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An optical spectroscopic survey of the 3CR sample of radio galaxies with z < 0.3. I. Presentation of the data
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200811102 Bibcode: 2009A&A...495.1033B

Macchetto, F. D.; Capetti, A.; Sparks, W. B. +4 more

We present a homogeneous and 92% complete dataset of optical nuclear spectra for the 113 3CR radio sources with redshifts <0.3, obtained with the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo. For these sources we could obtain uniform and uninterrupted coverage of the key spectroscopic optical diagnostics. The observed sample, including powerful classical FR II…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 118
HD 50844: a new look at δ Scuti stars from CoRoT space photometry
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912039 Bibcode: 2009A&A...506...85P

Auvergne, M.; Amado, P. J.; Baudin, F. +21 more

Context:
Aims: This work presents the results obtained by CoRoT on HD 50844, the only δ Sct star observed in the CoRoT initial run (57.6 d). The aim of these CoRoT observations was to investigate and characterize for the first time the pulsational behaviour of a δ Sct star, when observed at a level of precision and with a much better duty cycl…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
CoRoT 114
Radial distribution of the multiple stellar populations in ω Centauri
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912757 Bibcode: 2009A&A...507.1393B

Anderson, J.; Milone, A. P.; Momany, Y. +4 more

Aims: We present a detailed study of the radial distribution of the multiple populations identified in the Galactic globular cluster ω Cen.
Methods: We used both space-based images (ACS/WFC and WFPC2) and ground-based images (FORS1@VLT and WFI@2.2m ESO telescopes) to map the cluster from the inner core to the outskirts ( 20 arcmin). These data…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 113
Ground-based CCD astrometry with wide field imagers. III. WFI@2.2m proper-motion catalog of the globular cluster ω Centauri
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810880 Bibcode: 2009A&A...493..959B

Moretti, A.; Anderson, J.; Milone, A. P. +6 more

Context: ω Centauri is the most well studied Galactic Globular Cluster because of its numerous puzzling features: significant dispersion in metallicity, multiple populations, triple main-sequence, horizontal branch morphology, He-rich population(s), and extended star-formation history. Intensive spectroscopic follow-up observing campaigns targetin…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 109
Strong [CII] emission at high redshift
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912265 Bibcode: 2009A&A...500L...1M

Maiolino, R.; Meneghetti, M.; De Breuck, C. +3 more

We report the detection of the [Cii]157.74 µm fine-structure line in the lensed galaxy BRI 0952-0115 at z=4.43, using the APEX telescope. This is the first detection of the [Cii] line in a source with L_FIR < 1013~L_⊙ at high redshift. The line is much stronger than previous [Cii] detections at high-z (a factor of 5-8 higher in…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISO 109
Suzaku measurement of Abell 2204's intracluster gas temperature profile out to 1800 kpc
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200810404 Bibcode: 2009A&A...501..899R

Zhang, Y. -Y.; Ishisaki, Y.; Fujita, Y. +6 more

Context: Measurements of intracluster gas temperatures out to large radii, where much of the galaxy cluster mass resides, are important for using clusters for precision cosmology and for studies of cluster physics. Previous attempts to measure robust temperatures at cluster virial radii have failed.
Aims: The goal of this work is to measure th…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Suzaku 109
Evidence for nonlinear resonant mode coupling in the β Cephei star HD 180642 (V1449 Aquilae) from CoRoT photometry
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200911782 Bibcode: 2009A&A...506..111D

Auvergne, M.; Michel, E.; Uytterhoeven, K. +8 more

Context: We present the CoRoT light curve of the β Cep star HD 180642, assembled during the first long run of the space mission, as well as archival single-band photometry.
Aims: Our goal is to analyse the detailed behaviour present in the light curve and interpret it in terms of excited-mode frequencies.
Methods: After describing the nois…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
CoRoT 107
The normal Type Ia SN 2003hv out to very late phases
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912364 Bibcode: 2009A&A...505..265L

Sollerman, J.; Schmidt, B. P.; Fransson, C. +19 more

Aims: We study a thermonuclear supernova (SN), emphasizing very late phases.
Methods: An extensive dataset for SN 2003hv that covers the flux evolution from maximum light to day +786 is presented. This includes 82 epochs of optical imaging, 24 epochs of near-infrared (NIR) imaging, and 10 epochs of optical spectroscopy. These data are combined…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 107
Hinode/EIS observations of propagating low-frequency slow magnetoacoustic waves in fan-like coronal loops
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912534 Bibcode: 2009A&A...503L..25W

Wang, T. J.; Davila, J. M.; Mariska, J. T. +1 more

Aims: We report the first observation of multiple-periodic propagating disturbances along a fan-like coronal structure simultaneously detected in both intensity and Doppler shift in the Fe xii 195 Å line with the EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) onboard Hinode. A new application of coronal seismology is provided based on this observation.
Method…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hinode 106
The B0.5IVe CoRoT target HD 49330. I. Photometric analysis from CoRoT data
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200911928 Bibcode: 2009A&A...506...95H

Auvergne, M.; Baudin, F.; Michel, E. +19 more

Context: Be stars undergo outbursts producing a circumstellar disk from the ejected material. The beating of non-radial pulsations has been put forward as a possible mechanism of ejection.
Aims: We analyze the pulsational behavior of the early B0.5IVe star HD 49330 observed during the first CoRoT long run towards the Galactical anticenter (LRA…

2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics
CoRoT 106