Highlights of astronomy. Volume 4 - International Astronomical Union, General Assembly, 16th, Grenoble, France, August 24-September 2, 1976, Proceedings. Parts 1 & 2
Abstract
The papers deal with space missions to the moon and planets, X-ray binaries and compact objects, clusters of galaxies, space astrometry, Galactic structure toward the poles, the small-scale structure of solar magnetic fields, the impact of UV observations on stellar spectral classification, and observational evidence for heterogeneities on stellar surfaces. Specific topics include IR observations of interstellar dust, a review of in situ planetary observations by spacecraft, transient X-ray sources, X-ray bursts, the evolutionary history of X-ray binaries, accretion flows in binary X-ray systems, the magnetic field of Mercury, and lunar magnetism. Other papers examine cratering of terrestrial planets, the dynamical evolution of clusters of galaxies, X-rays from clusters of galaxies, hot gas in clusters, the microwave background radiation toward various clusters, the Large Space Telescope astrometric instrument, and the space density of M dwarfs. The Galactic mass density in the vicinity of the sun is also discussed as well as the distribution of field horizontal-branch stars in the Galactic halo, polarization measurements and extinction near the North Galactic Pole, the decay of light elements in stellar envelopes, observations of solar small-scale photospheric magnetic fields, EUV observations of white dwarfs, and an atlas of UV stellar spectra.
- Publication:
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Highlights of Astronomy
- Pub Date:
- 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977HiA.....4.....M
- Keywords:
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- Astronomy;
- Conferences;
- Galactic Clusters;
- Space Exploration;
- X Ray Sources;
- Astrometry;
- Cosmology;
- Galactic Mass;
- Gas Giant Planets;
- Intergalactic Media;
- Space Missions;
- Terrestrial Planets;
- X Ray Binaries;
- Space Sciences (General)