Highlights of Astronomy, Volume 11B: As Presented at the XXIIIrd General Assembly of the IAU, 1997Since 1967, the main scientific events of the General Assemblies of the International Astronomical Union have been published in the separate series, Highlights of Astronomy. The present Volume 11 presents the major scientific presentations made at the XXIIIrd General Assembly, August 18-30, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan. The two volumes (11A+B) contain the texts of the three Invited Discourses as well as the proceedings or extended summaries of the 21 Joint Discussions and two Special Sessions held during the General Assembly. |
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Contents
PREFACE xxvii | 581 |
The Crab Nebula and Other Anomalous Astrophysical Arthropods 366 | 583 |
Adverse Environmental Impact on Astronomy 205 | 585 |
PROBES FOR GALAXY FORMATION 99 | 608 |
Distant Compact Narrow Emission Line Galaxies as Progenitors of Todays 145 | 611 |
U S Perspective for Interference to Radio Astronomy 210 | 621 |
Primordial Gas and 115 | 648 |
in the Solar Neighbourhood | 653 |
The Galileo Mission to the Jupiter System | 1037 |
PREFACE xxvii | 1039 |
CONTENTS | 1105 |
INVITED DISCOURSES 1 | 1112 |
Effects on a Human 353 | 1117 |
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ISO LONGWAVELENTH SPECTROMETER | 1119 |
Implications for Galaxy Evolution and 147 | 1128 |
THE ISO PERSPECTIVE ON NORMAL GALAXIES | 1134 |
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White Dwarf Cooling Curves and Searches for White Dwarfs 427 | 705 |
Electronic Publishing in Astronomy 499 | 792 |
Sharing the Radio Spectrum 212 | 801 |
the Space Astrometric Telescope | 934 |
Electronic Preprints 511 | 941 |
Keeping the Radio Windows Open 212 | 942 |
DETECTION AND STUDY OF PLANETS OUTSIDE 529 | 1012 |
LongTerm Period and Amplitude Variations in ẞ Cephei Stars 347 | 1028 |
The Distances and Absolute Magnitudes of Some WellKnown Red Variables 567 | 1030 |
On the Profiles and the Polarization of Raman Scattered Emission Lines in the 389 | 1031 |
Concluding Remarks 586 | 1138 |
The Process of Frequency Management International Treaties and the 215 | 1141 |
OBSERVATIONS OF SUPERNOVA REMNANTS WITH | 1148 |
MANUSCRIPT NOT RECEIVED | 1159 |
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A PostAGB Star which has Turned Into a Planetary 358 | vi |
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| Title | Highlights of Astronomy, Volume 11B: As Presented at the XXIIIrd General Assembly of the IAU, 1997 Volume 11, Part 2 of International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale International Astronomical Union Highlights |
| Editor | Johannes Andersen |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0792355563, 9780792355564 |
| Length | 571 pages |
| Subjects | › › Science / Physics / Astrophysics Science / Physics / General Science / Space Science / Astronomy |
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