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astro-ph1998★ 144 cited

A Mid-Infrared Imaging Survey of Proto-Planetary Nebula Candidates

Margaret Meixner, Toshiya Ueta, Aditya Dayal +6

We present the data from a mid-infrared imaging survey of 66 proto-planetary nebula candidates using two mid-IR cameras (MIRAC2 and Berkcam) at the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility…

astro-ph1998★ 101 cited

The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XV. A Cepheid Distance to the Fornax Cluster and Its Implications

Barry F. Madore, Wendy L. Freedman, N. Silbermann +13

Using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) 37 long-period Cepheid variables have been discovered in the Fornax Cluster spiral galaxy NGC 1365. The resulting V and I period-luminosity r…

astro-ph1998★ 131 cited

A Candidate Substellar Companion to CoD -33 7795 (TWA 5)

P. J. Lowrance, C. McCarthy, E. E. Becklin +12

We present the discovery of a candidate substellar object in a survey of young stars in the solar vicinity using the sensitivity and spatial resolution afforded by the NICMOS coron…

astro-ph1998

Isophot Observations of Comet Hale-Bopp: Initial Data Reduction

E. Grün, S. B. Peschke, M. Stickel +17

Comet Hale-Bopp was observed five times with ISOPHOT, the photometer on board the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO). Each time broadband photometry was performed using 4 different d…

astro-ph1998★ 26 cited

Multiwaveband Observations of Quasars with Flat Radio Spectra and Strong Millimeter Emission

S. D. Bloom, A. P. Marscher, E. M. Moore +5

We present multiwaveband observations of a well selected sample of 28 quasars and two radio galaxies with flat radio spectra and strong millimeter wave emission (referred to here a…

astro-ph1998★ 289 cited

The Palomar Testbed Interferometer

M. M. Colavita, J. K. Wallace

The Palomar Testbed Interferometer (PTI) is a long-baseline infrared interferometer located at Palomar Observatory, California. It was built as a testbed for interferometric techni…

astro-ph1998★ 58 cited

The Visual Orbit of iota Pegasi

A. F. Boden, C. D. Koresko

We have determined the visual orbit for the spectroscopic binary iota~Pegasi with interferometric visibility data obtained by the Palomar Testbed Interferometer in 1997. iota~Pegas…

astro-ph1998★ 157 cited

Fringe Visibility Estimators for the Palomar Testbed Interferometer

M. M. Colavita

Visibility estimators and their performance are presented for use with the Palomar Testbed Interferometer (PTI). One operational mode of PTI is single-baseline visibility measureme…

astro-ph1998★ 7 cited

HST Imaging Polarimetry of the Gravitational Lens FSC10214+4724

Hien T. Nguyen, Peter R. Eisenhardt, Michael W. Werner +5

We present imaging polarimetry of the extremely luminous, redshift 2.3 IRAS source FSC10214+4724. The observations were obtained with HST's Faint Object Camera in the F437M filter,…

astro-ph1998★ 75 cited

Molecular Gas in 3C 293: The First Detection of CO Emission and Absorption in an F-R II Radio Galaxy

A. S. Evans, D. B. Sanders, J. A. Surace +1

The first detection of CO emission in a Fanaroff-Riley Class II (i.e., edge-brightened radio morphology) radio galaxy is presented. Multi- wavelength (0.36-2.17 micron) imaging of…

astro-ph1998★ 84 cited

High Spatial Resolution Imaging of Arp 220 from 3 - 25 microns

B. T. Soifer, G. Neugebauer, K. Matthews +5

Images of Arp 220 from 3.45 to 24.5 m with 0.5'' resolution are presented which clearly separate the nucleus into at least two components. The western component is about three t…

gr-qc1998★ 583 cited

Indication, from Pioneer 10/11, Galileo, and Ulysses Data, of an Apparent Anomalous, Weak, Long-Range Acceleration

John D. Anderson, Philip A. Laing, Eunice L. Lau +3

Radio metric data from the Pioneer 10/11, Galileo, and Ulysses spacecraft indicate an apparent anomalous, constant, acceleration acting on the spacecraft with a magnitude $\sim 8.5…

astro-ph1998★ 12 cited

What have we already learned from the CMB?

