GRB 050904 at redshift 6.3: observations of the oldest cosmic explosion after the Big Bang     p. L1 G. Tagliaferri et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500196 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (253 KB) | PS (475 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Multi-line spectroscopy of dark-cored penumbral filaments     p. L7 L. R. Bellot Rubio, K. Langhans, and R. Schlichenmaier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500179 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (442 KB) | PS (703 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Helioseismic evidence of two solar granulation timescales     p. L11 H. Vázquez Ramió, C. Régulo, and T. Roca Cortés DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500191 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (190 KB) | PS (417 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Where does the hard X-ray diffuse emission in clusters of galaxies come from?     p. 1 S. Colafrancesco, P. Marchegiani, and G. C. Perola DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042077 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (331 KB) | PS (94.0 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Basic properties of galaxy clustering in the light of recent results from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey     p. 11 M. Joyce, F. Sylos Labini, A. Gabrielli, M. Montuori, and L. Pietronero DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053658 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (183 KB) | PS (47.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The build-up of the Coma cluster by infalling substructures     p. 17 C. Adami, A. Biviano, F. Durret, and A. Mazure DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053504 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (403 KB) | PS (136 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

ROSAT observations of the soft X-ray background and of the cluster soft excess emission in the Hercules supercluster     p. 29 M. Bonamente, R. Lieu, and J. Kaastra DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053169 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (710 KB) | PS (600 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Star-formation in NGC 4038/4039 from broad and narrow band photometry: cluster destruction?     p. 41 S. Mengel, M. D. Lehnert, N. Thatte, and R. Genzel DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052908 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.92 MB) | PS (17.7 MB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

An optical imaging study of 0.4 z 0.8 quasar host galaxies - II. Analysis and interpretation     p. 61 E. Örndahl, and J. Rönnback DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040422 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (890 KB) | PS (425 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Hierarchical star formation in M 51: star/cluster complexes     p. 79 N. Bastian, M. Gieles, Yu. N. Efremov, and H. J. G. L. M. Lamers DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053165 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (861 KB) | PS (1.87 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Study of DDO 68: nearest candidate for a young galaxy?     p. 91 S. A. Pustilnik, A. Y. Kniazev, and A. G. Pramskij DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053102 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (678 KB) | PS (592 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

X-ray properties of NGC 300 - I. Global properties of X-ray point sources and their optical counterparts     p. 103 S. Carpano, J. Wilms, M. Schirmer, and E. Kendziorra DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042162 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (478 KB) | PS (398 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The chemistry of planetary nebulae and HII regions in the dwarf galaxies Sextans A and B from deep VLT spectra     p. 115 L. Magrini, P. Leisy, R. L. M. Corradi, M. Perinotto, A. Mampaso, and J. M. Vílchez DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052973 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.41 MB) | PS (1.93 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The contribution of rotational velocity to the FP of elliptical galaxies     p. 133 A. Riciputi, B. Lanzoni, S. Bonoli, and L. Ciotti DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053587 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (296 KB) | PS (187 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Mira variables in the OGLE bulge fields     p. 143 M. A. T. Groenewegen, and J. A. D. L. Blommaert DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053131 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.62 MB) | PS (1.57 MB) | References | Online Material | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

CCD photometric search for peculiar stars in open clusters - VI. NGC 1502, NGC 3105, Stock 16, NGC 6268, NGC 7235 and NGC 7510     p. 157 E. Paunzen, M. Netopil, I. Kh. Iliev, H. M. Maitzen, A. Claret, and O. I. Pintado DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053287 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (256 KB) | PS (172 KB) | References | Tables at CDS | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

VLT L-band mapping of the Galactic center IRS 3-IRS 13 region - Evidence for new Wolf-Rayet type stars     p. 163 J. Moultaka, A. Eckart, R. Schödel, T. Viehmann, and F. Najarro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052819 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.27 MB) | PS (1.28 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Deep optical observations of the supernova remnants G 126.2+1.6, G 59.8+1.2 and G 54.4-0.3     p. 175 P. Boumis, F. Mavromatakis, E. M. Xilouris, J. Alikakos, M. P. Redman, and C. D. Goudis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053484 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.80 MB) | PS (2.98 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Dust distribution in protoplanetary disks - Vertical settling and radial migration     p. 185 L. Barrière-Fouchet, J.-F. Gonzalez, J. R. Murray, R. J. Humble, and S. T. Maddison DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042249 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (857 KB) | PS (589 KB) | References | Online Material | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Two new ZZ Ceti pulsators from the HS and HE surveys     p. 195 R. Silvotti, B. Voss, I. Bruni, D. Koester, D. Reimers, R. Napiwotzki, and D. Homeier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053362 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (519 KB) | PS (268 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

