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The Photoionization of a Star-forming Core in the Trifid Nebula
DOI: 10.1086/344049 Bibcode: 2002ApJ...581..335L

Cernicharo, J.; Cesarsky, D.; Heras, A. +3 more

We have carried out a comprehensive multiwavelength study of the bright-rimmed globule TC2 in the Trifid Nebula, using the IRAM 30 m telescope, the VLA centimeter array, and the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO). TC2 is one of the very few globules to exhibit signs of active ongoing star formation while being photoevaporated by the Lyman continuum …

2002 The Astrophysical Journal
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Hubble Space Telescope/STIS Spectroscopy of the White Dwarfs in the Short-Period Dwarf Novae LL Andromedae and EF Pegasi
DOI: 10.1086/341213 Bibcode: 2002ApJ...575..419H

Szkody, Paula; Howell, Steve B.; Sion, Edward M. +1 more

We present new Hubble Space Telescope Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph observations of the short-period dwarf novae LL And and EF Peg during deep quiescence. We fit stellar models to the UV spectra and use optical and IR observations to determine the physical parameters of the white dwarfs in the systems, the distances to the binaries, and the…

2002 The Astrophysical Journal
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The symbiotic star CH Cygni - II. The ejecta from the 1998-2000 active phase
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05482.x Bibcode: 2002MNRAS.335..526E

Davis, R. J.; Eyres, S. P. S.; Bode, M. F. +7 more

We present Hubble Space Telescope (HST) imaging, a Very Large Array (VLA) radio map (4.74 GHz), optical high-resolution (echelle) spectroscopy and UBV photoelectric photometry of the symbiotic star CH Cyg obtained during its 1998-2000 active phase. The HST imaging, taken during eclipse, shows the central stars are embedded in a nebula extending to…

2002 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Spiral Galaxies with HST/NICMOS. II. Isophotal Fits and Nuclear Cusp Slopes
DOI: 10.1086/324730 Bibcode: 2002AJ....123..184S

Stiavelli, Massimo; de Zeeuw, P. Tim; Carollo, C. Marcella +2 more

We present surface brightness profiles for 56 of the 78 spiral galaxies observed in the HST/NICMOS2 F160W snapshot survey introduced in Paper I of this series, as well as surface brightness profiles for 23 objects out of the 41 that were also observed in the F110W filter. We fit these surface brightness profiles with the Nuker law of Lauer et al. …

2002 The Astronomical Journal
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Australia Telescope Compact Array Radio Imaging of the Proplyd-like Objects in the Giant H II Region NGC 3603
DOI: 10.1086/339843 Bibcode: 2002ApJ...571..366M

Corcoran, M. F.; Koribalski, B. S.; Stevens, I. R. +2 more

Three cometary-shaped objects in the giant H II region NGC 3603, originally found and identified as proto-planetary disks (proplyds) by Brandner and coworkers using the Hubble Space Telescope and the Very Large Telescope in the optical and near-infrared, have been detected with the Australia Telescope Compact Array5 in the radio continuum at 3 and…

2002 The Astrophysical Journal
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Detection of solid ammonia, methanol, and methane with ISOPHOT.
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20020772 Bibcode: 2002A&A...390.1075G

Ábrahám, P.; Henning, Th.; Lemke, D. +4 more

We report on a search for the NH3 inversion band at 9.0 mu m, the CH4 band at 7.7 mu m, and the CH3OH band at 9.7 mu m in the spectra of 10 heavily obscured stellar objects taken with the spectrophotometer ISOPHOT-S aboard the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO). Four of them show indications of the NH3 inv…

2002 Astronomy and Astrophysics
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OH/IR stars in the inner bulge detected by ISOGAL
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20020514 Bibcode: 2002A&A...388..279O

Blommaert, J. A. D. L.; Ganesh, S.; Omont, A. +6 more

We present a study of known OH/IR stars in the inner bulge, observed by the ISOGAL survey at lambda = 6.8 mu m and lambda = 14.9 mu m. Bolometric corrections and luminosities are computed, based on near and mid-infrared data. The vast majority of the sources exhibit mass-loss rates in the range: 3 x 10-7 up to a few times 10-5

2002 Astronomy and Astrophysics
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XMM-Newton EPIC observations of Her X-1
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.06002.x Bibcode: 2002MNRAS.337.1185R

Ramsay, Gavin; Hailey, C. J.; den Herder, Jan-Willem +2 more

We present spin-resolved X-ray data of the neutron star binary Her X-1 taken using the EPIC detectors on XMM-Newton. The data were taken at three distinct epochs through the 35-d precession period. The energy-dependent light curves of this source vary significantly from epoch to epoch. It is known that the relative phasing of the soft (<~1 keV)…

2002 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Hydrogen infrared recombination lines as a diagnostic tool for the geometry of the circumstellar material of hot stars
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20020322 Bibcode: 2002A&A...386L...5L

Waters, L. B. F. M.; de Koter, A.; Lenorzer, A.

We have analysed the infrared hydrogen recombination lines of a sample of well studied hot massive stars observed with the Infrared Space Observatory. Our sample contains stars from several classes of objects, whose circumstellar environment is believed to be dominated by an ionized stellar wind (the Luminous Blue Variables) or by a dense disk-lik…

2002 Astronomy and Astrophysics
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The symbiotic star CH Cygni - III. A precessing radio jet
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05705.x Bibcode: 2002MNRAS.335.1100C

Davis, R. J.; Eyres, S. P. S.; Bode, M. F. +3 more

VLA, MERLIN and Hubble Space Telescope imaging observations of the extended regions of the symbiotic system CH Cygni are analysed. These extensions are evidence of a strong collimation mechanism, probably an accretion disc surrounding the hot component of the system. Over 16 yr (between 1985 and 2001) the general trend is that these jets are seen …

2002 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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