Charles R. Lawrence, Douglas Scott, Martin White

The COBE satellite, and the DMR experiment in particular, was extraordinarily successful. However, the DMR results were announced about 7 years ago, during which time a great deal…

astro-ph1998★ 217 cited

A Magnetically-Switched, Rotating Black Hole Model For the Production of Extragalactic Radio Jets and the Fanaroff and Riley Class Division

David L. Meier

A model is presented in which both Fanaroff and Riley class I and II extragalactic jets are produced by magnetized accretion disk coronae in the ergospheres of rotating black holes…

astro-ph1998★ 24 cited

The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale XVII. The Cepheid Distance to NGC 4725

Brad K. Gibson, Shaun M. G. Hughes, Peter B. Stetson +22

The distance to NGC 4725 has been derived from Cepheid variables, as part of the Hubble Space Telescope Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. Thirteen F555W (V) and four…

astro-ph1998★ 45 cited

Three years of Galileo dust data: II. 1993 to 1995

H. Krüger, E. Grün, D. P. Hamilton +18

Between Jan 1993 and Dec 1995 the Galileo spacecraft traversed interplanetary space between Earth and Jupiter and arrived at Jupiter on 7 Dec 1995. The dust instrument onboard was…

astro-ph1998★ 26 cited

Detection of Surface Brightness Fluctuations in NGC 4373 Using the Hubble Space Telescope

M. A. Pahre, J. R. Mould, A. Dressler +1

Surface brightness fluctuations (SBF) have been detected for three elliptical galaxies-NGC 3379 in the Leo group, NGC 4406 in the Virgo cluster, and NGC 4373 in the Hydra-Centaurus…

astro-ph1998★ 76 cited

High Resolution Tip/Tilt Near-Infrared Imaging of Warm Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies

Jason A. Surace, D. B. Sanders

We present high spatial resolution H and K'-band images of a complete sample of ultraluminous infrared galaxies selected to have warm mid-infrared colors known to be characteristic…

astro-ph1998★ 4 cited

Three years of Ulysses dust data: 1993 to 1995

H. Krüger, E. Grün, M. Landgraf +18

The Ulysses spacecraft is orbiting the Sun on a highly inclined ellipse (). After its Jupiter flyby in 1992 at a heliocentric distance of 5.4 AU, the spacecraft rea…

quant-ph1998★ 2 cited

Quantum Wavelet Transforms: Fast Algorithms and Complete Circuits

Amir Fijany, Colin P. Williams

The quantum Fourier transform (QFT), a quantum analog of the classical Fourier transform, has been shown to be a powerful tool in developing quantum algorithms. However, in classic…

astro-ph1998★ 85 cited

Starburst in the Intragroup Medium of Stephan's Quintet

Cong Xu, Richard Tuffs

Based on new ISO mid-infrared observations and ground based and near-infrared observations, we report the detection of a bright starburst in the intragroup medium (IGM) of th…

astro-ph1998★ 74 cited

FU Orionis resolved by infrared long baseline interferometry at a 2-AU scale

F. Malbet, J. -P. Berger, M. M. Colavita +3

We present the first infrared interferometric observations of a young stellar object with a spatial projected resolution better than 2 AU. The observations were obtained with the P…

astro-ph1998★ 41 cited

A Candidate Protoplanet in the Taurus Star Forming Region

S. Terebey, D. Van Buren, D. L. Padgett +2

HST/NICMOS images of the class I protostar TMR-1 (IRAS04361+2547) reveal a faint companion with 10.0" = 1400 AU projected separation. The central protostar is itself resolved as a…

astro-ph1998★ 28 cited

ASCA and Ginga Observations of GX 1+4

Taro Kotani, Tadayasu Dotani, Fumiaki Nagase +3

The X-ray binary pulsar GX 1+4 was observed with Ginga every year from 1987 to 1991, and with ASCA in 1994. During the Ginga observations, GX 1+4 was in the steady spindown phase,…