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THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS CONTENTS OF VOLUME 619, PART 2 2005 JANUARY 20, NUMBER | FIRST RESULTS FROM THE GALAXY EVOLUTION EXPLORER (GALEX) MISSION THE GALAXY EVOLUTION EXPLORER: A SPACE ULTRAVIOLET SURVEY MISSION D. Christopher Martin, James Fanson, David Schiminovich, Patrick Morrissey, Peter G. Friedman, Tom A. Barlow, Tim Conrow, Robert Grange Patrick N. Jelinsky, Bruno Milliard, Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Luciana Bianchi, Yong-lk Byun, Jose Donas, Karl Forster, Timothy M. Heckman Young-Wook Lee, Barry F. Madore, Roger F. Malina, Susan G. Neff, R. Michael Rich, Todd Small, Frank Surber, Alex S. Szalay, Barry Welsh, and Ted K. Wyder THE ON-ORBIT PERFORMANCE OF THE GALAXY EVOLUTION EXPLORER Patrick Morrissey, David Schiminovich, Tom A. Barlow, D. Christopher Martin, Brian Blakkolb, Tim Conrow, Brian Cooke, Kerry Erickson, James Fanson, Peter G. Friedman, Robert Grange, Patrick N. Jelinsky, Siu-Chun Lee, Dankai Liu, Alan Mazer, Ryan McLean, Bruno Milliard, David Randall, Wes Schmitigal, Amit Sen, Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Frank Surber, Arthur Vaughan, Maurice Viton, Barry Y. Welsh, Luciana Bianchi, Yong-Ik Byun, Jose Donas, Karl Forster, Timothy M. Heckman, Young-Wook Lee, Barry F. Madore, Roger F. Malina, Susan G. Neff, R. Michael Rich, Todd Small, Alex S. Szalay, and Ted K. Wyder NUMBER COUNTS OF GALEX SOURCES IN FAR-ULTRAVIOLET (1530 A) AND NEAR-ULTRAVIOLET (2310 A) BANDS © C. Kevin Xu, Jose Donas, Stephane Arnouts, Ted K. Wyder, Mark Seibert, Jorge Iglesias-Pdramo, Jeremy Blaizot, Todd Small, Bruno Milliard. David Schiminovich, D. Christopher Martin, Tom A. Barlow, Luciana Bianchi, Yong-lk Byun, Karl Forster, Peter G. Friedman, Timothy M. Heckman, Patrick N. Jelinsky, Young-Wook Lee, Barry F. Madore, Roger F. Malina, Patrick Morrissey, Susan G. Neff, R. Michael Rich, Oswald H. W Siegmund, Alex S. Szalay, and Barry Y. Welsh THE ULTRAVIOLET GALAXY LUMINOSITY FUNCTION IN THE LOCAL UNIVERSE FROM GALEX DATA Ted K. Wyder, Marie A. Treyer, Bruno Milliard, David Schiminovich, Stéphane Arnouts, Tamds Budavari, Tom A. Barlow, Luciana Bianchi, Yong Tk Byun, José Donas, Karl Forster, Peter G. Friedman, Timothy M. Heckman, Patrick N. Jelinsky, Young-Wook Lee, Barry F. Madore, Roger F Malina, D. Christopher Martin, Patrick Morrissey, Susan G. Neff, R. Michael Rich, Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Todd Small, Alex S. Szalay, and Barry Y. Welsh THE ULTRAVIOLET GALAXY LUMINOSITY FUNCTION FROM GALEX DATA: COLOR-DEPENDENT EVOLUTION AT LOW REDSHIFIT Marie Treyer, Ted K. Wyder, David Schiminovich, Stéphane Arnouts, Tamas Budavari, Bruno Milliard, Tom A. Barlow, Luciana Bianchi, Yong-lk Byun, José Donas, Karl Forster, Peter G. Friedman, Timothy M. Heckman, Patrick N. Jelinsky, Young-Wook Lee, Barry F. Madore, Roger F Malina, D. Christopher Martin, Patrick Morrissey, Susan G. Neff, R. Michael Rich, Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Todd Small, Alex S. Szalay, and Barry Y. Welsh GALEX OBSERVATIONS OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: A COMPARISON Mark Seibert, Tamas Budavari, Jaehyon Rhee, Soo-Chang Rey, David Schiminovich, Samir Salim, D. Christopher Martin, Alex S. Szalay, Karl Forster, R. Michael Rich, T. Barlow, L. Bianchi, Y.