\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1}Introduction}{1} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2}AAST\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor \@m \ article markup}{1} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.1}Preamble}{1} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.1.1}Getting started}{2} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.1.2}Defining new commands}{2} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.1.3}Editorial information}{2} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.1.4}Short comment on title page}{2} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.1.5}Running heads}{2} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.2}Starting the main body}{3} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.3}Title and author information}{3} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.4}Abstract}{3} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.5}Keywords}{3} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.6}Comments to editors}{3} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.7}Sections}{4} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.8}Figure and table placement}{4} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.9}Acknowledgments}{4} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.10}Appendices}{4} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.11}Equations}{4} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.12}Citations and bibliography}{5} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.12.1}The {\tt thebibliography} environment}{5} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.12.2}Specifying bibliographic and citation information}{5} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.12.3}The {\tt references} environment}{5} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.12.4}Abbreviations for journal names}{6} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.13}Figures}{6} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.13.1}Electronic art}{6} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.13.2}Figure captions}{7} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.14}Tables}{7} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.14.1}The {\tt deluxetable} environment}{7} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.14.2}Preamble to the {\tt deluxetable}}{7} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.14.3}Content of the {\tt deluxetable}}{8} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.14.4}The {\tt table} environment}{8} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.14.5}Table footnotes}{9} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.15}Miscellaneous}{9} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.15.1}Ionic species and chemical bonds}{9} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.15.2}Fractions}{9} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.15.3}Celestial objects}{10} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {2.15.4}Hypertext constructs}{10} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.16}Concluding the file}{10} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {3}Style options}{10} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.1}Preprint format}{10} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2}Two-column format}{11} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {4}Additional documentation}{11} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {5}Acknowledgments}{11}