raymont, H. R. M. Kay, R. Mewe, A. J. J. Raassen, and L. van Driel-Gesztelyi DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041201 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (300 KB) | PS (113 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

DOT tomography of the solar atmosphere - III. Observations and simulations of reversed granulation     p. 687 J. Leenaarts, and S. Wedemeyer-Böhm DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041714 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.06 MB) | PS (855 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Line formation in solar granulation - VI. [C I], C I, CH and C2 lines and the photospheric C abundance     p. 693 M. Asplund, N. Grevesse, A. J. Sauval, C. Allende Prieto, and R. Blomme DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041951 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (451 KB) | PS (159 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Characterisation of extrasolar planetary transit candidates     p. 707 J. Gallardo, D. Minniti, D. Valls-Gabaud, and M. Rejkuba DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041929 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.83 MB) | PS (635 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Precession from Hipparcos and FK5 proper motions compared with current values: Reasons for discrepancies     p. 721 H. G. Walter , and R. Hering DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041500 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (174 KB) | PS (41.7 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multiple solutions for asteroid orbits: Computational procedure and applications     p. 729 A. Milani, M. E. Sansaturio, G. Tommei, O. Arratia, and S. R. Chesley DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041737 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.31 MB) | PS (754 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Restoration of interferometric images - IV. An algorithm for super-resolution of stellar systems     p. 747 B. Anconelli, M. Bertero, P. Boccacci, and M. Carbillet DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040366 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (273 KB) | PS (183 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Extracting clean supernova spectra - Towards a quantitative analysis of high-redshift Type Ia supernova spectra     p. 757 S. Blondin, J. R. Walsh, B. Leibundgut, and G. Sainton DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042009 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.57 MB) | PS (1.07 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

CHARM2: An updated Catalog of High Angular Resolution Measurements     p. 773 A. Richichi, I. Percheron, and M. Khristoforova DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042039 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (167 KB) | PS (148 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An infrared study of galactic OH/IR stars - I. An optical/near-IR atlas of the Arecibo sample     p. 779 F. M. Jiménez-Esteban, L. Agudo-Mérida, D. Engels, and P. García-Lario DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041709 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (590 KB) | PS (341 KB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service