-I. Byun, J. Donas, P. G. Friedman, T. M. Heckman, P. Jelinsky, Y.-W. Lee, B. F. Madore, R Malina, B. Milliard, P. Morrissey, S. Neff, O. Siegmund, T. Small, B. Welsh, and T. K. Wyder CLASSIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF OBJECTS FROM THE GALAXY EVOLUTION EXPLORER SURVEY AND THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY Luciana Bianchi, Mark Seibert, Wei Zheng, David A. Thilker, Peter G. Friedman, Ted K. Wyder, Jose Donas, Tom A. Barlow, Yong-lk Byun, Karl Forster, Timothy M. Heckman, Patrick N. Jelinsky, Young-Wook Lee, Barry F. Madore, Roger F. Malina, D. Christopher Martin, Bruno Milliard, Patrick Morrissey, Susan G. Neff, R. Michae! Rich, David Schiminovich, Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Todd Small, Alex S. Szalay, and Barry Y. Welsh THE ULTRAVIOLET LUMINOSITY FUNCTION OF GALEX GALAXIES AT PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFTS BETWEEN 0.07 AND 0.25 Tamas Budavari, Alex S$. Szalay, Stéphane Charlot, Mark Seibert, Ted K. Wyder, Stéphane Arnouts, Tom A. Barlow, Luciana Bianchi, Yong-Ik Byun, José Donas, Karl Forster, Peter G. Friedman, Timothy M. Heckman, Patrick N. Jelinsky, Young-Wook Lee, Barry F. Madore, Roger F. Malina, D. Christopher Martin, Bruno Milliard, Patrick Morrissey, Susan G. Neff, R. Michael Rich, David Schiminovich, Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Todd Small, Marie A. Treyer, and Barry Welsh THE PROPERTIES OF ULTRAVIOLET-LUMINOUS GALAXIES AT THE CURRENT EPOCH Timothy M. Heckman, Charles G. Hoopes, Mark Seibert, D. Christopher Martin, Samir Salim, R. Michael Rich, Guinevere Kauffmann, Stephane Charlot, Tom A. Barlow, Luciana Bianchi, Yong-lk Byun, Jose Donas, Karl Forster, Peter G. Friedman, Patrick N. Jelinsky, Young-Wook Lee, Barry F. Madore, Roger F. Malina, Bruno Milliard, Patrick F. Morrissey, Susan G. Neff, David Schiminovich, Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Todd Small, Alex S. Szalay, Barry ¥. Welsh, and Ted K. Wyder NEW CONSTRAINTS ON THE STAR FORMATION HISTORIES AND DUST ATTENUATION OF GALAXIES IN THE LOCAL UNIVERSE FROM GALEX Samir Salim, Stéphane Charlot, R. Michael Rich, Guinevere Kauffmann, Timothy M. Heckman, Tom A. Barlow, Luciana Bianchi, Yong-lk Byun, Jose Donas, Karl Forster, Peter G. Friedman, Patrick N. Jelinsky, Young-Wook Lee, Barry F. Madore, Roger F. Malina, D. Christopher Martin, Bruno Milliard, Patrick Morrissey, Susan G. Neff, David Schiminovich, Mark Seibert, Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Todd