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Subaru optical observations of the old pulsar PSR B0950+08
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20021155 Bibcode: 2002A&A...394..633Z

Kawai, N.; Zharikov, S. V.; Shibanov, Yu. A. +6 more

We report the B band optical observations of an old (tau ~ 17.5 Myr) radiopulsar PSR B0950+08 obtained with the Suprime-Cam at the Subaru telescope. We detected a faint object, B=27fm07 +/-0.16. Within our astrometrical accuracy it coincides with the radio position of the pulsar and with the object detected earlier by Pavlov et al. (\cite{Pavlov})…

2002 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 19
The complete far infrared spectroscopic survey of Herbig AeBe stars obtained by ISO-LWS
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20020977 Bibcode: 2002A&A...395..637L

Benedettini, M.; Elia, D.; Lorenzetti, D. +4 more

The ISO-LWS archive has been systematically searched in order to obtain a complete far IR spectrophotometric survey of Herbig AeBe (HAEBE) stars. The investigated sample is constituted by 15 objects which, together with the 11 HAEBE we have published in two previous papers, represents about 25% of all the known HAEBE. This catalogue constitues an …

2002 Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISO 19
The inner solar corona seen by SUMER, LASCO/C1, and EIT: Electron densities and temperatures during the rise of the new solar cycle
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20011608 Bibcode: 2002A&A...382..328W

Inhester, B.; Wilhelm, K.; Newmark, J. S.

Detailed investigations of the corona and the source regions of the solar wind have become possible with spectroscopic and imaging instruments on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). We present observations in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV), pertinent to the generation of the slow solar wind, which were obtained by the Solar Ultraviolet M…

2002 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 19
Optical monitoring of the gravitationally lensed quasar Q2237+0305 from APO between June 1995 and January 1998
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20020957 Bibcode: 2002A&A...392..773S

Stanek, K. Z.; Malhotra, S.; Rhoads, J. E. +12 more

We present a data set of images of the gravitationally lensed quasar Q2237+0305, that was obtained at the Apache Point Observatory (APO) between June 1995 and January 1998. Although the images were taken under variable, often poor seeing conditions and with coarse pixel sampling, photometry is possible for the two brighter quasar images A and B wi…

2002 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 19
An X-ray view of the active nucleus in NGC 4258
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20020082 Bibcode: 2002A&A...384..793P

Pietsch, W.; Read, A. M.

XMM-Newton observed the Seyfert 1.9 galaxy NGC 4258 in December 2000. At energies above 2 keV a hard nuclear point source is resolved that can be fitted by a highly absorbed power-law spectrum (NH = (8.0+/- 0.4)x1022 cm-2, photon index 1.64+/- 0.08) with an unabsorbed luminosity of 7.5x1040<…

2002 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 19
The enigmatic WR46: A binary or a pulsator in disguise. II. The spectroscopy
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20020075 Bibcode: 2002A&A...385..600V

Crowther, P. A.; van der Hucht, K. A.; van Genderen, A. M. +1 more

We present spectroscopic monitoring of the Wolf-Rayet (WR) star WR 46 between 1989 and 1998, which has been obtained simultaneously with multicolour photometry (Veen et al. \cite{Veen02a}, Paper I). The spectroscopic monitoring data show that the radiative fluxes of the optical emission lines (O Vi 3811/34, O Vi 5290, N V 4944, …

2002 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IUE 18
First orbital elements for the lambda Bootis spectroscopic binary systems HD 84948 and HD 171948. Implications for the origin of the lambda Bootis stars
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20011559 Bibcode: 2002A&A...381..914I

Kamp, I.; Paunzen, E.; Claret, A. +4 more

We present high-resolution spectroscopic observations of the two lambda Bootis type spectroscopic binary systems HD 84948 and HD 171948. Both systems consist of two true lambda Bootis stars, as has already been proven by a detailed abundance analysis taking into account the binary nature. Nevertheless, we have obtained non-LTE abundances for carbo…

2002 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hipparcos 18
Modeling IR spectra of OH/IR stars at different phases
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20020871 Bibcode: 2002A&A...391..665S

Suh, Kyung-Won; Kim, H. -Y.

We investigate the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of OH/IR stars (OH127.8+0.0 and OH26.5+0.6) having thick dust envelopes at different pulsation phases. Using new infrared observational data including the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) data, we determine the new pulsation parameters. The deep silicate absorption features show significant v…

2002 Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISO 18
Diffraction-limited bispectrum speckle interferometry of the Herbig Be star R Mon
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20021185 Bibcode: 2002A&A...392..937W

Weigelt, G.; Hofmann, K. -H.; Preibisch, T. +1 more

We explore the structures immediately surrounding the intermediate-mass young stellar object R Mon with bispectrum speckle interferometry, conventional near-infrared imaging and by analyzing optical HST archive data. Our near-infrared speckle images with unprecedented diffraction-limited resolution of 55 mas ( ~ 44 AU; H-band) and 76 mas ( ~ 61 AU…

2002 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 17
Metal abundances and kinematics of quasar absorbers. I. Absorption systems toward J2233-606
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20011807 Bibcode: 2002A&A...383..813L

Levshakov, S. A.; Agafonova, I. I.; Centurión, M. +1 more

The metal line profiles of different ions observed in high H I column density systems [N(H I) > 1016 cm-2] in quasar spectra can be used to constrain the ionization structure and kinematic characteristics of the absorbers. For these purposes, a modified Monte Carlo Inversion (MCI) procedure was applied to the study of thre…

2002 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 17