On ion-ion correlation effects during stellar core collapse     p. 201 A. Marek, H.-Th. Janka, R. Buras, M. Liebendörfer, and M. Rampp DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053236 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (308 KB) | PS (332 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Properties of galactic B[e] supergiants - V. Two-dimensional radiative transfer model of RY Sct and its dusty disc     p. 211 A. B. Men'shchikov, and A. S. Miroshnichenko DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052844 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.51 MB) | PS (4.27 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Low-energy absorption towards the ultra-compact X-ray binary 4U 1850-087 located in the globular cluster NGC 6712     p. 223 L. Sidoli, N. La Palombara, T. Oosterbroek, and A. N. Parmar DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053438 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (534 KB) | PS (242 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Cygnus X-3 and the problem of the missing Wolf-Rayet X-ray binaries     p. 231 D. Lommen, L. Yungelson, E. van den Heuvel, G. Nelemans, and S. Portegies Zwart DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052824 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (509 KB) | PS (473 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

The thermonuclear production of 19F by Wolf-Rayet stars revisited     p. 243 A. Palacios, M. Arnould, and G. Meynet DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053323 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (273 KB) | PS (88.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Structural parameters of the hot pulsating B subdwarf Feige 48 from asteroseismology     p. 251 S. Charpinet, G. Fontaine, P. Brassard, M. Billères, E. M. Green, and P. Chayer DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053294 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (946 KB) | PS (622 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Frequency ratio method for seismic modelling of γ Doradus stars - II. The role of rotation     p. 271 J. C. Suárez, A. Moya, S. Martín-Ruíz, P. J. Amado, A. Grigahcène, and R. Garrido DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053114 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (680 KB) | PS (229 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Tidal torques, disc radius variations, and instabilities in dwarf novae and soft X-ray transients     p. 283 J.-M. Hameury, and J.-P. Lasota DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053691 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (292 KB) | PS (86.2 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Erratum: RXTE broadband X-ray spectra of intermediate polars and white dwarf mass estimates     p. 291 V. Suleimanov, M. Revnivtsev, and H. Ritter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041283e Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (69.6 KB) | PS (10.2 KB) | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Non-LTE modelling of the He I 10830 Å line in early-type main sequence stars     p. 293 N. Przybilla DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053412 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (172 KB) | PS (55.9 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Chemical composition of evolved stars of high galactic latitude     p. 297 Sunetra Giridhar, and A. Arellano Ferro DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041495 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (406 KB) | PS (215 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Large-scale photospheric dynamics below coronal holes     p. 309 N. Meunier DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053249 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (402 KB) | PS (172 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Detailed comparison of downflows seen both in EIT 30.4 nm and Big Bear Hα movies     p. 319 A. De Groof, C. Bastiaensen, D. A. N. Müller, D. Berghmans, and S. Poedts DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053129 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (2.17 MB) | PS (2.16 MB) | References | Online Material | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Photometry and models of selected main belt asteroids - II. 173 Ino, 376 Geometria, and 451 Patientia     p. 329 T. Michałowski et al. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053656 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (429 KB) | PS (481 KB) | References | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Extrasolar planets and brown dwarfs around A-F type stars - I. Performances of radial velocity measurements, first analyses of variations     p. 337 F. Galland, A.-M. Lagrange, S. Udry, A. Chelli, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, J.-L. Beuzit, and M. Mayor DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052938 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (298 KB) | PS (126 KB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Thermal infrared observations of the Hayabusa spacecraft target asteroid 25143 Itokawa     p. 347 T. G. Müller, T. Sekiguchi, M. Kaasalainen, M. Abe, and S. Hasegawa DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053862 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.23 MB) | PS (2.39 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service

Sub-pixel image registration with a maximum likelihood estimator - Application to the first adaptive optics observations of Arp 220 in the L band     p. 357 D. Gratadour, L. M. Mugnier, and D. Rouan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042188 Abstract | Full HTML | PDF (1.34 MB) | PS (1.98 MB) | References | SIMBAD record | NASA ADS Abstract Service