Small, Alex S. Szalay, Barry Y. Welsh, and Ted K. Wyder THE GALEX VIMOS-VLT DEEP SURVEY MEASUREMENT OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE 1500 A LUMINOSITY FUNCTION S. Arnouts, D. Schiminovich, O. Ilbert, L. Tresse, B. Milliard, M. Treyer, S. Bardelli, T. Budavari, T. K. Wyder, E. Zucca, O. Le Feévre, D. C. Martin, G. Vettolani, C. Adami, M. Arnaboldi, T. Barlow, L. Bianchi, M. Bolzonella, D. Bottini, Y.-1. Byun, A. Cappi, S. Charlot, T. Contini, J Donas, K. Forster, S. Foucaud, P. Franzetti, P. G. Friedman, B. Garilli, 1. Gavignaud, L. Guzzo, T. M. Heckman, C. Hoopes, A. lovino, P. Jelinsky, V. Le Brun, Y.-W. Lee, D. Maccagni, B. F. Madore, R. Malina, B. Marano, C. Marinoni, H. J. McCracken, A. Mazure, B. Meneux, R. Merighi, P. Morrissey, S. Neff, S. Paltani, R. Pelld, J. P. Picat, A. Pollo, L. Pozzetti, M. Radovich, R. M. Rich, R. Scaramella, M. Scodeggio, M. Seibert, O. Siegmund, T. Small, A. S. Szalay, B. Welsh, C. K. Xu, G. Zamorani, and A. Zanichelli CONTENTS THE GALEX-VVDS MEASUREMENT OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE FAR-ULTRAVIOLET LUMINOSITY DENSITY AND THE COSMIC STAR FORMATION RATE D. Schiminovich, O. Ilbert, S. Arnouts, B. Milliard, L. Tresse, O. Le Fevre, M. Treyer, T. K. Wyder, T. Budavari, E. Zucca, G. Zamorani, D. C. Martin, C. Adami, M. Arnaboldi, S. Bardelli, T. Barlow, L. Bianchi, M. Bolzonella, D. Bottini, Y.-I. Byun, A. Cappi, T. Contini, 8. Charlot, J. Donas, K. Forster, S. Foucaud, P. Franzetti, P. G. Friedman, B. Garilli, I. Gavignaud, L. Guzzo, T. M. Heckman, C. Hoopes, A. lovino, P. Jelinsky, V. Le Brun, Y.-W. Lee, D. Maccagni, B. F. Madore, R. Malina, B. Marano, C. Marinoni, H. J. McCracken, A. Mazure, B. Meneux, P. Morrissey, S. Neff. S. Paltani, R. Pello, J. P. Picat, A. Pollo, L. Pozzetti, M. Radovich, R. M. Rich, R. Scaramella, M. Scodeggio, M. Seibert, O. Siegmund, T. Small, 4. S. Szalay, G. Vettolani, B. Welsh, C. K. Xu, and A. Zanichelli DUST ATTENUATION IN THE NEARBY UNIVERSE: A COMPARISON BETWEEN GALAXIES SELECTED IN THE ULTRAVIOLET AND IN THE FAR-INFRARED V. Buat, J. Iglesias-Pdramo, M. Seibert, D. Burgarella, S. Charlot, D. C. Martin, C. K. Xu, T. M. Heckman, S. Boissier, A. Boselli, T. Barlow, L. Bianchi, Y.-1. Byun, J. Donas, K. Forster, P. G. Friedman, P. Jelinski, Y.-W. Lee, B. F. Madore, R. Malina, B. Milliard, P. Morissey, S. Neff, M. Rich, D. Schiminovitch, O. Siegmund, T. Small, A. S. Szalay, B. Welsh, and T. K. Wyder TESTING THE EMPIRICAL RELATION BETWEEN ULTRAVIOLET COLOR AND ATTENUATION OF GALAXIES Mark Seibert, D. Christopher Martin, Timothy M. Heckman, Veronique Buat, Charles Hoopes, T. Barlow, L. Bianchi, Y.-I. Byun, J. Donas, K. Forster, P. G. Friedman, P. Jelinsky, Y.