Highlights of Astronomy | As Presented at the XVIIIth General Assembly of the IAU, 1982 | ISBN 9789400971103

Highlights of Astronomy

As Presented at the XVIIIth General Assembly of the IAU, 1982

herausgegeben von Richard M. West
Buchcover Highlights of Astronomy  | EAN 9789400971103 | ISBN 94-009-7110-9 | ISBN 978-94-009-7110-3

Highlights of Astronomy

As Presented at the XVIIIth General Assembly of the IAU, 1982

herausgegeben von Richard M. West

Inhaltsverzeichnis

  • Invited Discourses.
  • Astronomy in Ancient Greece.
  • The Origin and Early History of the Sun and the Planetary System in the Context of Stellar Evolution.
  • Modern Cosmology.
  • Original and Development of Solar Flares.
  • Joint Discussions.
  • 1. Solar Luminosity Variations (Chairaman: J. A. Eddy).
  • 2. Evolution in Old Stellar Populations in Galaxies (Chairaman: G. Lyngå).
  • 3. The Extragalactic Distance Scale and the Hubble Constant (Chairaman: P. W. Hodge).
  • 5. Origin and Evolution of Interplanetary Objects (Chairaman: B. A. Lindblad).
  • 6. Active Galactic Nuclei (Chairaman: F. Pacini).
  • 7. Mass Loss Phenomena (Chairaman: A. G. Hearn).
  • Joint Commission Meetings.
  • 1. Giant H II Complexes Outside Our Galaxy (Chairaman: J. Heidmann).
  • 2. UV and X-Ray Observations of Interacting Binary Systems (Chairaman: Y. Kondo).
  • 3. The Violent Interstellar Medium (Chairaman: V. Radhakrishnan).
  • 4. Coma Models (Chairaman: B. D. Donn).
  • 5. Beams and Jets in Extragalactic Sources (Chairaman: R. D. Ekers).
  • 6. The Local Supercluster and its Environment (Chairamen: G. O. Abell and B. E. Westerlund).
  • 7. Atomic and Molecular Data (Chairamen: W. Bonsack, J. G. Phillips and G. Traving).
  • Author Index.