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astro-ph2005

Harmonic analysis of the Ha velocity field of NGC 4254

Laurent Chemin, Olivier Hernandez, Chantal Balkowski +2

The ionized gas kinematics of the Virgo Cluster galaxy NGC 4254 (Messier 99) is analyzed by an harmonic decomposition of the velocity field into Fourier coefficients. The aims of t…

astro-ph2005★ 224 cited

Gemini Spectroscopy of Supernovae from SNLS: Improving High Redshift SN Selection and Classification

D. A. Howell, M. Sullivan, K. Perrett +22

We present new techiques for improving the efficiency of supernova (SN) classification at high redshift using 64 candidates observed at Gemini North and South during the first year…

astro-ph2005★ 86 cited

Orbital X-Ray Variability of the Microquasar LS 5039

V. Bosch-Ramon, J. M. Paredes, M. Ribo +3

The properties of the orbit and the donor star in the high mass X-ray binary microquasar LS 5039 indicate that accretion processes should mainly occur via a radiatively driven wind…

astro-ph2005★ 71 cited

Observations of Selected AGN with H.E.S.S

F. Aharonian et al.

A sample of selected active galactic nuclei (AGN) was observed in 2003 and 2004 with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.), an array of imaging atmospheric-Cherenkov teles…

astro-ph2005★ 101 cited

Multi-wavelength observations of PKS 2155-304 with H.E.S.S

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, Aharonian

The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) has observed the high-frequency peaked BL Lac object PKS2155-304 in 2003 between October 19 and November 26 in Very High Energy (VHE)…

astro-ph2005★ 20 cited

Determination of stellar shape in microlensing event MOA 2002-BLG-33

N. J. Rattenbury, F. Abe, D. P. Bennett +30

We report a measurement of the shape of the source star in microlensing event MOA 2002-BLG-33. The lens for this event was a close binary whose centre-of-mass passed almost directl…