-W. Lee, B. F. Madore, R. Malina, B. Milliard, P. Morrissey, S. Neff; R. M. Rich, D. Schiminovich, O. Siegmund, T. Small, A. S. Szalay, B. Welsh, and T. K. Wyder THE STAR FORMATION RATE FUNCTION OF THE LOCAL UNIVERSE D. Christopher Martin, Mark Seibert, Véronique Buat, Jorge Iglesias-Paramo, Tom A. Barlow, Luciana Bianchi, Yong-lk Byun, José Donas, Karl Forster, Peter G. Friedman, Timothy M. Heckman, Patrick N. Jelinsky, Young-Wook Lee, Barry F. Madore, Roger F. Malina, Bruno Milliard, Patrick F. Morrissey, Susan G. Neff, R. Michael Rich, David Schiminovich, Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Todd Small, Alex S. Szalay, Barry Y. Welsh, and Te d K. W vde ? GALAXY EVOLUTION EXPLORER ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY AND DEEP IMAGING OF LUMINOUS INFRARED GALAXIES IN THE EUROPEAN LARGE-AREA /SO SURVEY SI FIELD Denis Burgarella, Véronique Buat, Todd Small, Tom A, Barlow, Samuel Boissier, Armando Gil de Paz, Timothy M. Heckman, Barry F. Madore, D. Christopher Martin, R. Michael Rich, Luciana Bianchi, Yong-Ik Byun, Jose Donas, Karl Forster, Peter G. Friedman, Patrick N. Jelinsky, Young- Wook Lee, Roger F. Malina, Bruno Milliard, Patrick Morrissey, Susan G. Neff, David Schiminovich, Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Alex S. Szalay, Barry Y. Welsh, and Ted K. Wyder PANORAMIC GALEX FAR- AND NEAR-ULTRAVIOLET IMAGING OF M31 AND M33 David A. Thilker, Charles G. Hoopes, Luciana Bianchi, Samuel Boissier, R. Michael Rich, Mark Seibert, Peter G. Friedman, Soo-Chang Rey, Veronique Buat, Tom A. Barlow, Yong-Ik Byun, Jose Donas, Karl Forster, Timothy M. Heckman, Patrick N. Jelinsky, Young-Wook Lee, Barry F. Madore, Roger F. Malina, D. Christopher Martin, Bruno Milliard, Patrick F. Morrissey, Susan G. Neff, David Schiminovich, Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Todd Small, Alex S. Szalay, Barry Y. Welsh, and Ted K. Wyder RECENT STAR FORMATION IN NEARBY GALAXIES FROM GALAXY EVOLUTION EXPLORER IMAGING: M101 AND M51 © Luciana Bianchi, David A. Thilker, Denis Burgarella, Peter G. Friedman, Charles G. Hoopes, Samuel Boissier, Armando Gil de Paz, Tom A. Barlow, Yong-Ik Byun, Jose Donas, Karl Forster, Timothy M. Heckman, Patrick N. Jelinsky, Young-Wook Lee, Barry F. Madore, Roger F. Malina, D. Christopher Martin, Bruno Milliard, Patrick Morrissey, Susan G. Neff, R. Michael Rich, David Schiminovich, Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Todd Small, Alex S. Szalay, Barry Y. Welsh, and Ted K. Wyder 4 COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF ULTRAVIOLET AND FAR-INFRARED FLUXES FROM M101 Cristina C. Popescu, Richard J. Tuffs, Barry F. Madore, Armando Gil de Paz, Heinrich J. Volk, Tom Barlow, Luciana Bianchi, Yong-Ik Byun, Jose Donas, Karl Forster, Peter G. Friedman, Timothy M. Heckman, Patrick N. Jelinsky, Young-Wook Lee, Roger F. Malina, D. Christopher Martin, Bruno Milliard, Patrick Morrissey, Susan G. Neff, R. Michael Rich, David Schiminovich, Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Todd Small, Alex S. Szalay, Barry Y. Welsh, and Ted K. Wvder RECENT STAR FORMATION IN THE EXTREME OUTER DISK OF