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Origin of diffuse C II 158 micron and Si II 35 micron emission in the Carina nebula
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20041063 Bibcode: 2004A&A...423..579M

Onaka, T.; Shibai, H.; Mizutani, M.

We present the results of mapping observations with ISO of [O I] 63 µm, 145 µm, [N II] 122 µm, [C II] 158 µm, [Si II] 35 µm, and H_2 9.66 µm line emissions for the Carina nebula, an active star-forming region in the Galactic plane. The observations were made for the central 40 arcmin × 20 arcmin area of the nebu…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISO 32
On the importance of the few most massive stars: The ionizing cluster of NGC 588
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20047136 Bibcode: 2004A&A...426..399J

Vílchez, J. M.; González Delgado, R. M.; Cerviño, M. +3 more

We present the results of a double analysis of the ionizing cluster in NGC 588, a giant HII region (GHR) in the outskirts of the nearby galaxy M 33. For this purpose, we obtained ground based long-slit spectroscopy and combined it with archival ground based and space borne imaging and spectroscopy, in the wave…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IUE eHST 31
Physical interpretation of the NGC 7469 UV/X-ray variability
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031499 Bibcode: 2004A&A...413..477P

Maraschi, L.; Nandra, K.; Petrucci, P. O. +1 more

We present a re-analysis of the simultaneous ∼30 day IUE/XTE observation of NGC 7469 done in 1996. Our main progress in this paper, in comparison to previous spectral analyses (Nandra et al. \cite{nan98,nan00}), is to adopt and fit directly to the data a detailed model of the Comptonized spectrum. This firstly allows one to fit simultaneously the …

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IUE 31
Molecular and dust features of 29 SiC carbon AGB stars
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031673 Bibcode: 2004A&A...414.1049Y

He, Jinhua; Yang, Xiaohong; Chen, Peisheng

We have reduced and analyzed the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) Short-Wavelength Spectrometer (SWS) spectra of 29 infrared carbon stars with a silicon carbide feature at 11.30 µm, 17 of which have not been previously published. Absorption or emission features of C2, HCN, C2H2, C3 and silicon carb…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISO 31
On the Hipparcos parallaxes of O stars
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20047185 Bibcode: 2004A&A...428..149S

Kaper, L.; Schröder, S. E.; Brown, A. G. A. +1 more

We compare the absolute visual magnitude of the majority of bright O stars in the sky as predicted from their spectral type with the absolute magnitude calculated from their apparent magnitude and the Hipparcos parallax. We find that many stars appear to be much fainter than expected, up to five magnitudes. We find no evidence for a correlation be…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hipparcos 30
A young binary brown dwarf in the R-CrA star formation region
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20035954 Bibcode: 2004A&A...424..213B

Demarco, R.; Martín, E. L.; Bouy, H. +5 more

We present imaging and spectroscopic observations with HST (WFPC2, ACS/HRC and STIS), VLT (FORS2) and Keck (HIRES) of the dM 8 ultra-cool dwarf DENIS-P J185950.9-370632, located in the R-CrA region. The presence of lithium absorption at 670.8 nm and the strong Hα emission indicate a young age and a sub-stellar mass. Our diffract…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISO eHST 30
XMM-Newton spectral and timing analysis of the faint millisecond pulsars PSR J0751+1807 and PSR J1012+5307
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20040069 Bibcode: 2004A&A...419..269W

Kramer, M.; Webb, N. A.; Barret, D. +3 more

We present XMM-Newton MOS imaging and PN timing data of the faint millisecond pulsars PSR J0751+1807 and PSR J1012+5307. We find 46 sources in the MOS field of view of PSR J0751+1807 searching down to an unabsorbed flux limit of 3 × 10-15 ergs cm-2 s-1 (0.2-1…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 30
New membership determination and proper motions of NGC 1817. Parametric and non-parametric approach
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20041332 Bibcode: 2004A&A...426..819B

Jordi, C.; Balaguer-Núñez, L.; Galadí-Enríquez, D. +1 more

We have calculated proper motions and re-evaluated the membership probabilities of 810 stars in the area of two NGC objects, NGC 1817 and NGC 1807. We have obtained absolute proper motions from 25 plates in the reference system of the Tycho-2 Catalogue. The plates have a maximum epoch difference of 81 years; and they were taken with the double ast…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hipparcos 30
Axisymmetric dynamical models for SAURON and OASIS observations of NGC3377
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20034076 Bibcode: 2004A&A...415..889C

Copin, Y.; Emsellem, E.; Cretton, N.

We present a unique set of nested stellar kinematical maps of NGC3377 obtained with the integral-field spectrographs OASIS and SAURON . We then construct general axisymmetric dynamical models for this galaxy, based on the Schwarzschild numerical orbit superposition technique applied to these complementary measurements. We show how these two datase…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 29
Pox 186: An ultracompact galaxy with dominant ionized gas emission
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20035949 Bibcode: 2004A&A...421..519G

Izotov, Y. I.; Papaderos, P.; Guseva, N. G. +2 more

We present a ground-based optical spectroscopic and HST U, V, I photometric study of the blue compact dwarf (BCD) galaxy Pox 186. It is found that the emission of the low-surface brightness (LSB) component in Pox 186 at radii ⪉3 arcsec (⪉270 pc in linear scale) is mainly gaseous in origin. We detect Hα emission out to radii as large as 6 arcsec. A…

2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 29