M83. © David A. Thilker, Luciana Bianchi, Samuel Boissier, Armando Gil de Paz, Barry F. Madore, D. Christopher Martin, Gerhardt R. Meurer, Susan G. Neff, R. Michael Rich, David Schiminovich, Mark Seibert, Ted K. Wyder, Tom A. Barlow, Yong-Ilk Byun, Jose Donas, Karl Forster, Peter G. Friedman, Timothy M. Heckman, Patrick N. Jelinsky, Young-Wook Lee, Roger F. Malina, Bruno Milliard, Patrick Morrissey, Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Todd Small, Alex S. Szalay, and Barry Y. Welsh EXTINCTION RADIAL PROFILES OF M83 FROM GALEX ULTRAVIOLET IMAGING © Samuel Boissier, Armando Gil de Paz, Barry F. Madore, Alessandro Boselli, Véronique Buat, Denis Burgarella, Peter G. Friedman, Tom A. Barlow, Luciana Bianchi, Yong-Ik Byun, José Donas, Karl Forster, Timothy M. Heckman, Patrick N. Jelinsky, Young-Wook Lee, Roger F. Malina, D. Christopher Martin, Bruno Milliard, Patrick Morrissey, Susan G. Neff, R. Michael Rich, David Schiminovich, Oswarld H. W. Siegmund, Todd Small, Alex S. Szalay, Barry Y. Welsh, and Ted K. Wyder ULTRAVIOLET MORPHOLOGY AND STAR FORMATION IN THE TIDAL TAILS OF NGC 4038/39 J. E. Hibbard, Luciana Bianchi, David A. Thilker, R. Michael Rich, David Schiminovich, C. Kevin Xu, Susan G. Neff, Mark Seibert, S. Lauger, D. Burgarella, Tom A. Barlow, Yong-Ik Byun, Jose Donas, Karl Forster, Peter G. Friedman, Timothy M. Heckman, Patrick N. Jelinsky, Young-Wook Lee, Barry F. Madore, Roger F. Malina, D. Christopher Martin, Bruno Milliard, Patrick Morrissey, Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Todd Small, Alex S. Szalay, Barry Y. Welsh, and Ted K. Wyder ULTRAVIOLET EMISSION FROM STELLAR POPULATIONS WITHIN TIDAL TAILS: CATCHING THE YOUNGEST GALAXIES IN FORMATION? S. G. Neff, D. A. Thilker, M. Seibert, A. Gil de Paz, L. Bianchi, D. Schiminovich, D. C. Martin, B. F. Madore, R. M. Rich, T. A. Barlow, Y.-I. Byun, J. Donas, K. Forster, P. G. Friedman, T. M. Heckman, P. N. Jelinsky, Y.-W. Lee, R. F. Malina, B. Milliard, P. Morrissey, O. H. W. Siegmund, T. Small, A. §. Szalay, B. Y. Welsh, and T. K. Wyder CONTENTS ULTRAVIOLET EMISSION AND STAR FORMATION IN STEPHAN’S QUINTET © C. Kevin Xu, Jorge Iglesias-Pdramo, Denis Burgarella, R. Michael Rich, Susan G. Neff. Sebastien Lauger, Tom A. Barlow, Luciana Bianchi, Yone Ik Byun, Karl Forster, Peter G. Friedman, Timothy M. Heckman, Patrick N. Jelinsky, Young-Wook Lee, Barry F. Madore, Roger F. Malina, D Christopher Martin, Bruno Milliard, Patrick Morrissey, David Schiminovich, Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Todd Small, Alex S. Szalay, Barry Y. Welsh and Ted K. Wyder GALEX OBSERVATIONS OF THE ULTRAVIOLET HALOS OF NGC 253 AND M82 Charles G. Hoopes, Timothy M. Heckman, David K. Strickland, Mark Seibert, Barry F. Madore, R. Michael Rich, Luciana Bianchi, Armando Gi de Paz, Denis Burgarella, David A. Thilker, Peter G. Friedman, Tom A. Barlow, Yong-Ik Byun, Jose Donas, Karl Forster, Patrick N. Jelinsky Young-Wook Lee, Roger F. Malina, D. Christopher Martin, Bruno Milliard, Patrick F. Morrissey, Susan G. Neff, David Schiminovich, Oswald H W. Siegmund, Todd Small, Alex S. Szalay, Barry Y. Welsh, and Ted K. Wyder THE LOOK-BACK TIME EVOLUTION OF FAR-ULTRAVIOLET FLUX FROM ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES: THE FORNAX CLUSTER AND A2670 Young-Wook Lee, Chang H. Ree, R. Michael Rich, Jean-Michel Deharveng, Young-Jong Sohn, Soo-Chang Rey, Sukyoung K. Yi, Suk-Jin Yoon Luciana Bianchi, Jae-Woo Lee, Mark Seibert, Tom A. Barlow, Yong-Ik Byun, Jose Donas, Karl Forster, Peter G. Friedman, Timothy M. Heckman Myungkook J. Jee, Patrick N. Jelinsky, Sug-Whan Kim, Barry F. Madore, Roger F. Malina, D. Christopher Martin, Bruno Milliard, Patrick Morrissey Susan G. Neff, Jaehyon Rhee, David Schiminovich, Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Todd Small, Alex S. Szalay, Barry Y. Welsh, and Ted K. Wyder SYSTEMATICS OF THE ULTRAVIOLET RISING FLUX IN A GALEX/SDSS SAMPLE OF EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES R. Michael Rich, Samir Salim, Jarle Brinchmann, Stéphane Charlot, Mark Seibert, Guinevere Kauffmann, Young-Wook Lee, S. K. Yi, Tom A. Barlow Luciana Bianchi, Yong-Ik Byun, Jose Donas, Karl Forster, Peter G. Friedman, Timothy M. Heckman, Patrick N. Jelinsky, Barry F. Madore, Roger F. Malina, D. Christopher Martin, Bruno Milliard, Patrick Morrissey, Susan G. Neff, David Schiminovich, Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Todd Small Alex S. Szalay, Barry Y. Welsh, and Ted K. Wyder GALAXY EVOLUTION EXPLORER ULTRAVIOLET COLOR-MAGNITUDE RELATIONS AND EVIDENCE OF RECENT STAR FORMATION IN EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES © S. K. Yi, S.-J. Yoon, S. Kaviraj, J.-M. Deharveng, R. M. Rich, S. Salim, A. Boselli, Y.-W. Lee, C. H. Ree, Y.-J. Sohn, S.-C. Rey, J.-W. Lee, J. Rhee L. Bianchi, Y.-I. Byun, J. Donas, P. G. Friedman, T. M. Heckman, P. Jelinsky, B. F. Madore, R. Malina, D. C. Martin, B. Milliard, P. Morrissey S. Neff, D. Schiminovich, O. Siegmund, T. Small, A. S. Szalay, M. J. Jee, S.-W. Kim, T. Barlow, K. Forster, B. Welsh, and T. K. Wyder GALAXY EVOLUTION EXPLORER OBSERVATIONS OF THE ULTRAVIOLET SURFACE BRIGHTNESS AND COLOR PROFILES OF THEI LOCAL GROUP ELLIPTICAL GALAXY M32 (NGC 221) Armando Gil de Paz, Barry F. Madore, Young-Jong Sohn, Young-Wook Lee, Mark Seibert, R. Michael Rich, Luciana Bianchi, Tom A. Barlow, Young-Ik Byun, José Donas, Karl Forster, Peter G. Friedman, Timothy M. Heckman, Patrick Jelinsky, Roger F. Malina, D. Christopher Martin, Bruno Milliard, Patrick Morrissey, Susan G. Neff, David Schiminovich, Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Todd Small, Alex S. Szalay, Barry Y. Welsh, and Ted K. Wyder GALAXY EVOLUTION EXPLORER ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOMETRY OF GLOBULAR CLUSTERS IN M31 © Soo-Chang Rey, R. 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